A former comprehensive school teacher has been appointed as the next Bishop of Truro.

The Archbishop of Canterbury has promised the United Nations Security Council that the Church of England will do all it can to provide mediation and peaceful resolution of conflict in war-torn countries. 

A Namibian delegation has been handed the remains of 27 countrymen whose bones were taken by German colonial forces more than a century ago for pseudo-scientific racial experiments.

Pope Francis has lamented how Irish church authorities failed to respond to the crimes of sexual abuse, speaking during his first public appearance at the Vatican after accusations that he himself covered up for a former US cardinal.

Dozens of school friends joined two Christian teenager brothers to hand in an 85,000-signature petition to the Home Office to prevent their deportation to Pakistan.

A man has been charged over fires at a Methodist church and at a Sikh temple in Edinburgh.

Fresh concerns are being raised by a charity for Christians in China, six months since tighter rules on religious freedom were introduced.

A total of 1160 young people have made commitments to follow Jesus during the four summer Soul Survivor festivals in Scotland, Stafford and Peterborough.

The Church have Scotland has shared expressed its "deepest sympathy" to Edinburgh's Sikh community after the Guru Nanak Gurdwara Sahib temple in Leith was subjected to an arson attack on Tuesday morning.

A vicar from Northumberland has appeared in court, accused of groping a fellow passenger during a long-haul flight from the United States to London last year.

Sir Cliff Richard is to release his first album of new material in 14 years.

The wife of a pastor who committed suicide over the weekend has shared her grief online.

An audio recording has emerged of the abducted school girl, Leah Sharibu, who has called on the Nigerian presidency to facilitate her release.

The music team of a cathedral in north Wales has been made redundant as bosses at the landmark venue continue to wrestle with "financial pressure".