The Pope is giving a prominent new role to the Vatican's most experienced sex crimes investigator.

A Labour MP plotted with her brother to evade a speeding prosecution by claiming a Russian man had been behind the wheel, a court has heard.

A war memorial marking the centenary of the First World War has been designed by prisoners at HMP Erlestoke.

Classical singer Russell Watson has spoken of how major illness has brought him closer to God.

Brenton Brown and his family have lost almost all their possessions to a wildfire which tore through their California home.

Cardinal Vincent Nichols is said to be recovering after being taken unwell during a Remembrance service on Sunday.

A Pentecostal church in south east London has denied engaging in so-called gay conversion therapy after an undercover reporter claimed leaders said God could "fix" him.

American preacher Rick Warren has written to his congregation to say he is recovering after surgery

Teaching children at home has risen by 78% in the last five years.

The future of Asia Bibi came under fresh scrutiny on Monday, almost two weeks since the Christian mother-of-five was acquitted of blasphemy.

The struggling commercial arm of Traidcraft, a Christian retailer promoting Fairtrade goods, has unveiled a new plan to help stave off closure.

Four Catholic priests that were abducted last week in Nigeria by gunmen have regained freedom.

Pakistan's government struggling with a crisis surrounding a Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy charges after eight years on death row says it is having to deal with fake images on social media purporting to show her leaving the country.

A Christian student who suggested she could not endorse transgender lifestyles or gay marriage has been ejected from a political group she represented on campus.