The public body which backed a lengthy legal battle against a Christian-owned bakery in Northern Ireland has been accused by one MP of wasting £250,000 of taxpayer money.

Pope Francis has compared abortion to hiring a hitman to "take out a human life to solve a problem".

A Christian couple who refused to bake a cake saying 'Support Gay Marriage' have won their appeal and thanked God publicly as they left the Supreme Court.

Here is a timeline of significant events in the so-called "gay cake" case.

The Bishop of Dover Rt Rev Trevor Willmott has announced he shall retire in the early summer of next year.

A number of children have been injured after the roof of a church hall in East Lothian partially collapsed on Tuesday evening.

An Edinburgh minister and grandfather of three has been selected as the new Moderator of the Church of Scotland's General Assembly.

Judges in the UK's Supreme Court have said the Christian-owned Ashers bakery was not being discriminatory when it refused to make an order that conflicted with its religious beliefs. 

The UK's highest court is to give its ruling on whether the Christian owners of a bakery discriminated against a customer by refusing to make a cake decorated with the words Support Gay Marriage.

Manchester churches are supporting moves to turn the city into a more environmentally friendly region.

Christian Aid has warned the UK government "not to play politics" with the overseas aid budget.

As 19 people are killed in a village in Plateau state, and four people the following day, reconciliation seems far away between Christians and Muslims.

US evangelist Franklin Graham has called on Christians to pray for Brett Kavanaugh as he takes up his new role in the Supreme Court.

An Edinburgh minister and grandfather of three has been selected as the new Moderator of the Church of Scotland's General Assembly.