The reason behind a move by China to deny a Christian human rights activist entry to Hong Kong earlier this week remains a mystery, despite an intervention by the UK Government.

Churches have been warned during a conference in Edinburgh against fueling human misery through irresponsible investments.

Church leader and author Pete Greig has dubbed climate change as the biggest challenge of our generation.

A priest has died in hospital after being attacked with a cleaver in a poor district of Cairo, the Coptic Orthodox Church said.

Downing Street has announced the former bishop of London, Rt Rev and Rt Hon Richard Chartres is among a handful of people to have been made a life peer.

A train on Great Western Railway will be named after John Wesley, founder of the Methodist church.

A  Christian charity has commended India’s top court after ruling that having sexual intercourse with a wife under the age of 18 is rape.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Most Rev Justin Welby has publicly expressed for the first time a battle with depressive episodes.

Staff at the UK embassy of Eritrea are being sent postcards in protest against the treatment of Christians in the East African country.

Lidl has been accused of airbrushing out crosses from a historic church in Italy to avoid upsetting its non-Christian customers.

Premier presenter Rosie Wright is "delighted" to have been recognised during an awards ceremony celebrating the best Christian broadcasting.

A Catholic bishop has resigned following reports he had a mistress and siphoned off more than 100,000 US dollars in church funds.

A British woman who joined Islamic State (IS) and urged that all Christians be beheaded has reportedly been killed during a drone strike.

A Christian councillor for Ealing has defended his vote to ban vigils held by Christian pro-lifers outside an abortion clinic.