Pope Francis washed the feet of several convicts at a maximum security prison on Maundy Thursday.

The supermarket giant Tesco has apologised for using the Christian celebration Good Friday to sell beer.

It's been three years since an Islamist extremist group kidnapped 270 predominantly Christian girls, and most of them are still missing.

A priest in East Sussex found guilty of fraud after he used the disability parking badge of a dead woman may face further charges.

The education secretary's call for more grammar schools that promote inclusion has been met with much opposition.

Christians are being urged not to let long DIY to-do lists disrupt them from the true meaning of Easter.

The deputy director of BBC Radio, Graham Ellis, has been chosen by the pope to advise the Catholic Church on it's media and communication operations.

A former chaplain to the Queen has criticised a recent study which says a quarter of Christians don't believe in the resurrection. 

The Church is being encouraged to get behind proposals from a charity, which could prevent suicides.

A video of a comedian impersonating Donald Trump as a church youth worker has reached 4.5 million views on Facebook.

Mother Theresa mingles with Judas while crowds of people stroll through the sunshine giving sword-wielding Roman Guards high fives while a 40ft Jesus, halo intact, rises from a mountain top.

The Queen has been joined by the Duke of Edinburgh for a Maundy Thursday service at Leicester Cathedral.

The AFP news agency is reporting that Egypt's interior ministry said it had identified the suicide bomber behind a deadly attack at the weekend outside a church in the coastal city of Alexandria.

A Catholic priest has been convicted of abusing a teenage boy while he was a teacher at a boarding school.