Pope Francis has carried a lit candle up the main aisle of a darkened St Peter's Basilica in a dramatic Easter Saturday vigil.

The Labour leader has used his Easter message to compare the suffering endured by Jesus during his life to the challenges faced by refugees today.

Theresa May has used her Easter message to offer support to Christians around the world who face "huge danger" because of their faith.

Around 100 people have reportedly died and more than 400 have been injured in six explosions in and around Sri Lanka's capital.

A Californian Christian couple who inflicted years of torture and abuse on twelve of their 13 children have been sentenced to life, with parole possible after 25 years.

The Catholic Bishop of Derry has joined the flood of people paying tributes to the murdered journalist who was shot dead in Londonderry, Northern Ireland on Thursday night.

A Christian vigil was held on Good Friday outside the Heathrow Express at Paddington Station during Extinction Rebellion (XR) protests.

Jeremy Hunt has used an Easter message to raise the plight of persecuted Christians around the world.

Pope Francis has used a Good Friday ceremony to decry "all the crosses" of suffering in the world.

Thousands are expected to watch a re-enactment of the Easter story at Trafalgar square on Friday and plans are now being put in place to make sure even more eyes get to see it next year.

A church in Ohio has apologised after a video shared on social media showed young students spitting on a pastor, slapping his face, and slicing him with a knife, after being instructed by the pastor to do so.

At least 13 people have been killed after part of a church collapsed in South Africa, according to local media.

Nearly $2m has been raised to rebuild three Louisiana churches that were set alight during a ten-day period.

Investigators think an electrical short-circuit was the most likely cause of the Notre Dame Cathedral fire, according to a French judicial police official.