Plans to create closer ties between Church of England (CofE) congregations and newer independent, Pentecostal and Charismatic churches could be given approval at the General Synod next month.

People who attend church or other religious services tend to sleep better than those who are non-religious, a new study in the United States has concluded.

People who attend church or other religious services tend to sleep better than those who are non-religious, a new study in the United States has concluded.

Stronger commitments to volunteering and socialising are two reasons religious people typically live years longer than the non-religious, experts in the United States have concluded.

Prosecutors have seized documents in raids on Roman Catholic Church offices in two cities in Chile as part of an investigation into growing clergy sex abuse scandals.

A new website has been launched to help keep historic churches and chapels safe for the future.

A Catholic Church leader in the Philippines has expressed anger after a third priest in six months was killed in the country.

Lord Alton of Liverpool tabled a debate in the House of Lords on 12th June, drawing attention to reports of the Myanmar Army attacking Christians in Myanmar's Kachin State.

The Christian charity Tearfund has announced the launch of Tearfund USA - a new charity encouraging Americans to engage generously in the global fight against poverty and climate change.

Irish hospitals with a Catholic ethos will be expected to carry out abortions when the country's new laws on terminations come into effect, the Taoiseach has made clear.

The Church of England has enlisted the help of a safeguarding expert to help improve how it treats people who have been abused or are at risk of harm.

A husband and wife that lost nine family members in the Texas mass church shooting have sued the United States government.

A man charged with killing two nuns will plead guilty as part of an agreement removing the possibility of the death penalty, a Mississippi prosecutor has said.

A computer-generated image has been released by academics who asked hundreds of American Christians what they think about God's appearance.