Ministers are being urged by Humanists UK to widen a review of persecution against Christians globally, to include people mistreated for holding a range of other beliefs.

A Christian woman held in protective custody since being cleared of blasphemy in Pakistan last year says she has no idea when the green light might be given, allowing her to finally leave the country.

The hoisting of a massive Russian flag on Salisbury Cathedral's scaffolding has been branded "a remarkably stupid thing to do" by bosses at the Wiltshire landmark.

Founder of the Diverse Church, Sally Hitchiner, will be joining the central London clergy team in May. 

Cathedrals are experiencing a surge in their Choral Evensong services, causing a research project at Oxford to look into why.

Government officials are putting pressure on religious leaders to vote 'yes' in a referendum on the new constitution which could limit the protection of religious people. 

A poll of 2,000 people shows Brits like eating a roast dinner, walking it off with a long stroll and watching a film on a Sunday. 

Churches are being invited to pray for those preparing for exams or essays around the world on Student Sunday. 

A group of vicars on a clergywomen's holiday with Carnival Magic cruises have complained about the ignoring of black women in their party by a cruise ship DJ. 

A student who was heavily involved in her church has not been seen since Boxing Day and police are warning that this is out of character. 

Pope Francis has defrocked former US cardinal Theodore McCarrick after Vatican officials found him guilty of soliciting for sex while hearing Confession.

The main suspect in the theft of royal funeral artefacts from a Swedish cathedral has confessed to stealing them after his DNA was found on items that were pulled from a bin north of Stockholm last week.

David Linden, an SNP MP, has told his followers about being a parent after a premature birth by documenting the first five months of his daughter's life. 

David Linden, an SNP MP, has told his followers about being a parent after a premature birth by documenting the first five months of his daughter's life.