Romania's senators have approved a law that would pave the way for the constitution to be changed to explicitly state that marriage is a union of a man and a woman.

A senior Vatican official said the clerical sex abuse scandal is such a game-changing catastrophe for the Catholic Churchthat he called it the church's "own 9/11" - on the 17th anniversary of the attacks in the US.

Dozens of firefighters have been sent to tackle an overnight blaze at a church hall in west London.

China is rolling out new rules on religious activity on the internet amid an ongoing crackdown on churches, mosques and other institutions by the officially atheist Communist Party.

The Archbishop of Canterbury has commended the growing interest and participation in religious communities in the UK. 

The Archbishop of Canterbury has commended the growing interest and participation in religious communities in the UK. 

The Anglican Bishop of Yirol, Simon Adut Yuang, is one of at least 19 people who were killed in plane crash on Sunday.

The Bishop of Gloucester will introduce a debate in the House of Lords on Wednesday, calling for a change to the way women are sentenced.

Ministers have been urged to make reporting child abuse mandatory after a major cover-up at two leading Catholic schools.

The Vatican is preparing the "necessary clarifications" about accusations that senior Vatican officials including Pope Francis covered up the sexual misconduct of a now-disgraced American ex-cardinal, Francis's top advisers said.

Peruvian police have been called in to break up clashes between football fans and members of an evangelical church in a dispute over who owns a sprawling plaza in front a stadium.

A school desk has been placed outside the Nigerian High Commission in London and will remain there for 200 hours as a reminder of a Christian Nigerian school girl who has been captured by terrorists for 200 days.

Authorities in Beijing have outlawed one of the city’s largest underground Protestant churches as persecution in China’s Henan province escalates.

There is clear evidence of growing interest in The Book of Common Prayer according to the Prayer Book Society (PBS).