A man who replaced a religious painting with a toy angel at Chester Cathedral has been jailed for nine months after being found guilty of theft.

Rt Rev Philip North has been made the new Bishop of Sheffield, Downing Street announced today.

A man who replaced a religious painting with a toy angel at Chester Cathedral has been jailed for nine months after being found guilty of theft.

After an eleven year break and earlier concerns over whether it would return this year, organisers say a major Passion play in Manchester will go-ahead this Easter.

The words "bride" and "groom" are being removed from new marriage liturgy coming into force at Lutheran churches across Norway on Wednesday.

TV star James Corden has urged Donald Trump to reverse his travel ban on seven mainly Muslim countries, saying that it's not "white and Christian" refugees who need help.

Philippine bishops have released a statement heavily criticising the "heinous crime" of capital punishment.

An Iraqi church leader has said that Christians are unlikely to return to the city of Mosul, a place once home to tens of thousands of believers.

The Archbishop of Wales, Dr Barry Morgan, officially retires from his role on Tuesday.

Christian Aid has slammed Donald Trump's immigration policies, saying that a rejection of refugees is a rejection of biblical values.

Christians are being warned against celebrating too soon, after talk of the government possibly retreating on plans to regulate Sunday schools.

A senior member of a lay Catholic order whose dismissal prompted a public spate involving Pope Francis has been reinstated.

There's a fresh call for the abortion limit to be changed after twins were born under the stage at which terminations are allowed and survived.

Two Christian activists, including a Methodist minister, have been arrested while apparently trying to disarm warplanes bound for Saudi Arabia.