A vicar who sexually abused a boy 30 years ago while serving as a headteacher in West Yorkshire has been sent to prison for three years.

Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey of Clifton has joined fresh calls for Britain to follow the example of five US states and Canada by allowing assisted dying for the terminally ill.

After condemning a state-sanctioned crackdown on drugs in the Philippines as a "reign of terror", the country's Catholic Church has made a u-turn.

Hospital patients should have access to a secular chaplain in a bid to tackle boredom on wards, an expert has said.

A charity has revealed that more than 600,000 families in England and Wales are spending more on overdue bills than on food. 

A pro-life organisaiton has said that the findings of an investigation into Marie Stopes suggest the abortion provider is failing to meet standards of good practise.

Revelation TV's Howard Conder has relaunched an advertising campaign in London in order to promote the words of Jesus.

Pupils have met a Holocaust survivor - saved with help from the Church - at the Polish embassy to mark the launch of a new charity.

As Ghana celebrates 60 years of independence, a leading Methodist minister has said that national identity is largely shaped by Christian faith.

The former deputy leader of the Labour party Lord Roy Hattersley has revealed that his mother left her first husband for his father; the Catholic priest who officiated their wedding.

Mothers who were sent to homes for unmarried mothers in Ireland have called for genocide charges to be brought after human remains were discovered at one former centre last week.

Pope Francis has encouraged people to show as much care and attention towards their Bible as if it were their mobile phone.

Tens of thousands of people have engaged with God in some way during a four-day mission event in the north-east of England.

After more than two centuries of Scottish outreach in Africa, the Church of Scotland has said the flow of missionaries now needs to be reversed.