A Catholic international development organisation says relief workers responding to a strong earthquake which has left 97 people dead in Indonesia are focused on giving affected families access to clean water, shelter and food.

A pro-life group has been effectively banned from holding official meetings at a Scottish university.

The controversial decision to refuse visas to two Christians from Pakistan is being greeted by the Church of Scotland as "a welcome development".

The Church of England's rebuffed criticism that its faith schools are making divisions in the UK even worse than they already are.

The plight of an Iranian pastor facing up to six years in prison over national security charges, described as "spurious" by campaigners, has been highlighted in Parliament.

Former cabinet minister and Christian Stephen Crabb has revealed the "excruciating" pain caused to his family by revelations that he sent sexually explicit messages to a young woman.

Canon Jeremy Pemberton, who claimed he was discriminated against by the Church of England after he was refused a job for being in a gay marriage, has lost his appeal against a previous tribunal decision.

Families immigrating to Britain are being urged by the Communities Secretary Sajid Javid to respect the country's Christian culture.

A robin's joined Liverpool Cathedral's congregation from the Christmas tree.

Brazil police have used a church as a vantage point to shoot anti-austerity protesters.

Premier Christian Radio presenter Cindy Kent has picked up her MBE for services to religious broadcasting at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace.

Police are appealing for information after a life-sized model of baby Jesus was stolen from a church Nativity display in Perth, Scotland on Monday night.

Mothers from developed countries with a prominent Catholic heritage are less likely to breastfeed their babies, new research published in the BMJ Global Health journal suggests.

A Christian-run foodbank and fuelbank has said it "can only be a good thing" that the Big Six energy firms have met to discuss fuel poverty.