Pope Francis urged Catholic bishops to dream of a future free of the mistakes of the past and hit out at clericalism as he opened a global church leadership meeting amid renewed outrage over the priestly sex abuse and cover-up scandal.

A coalition of US churches attended by more than 40 million people has released a statement calling for Brett Kavanaugh to withdraw his Supreme Court nomination.

The UK's highest court is to rule next week 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".

Thousands of students across the US are expected on Thursday to bring their Bibles to school.

Four of the nation's leading Christian humanitarian organisations are joining forces to try and help survivors of the Indonesia earthquake and tsunami.

New Chronicles Of Narnia projects for film and television are in the works at Netflix, it has been announced.

The Church of England have been invited to take part in a 'Big Conversation' about clergy care which will aim to prevent burnout.

Sir Desmond Swayne MP tells Premier he liked the PM's speech but she still needs prayer.

Christian charity Tearfund is working with a network of Indonesian churches to help survivors of the earthquake and Tsunami in Indonesia.

A Christian coach wants people to only check how someone is if they genuinely care about the answer.

The lawyer for an American pastor held in Turkey on spying and terror charges has petitioned Turkey's highest court for his release.

A shipment of Bibles destined for Sudan has finally been released after being held in Port Sudan for six years.

A Monegasque Princess has been barred from succeeding to the British throne due to her Catholic conversion.

Police are appealing for help to identify a man who fell ill at the Episcopal cathedral in Edinburgh and has no memory of who he is.