A Christian magistrate who was sacked for his views on same-sex couples adopting children has been suspended by an NHS Trust from his post as a non-executive director. 

A Religious Studies teacher has told a court "stress" led her to steal just under £60,000 from a college to fund family holidays. 

His Grace Bishop Angaelos, General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom, has received the highest honour for exceptional services to the cause of Christian unity.

The body of an abducted Nigerian clergyman who was taken alongside two colleagues has been found in the bush in north Nigeria. 

A special Mass is being held to celebrate the lives of the victims of the Easter weekend bomb attack in Lahore in Pakistan. 

Christian charity Samaritan's Purse has launched an urgent appeal to provide more than 30,000 people with water in South Sudan. 

The founder of the Oasis Trust has told Premier the new living wage is not enough and employers should be paying a much higher rate.

A Church of England minister was allowed to keep practicing after admitting sexual offences to his bishop. 

Oxford undergraduates that are studying theology will not have to complete a compulsory module in Christianity because of the need to appeal to other faiths. 

A Muslim man who protected Christians during an Islamist terror attack on a bus has been given Kenya's top honour for bravery.

Colleagues of four Bible translators murdered by Islamic militants in the Middle East say they will not let the attack stop their work.

The Vatican has admitted that its prosecutor is investigating two former officials of a Vatican-owned children's hospital over renovations at the penthouse apartment of the city-state's former secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone. 

A Christian charity has launched a special set of films encouraging people to vote in Scotland's Holyrood elections. 

A church in London has announced it'll give iPads as gifts to every new person to visit the church on its Eucharist service on Friday.