A popular priest from West Sussex has taken to the skies in a Second World War fighter jet, thanks to the generosity of people from his parish.

Israel Houghton has released a new music video which stars his second wife, Adrienne, and alludes to the criticism they have received over their relationship.

More than a third of adult Christians in the UK do not prayer for miracles, new statistics suggest.

Humanitarian workers from Christian organisations have joined other charities in responding to a devastating earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia which have left more than 800 people dead.

The Russian Orthodox Church has warned that it would sever ties with the leader of the worldwide Orthodox community if he grants autonomy to Ukraine's Orthodox Church.

A missionary couple from Cambridgeshire are to speak publicly about surviving a hostage-taking last year in West Africa - in which a close friend and colleague of theirs died.

Pope Francis has defrocked a Chilean priest who was a central character in the global sex abuse scandal rocking his papacy.

The Archbishop of York has attacked the introduction of Universal Credit but stopped short of repeating a call by the Archbishop of Canterbury that it be halted unless improvements are made.

One half of the celebrity Richard and Judy duo has challenged the claim by a Church of England bishop that people should not refer to God only as 'He'.

A lay preacher from Cambridgeshire has been sentenced to eleven-and-a-half years in prison after being convicted of historic sex offences against three girls on the south coast of England.

A lorry driver caught on camera checking his mobile phone just before a fatal crash in Dumfries and Galloway has been jailed for five years.

A councillor in Oxfordshire has called a job advert for a priest which says the church will only accept a man, "misogynistic".

Avril Lavigne, the pop singer behind the hit 2002 song Sk8er Boi, has released a new single which has gone straight to number five in the Christian songs chart.

Religious people are significantly under-represented in British television, a new report by Ofcom reveals - although a lack of figures means the extent of the issue is unclear.