A fresh call is being made by Christian campaigners during Organ Donation Week for the Government to abandon its plans for an opt-out donor system in England.

A date has been set for the trial of two former monks in Egypt who have been accused of the murder of a Coptic Orthodox bishop.

The parents of the abducted school girl, Leah Sharibu, have expressed they're hopeful for an end to her near 200 day kidnapping ordeal, following the audio recording her kidnappers released last week.

The Bishop of Reading has announced he will retire next year.

The unveiling of Leonardo da Vinci's painting Salvator Mundi at the Louvre Abu Dhabi has been indefinitely postponed, authorities say.

A eulogy delivered at the funeral of soul singer Aretha Franklin was "very, very distasteful", a nephew of the late star has told an American news agency.

Churches and other places of worship needing money to carry out repairs in Manchester and Suffolk are set to benefit from a big government funding scheme.

Numerous charities have gathered at a conference in hopes of putting an end to a crisis impacting millions of people in Africa's Lake Chad region.

Christian MP Frank Field has revealed he has been the target of abusive messages due to his decision to resign the Labour whip over the anti-Semitism row that has engulfed the party.

Young adult Christians searching for a relationship are being encouraged to sign up for a new mobile phone app described as the first dating service of its kind.

Cuba's Catholic Church is calling on Cubans to reject a plan to legalise gay marriage. 

A man arrested on suspicion of rape at the Focus festival in Hampshire last month has been released under investigation, police say.

Pope Francis has pressed for negotiations to avoid a "humanitarian catastrophe" from a looming battle in Syria.

One worshipper has been killed and dozens injured after a church collapsed in southern Nigeria.