Sutton Council, located in south London, has instructed its employees to refrain from asking for people's "Christian" names, advising instead to use terms such as "first name," "forename," or "given ...

An altar cross which was stolen from a church on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall 18 months ago has been returned. The brass cross had been taken from the vestry at St Brueredus Church at St Breward in June ...

The Bishop of Dover has confirmed to the BBC that she is not a contender for the next Archbishop of Canterbury. Speculation has been rife since Justin Welby resigned in November following a report ...

The Catholic Church in Italy has allowed openly gay men to train as priests, provided they commit to celibacy. The new guidelines, issued by the Italian Bishops Conference (CIE) on Friday and approved ...

A man from Wiltshire is set to stand trial accused of attempted murder following an alleged stabbing in Devizes town centre. According to the Wiltshire Times, Kubilay Bostanli, 26, of Anzio Road, who ...

The Cuban government has announced plans to release 533 prisoners “convicted of various crimes" in a gesture to observe the “spirit” of the Ordinary Jubilee Year 2025. The Jubilee, a traditional ...

A man has been arrested and five others detained following the fatal shooting of a woman outside a church in Brent, London, on 14th December 2024. Michelle Sadio, 44, was attending a wake at the River ...

Many Church of England dioceses are deserting the social media platform X, which was formerly known as Twitter. The exodus follows concerns over the direction of the platform and its content since ...

A man who walked across seven continents to share the Good News of Jesus has died at the age of 84. US evangelist Arthur Blessitt travelled across 324 countries and walked more than 43,000 miles to ...