Most Rev Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, has said that he was "saddened and shocked" by the Government's decision to scrap a scheme that was bringing unaccompanied refugee children to Britain.

The organiser of a Valentine's dance in Oklahoma has cancelled the event because the venue is too close to a church; breaking a little known law.

A bishop has slammed the government for "in effect helping the trafficking industry" after ministers decided to stop accepting unaccompanied migrant children from Europe.

The Prince of Wales and the Archbishop of Canterbury have sent the retiring Bishop of London off in style at a private banquet at Lambeth Palace.

An evangelical pastor who led a wave of demonstrations against Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has been released on bail, pending subversion charges.

York Minster Police - the world's oldest police force - has been given back powers of arrest after 80 years. 

New funding looks set to help congregations at 100 churches across the country where bats have been causing problems, such as disturbing outreach activities and damaging historic artefacts.

A Christian pensioner has been arrested for blasphemy after her refused to sell his land to a Muslim man.

Sir Cliff Richard has been advised to put his winter holiday plans in the Caribbean on hold and rest after he suffered severe abdominal pains.

The prayer recited by the late It-girl Tara Palmer-Tomkinson has been revealed.

A Christian campaigner is leading a protest against the Fifty Shades Darker movie at its premiere later today.

A bishop has slammed the government for "in effect helping the trafficking industry" after ministers decided to stop accepting unaccompanied migrant children from Europe.

Churches are missing out on millions of pounds because their halls and meeting rooms are lying empty for most of the week.

There are hopes persecution against Christians in Pakistan is set to ease, after the country's national assembly passed a new bill trying to protect religious minorities.