Government plans to let free schools selected 100 per cent of their pupils on the basis of their faith will actually harm social mobility, a new report claims.

A cross-party group of MPs have called on the House of Commons to congratulate the Pope Francis on turning 80 later this month.

The US Bishops Conference has approved 204 grants totalling $3.8 million (£3 million) for projects in Latin America.

A Labour MP has urged the Government to formally recognise the deaths of millions of people in Ukraine in the 1930s because of "forced famine" as an act of genocide.

Christians must keeping reaching out to their elderly neighbours in order to combat increasing loneliness, says a church pastor.

Shoppers are being urged by church-run foodbank staff not to ignore donation boxes when they go to the supermarket this weekend.

A letter written by a Christian lawyer jailed after he represented dozens of churches faced with having their crosses taken away in China, has been made public.

Getting more young people involved and using their gifts within the Methodist Church is the goal of its new Youth President-elect.

The Bishop of Newcastle has urged the Government to carry out a "substantial review" of benefit sanctions in light of a report published by the National Audit Office (NAO).

A Christian school in Nottinghamshire has banned pupils from raising their hands to answer questions in class.

Churches are being urged to open night shelters this winter, amid new figures which claim more than a quarter of a million people in England are homeless.

Kendall Jenner, the supermodel sister of Kim Kardashian, has said that her family is praying for Kanye West's recovery.

Mexican authorities have charged a Catholic priest with meddling in politics.

Some Christians feel so "picked on" that they are fearful to speak about their faith in public anymore, the Bishop of Leeds has said.