A Church of England bishop is leading calls for change as a new report shows a worrying failure by successive governments over two decades to narrow the gap between the rich and poor.
Cardinal George Pell – a key papal advisor and the most senior figure in the Australian Catholic Church – has been charged over historic allegations of child sex abuse.
Former Archbishop George Carey should face a police investigation for his role in the Church of England's collusion with convicted sex abuser and ex-bishop of Gloucester Peter Ball, survivors have said.
Christians have welcomed a legal ruling today that Northern Ireland's strict abortion legislation is not incompatible with human rights after three judges in the Court of Appeal in Belfast ruled it was not up to the courts to decide on abortion law but local government.
The Trussell Trust, the Christian based charity which runs the majority of the UK's food banks says their use may continue to rise.
A much-contested stone monument inscribed with the Bible's Ten Commandments at the Arkansas state capitol was smashed to pieces after a vehicle drove into it this morning, less than 24 hours after it was erected.
A recent survey has shown sharply shifting attitudes to sexual morality among British Christians: 73 per cent of Anglicans don't think premarital sex is wrong, and 55 per cent don't think gay sex is wrong.
The British Medical Association has backed decriminalising abortion, adding momentum to a campaign to overturn the 1967 Abortion Act.
The Supreme Court has ruled that a playground owned by a Lutheran church can receive a subsidy from a state programme.
A leading Christian human rights charity says Christians are facing yet another crackdown in Eritrea.
The US Supreme Court will judge whether a Christian baker discriminated against a gay couple by refusing to make their wedding cake on religious grounds
The latest census in Australia has shown a dramatic fall in those who identify as Christian, and a significant rise in those with 'no religion'.
A study has revealed that more than 40 foreign terrorists have used human rights legislation to escape deportation stay in the UK.
Pope Francis has warned Christians of the dangers of suffering and persecution in following Christ, a life which he said promises neither success nor tranquillity.
An overturned oil tanker exploded killing at least 123 people in Pakistan on Sunday, as most of the victims had gathered round when spilt fuel from the stricken vehicle ignited, officials said.
Britain's parliament was hit by a "sustained and determined" cyber attack on Saturday designed to identify weak email passwords, just over a month after a ransomware worm crippled parts of the country's health service.
Fears grew for 141 people missing in China after a landslide buried their mountain village in southwestern Sichuan province on Saturday, with reports that only three survivors had been pulled out of the mud and rock hours after the calamity struck.
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