The leader of Catholics in England and Wales has apologised to young unmarried mothers who say the Church forced them to give up their babies for adoption in the years after the Second World War.

Christian bakery Ashers losing an appeal against a discrimination verdict for not baking a cake with a pro-gay marriage slogan is a "mark of totalitarianism", Ann Widdecombe has said.

The Catholic Church in Scotland is being accused of ignoring safeguarding recommendations made by a commission in 2015.

A female bishop has been appointed in the Church in Wales for the first time.

Children are going to learn about St Andrew and other British patron saints as part of a new book series trying to help ensure British values are not forgotten.

The persecution of Christians by "militantly atheist and religiously intolerant regimes" is "intolerable", the Archbishop of Canterbury has said.

Two sisters at the centre of a family court dispute have been praying for their parents to "stop arguing", judges said. 

A man found in an inflatable kayak trying to make his way to the UK has claimed asylum on the grounds he is being persecuted in Iran for his Christian faith.

The leader of Catholics in England and Wales is encouraging the peace process in Colombia as the country emerges from 52 years of conflict. 

A pastor in Cuba is waiting to hear the outcome of his appeal against a sentence of one year under house arrest. 

Pope Francis has suggested women will never be priests within the Catholic Church. 

A controlled explosion by the Army shook a Catholic high school in Suffolk on Tuesday while some pupils were attending Mass.

Six out of ten Brits are more worried about their bank balance the week after payday than at any other time of the month.

The Church of Scotland's first arts minister has been appointed in Glasgow.