The most senior Catholic cleric ever convicted of child sex abuse is to face his first night in prison on Wednesday while he waits two weeks to learn his sentence for molesting two choirboys in a Melbourne cathedral two decades ago.

A Pakistani Catholic Bishop has called for peace with the risk of a Pakistan-India war.

The United Methodist Church (UMC) has voted to uphold bans on same-sex marriage and the ordination of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender clergy.

A man who spat on a Catholic priest in a "disgusting, cowardly and provocative" act as an orange walk passed a church has been jailed for 10 months.

The mother of a missing student last seen at church has urged members of the church to help the investigation into her disappearance.

The arrest of a London street preacher over the weekend which drew much criticism is being investigated by the police's Professional Standards Unit.

Pope Francis has parted ways with a luxury car, with the money raised by its sale being used to restore Church buildings destroyed by Islamic State in Iraq.

Pope Francis has parted ways with a luxury car, with the money raised by its sale being used to restore Church buildings destroyed by Islamic State in Iraq.

Pro-life groups responded to a pro-choice demonstration today outside the Northern Ireland office in London, highlighting the 100,000 people they estimate are alive because the 1967 Abortion Act wasn't introduced in Northern Ireland.

The street preacher arrested in London and later released without charge over the weekend has claimed he was taken out of the area and left without money to get home.

The former President of the Armed Forces Christian Union has said a new report warning against the practise of children join the army does not show any confidence in British youth.

The Bishop of Liverpool has said he will attend an international summit of Anglican leaders without his wife next year, in protest at a bar on the partners of gay clergy.

An 800-year-old mummy has been decapitated and its head stolen from a church in Dublin.

Christian MP Fiona Onasanya (pictured above, second left) has been released from prison after serving a month of her sentence for perverting the course of justice.