There is a warning the contribution older people can make in church is sometimes being overlooked because of a priority to attract younger people.

A growing number of schools are removing the historical terms BC and AD from religious education lessons in a bid to avoid offending non-Christians.

A vicar contestant on Strictly Come Dancing has renewed his call for the hit BBC programme to allow same-sex partners to compete.

The Catholic Church in Ireland has responded to the announcement of a new referendum on abortion rights by urging people to be "courageous" and take a "principled" stand for the sanctity of life.

A former Church of England bishop has suggested that mothers have been to blame for the decline of Christianity in the United Kingdom.

The Archbishop of Canterbury has criticised the BBC over its handling of the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal, suggesting the corporation hasn't been as willing as other institutions to admit mistakes.

A church in Brighton has named a transgender man who identifies as neither exclusively male nor female as its new associate pastor.

The Archbishop of York has visited the the 'Believe in Hull' church project that has on display pieces of artwork created by homeless people who use skills to tell their story.

First Christian in decades elected to head Syria parliament

A Christian charity has called on the UK government to do more to address the refugee crisis occurring in Bangladesh as a result of the violence in Myanmar.

The Vatican has called for "reason" after a small number of traditionalist Catholic figures accused the pope of promoting heresy.

A man has been arrested by Libyan authorities investigating the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians more than two and a half years ago.

The first same-sex church wedding in the UK has taken place in Edinburgh.

UKIP's interim leader Steve Crowther said the UK is Christian and "we intend to stay that way".