Alex Ferguson gets behind Lent appeal Footballing giant Sir Alex Ferguson is supporting the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund's Lent appeal.
Benefit cuts: 'D-Day for millions' The scale of the Government's cuts to welfare is "hard to comprehend", says the head of Church Action on Poverty.
Bishops attack Government's welfare reforms Government cuts to benefits have been condemned in a letter signed by 43 bishops in the Church of England.
Online financial support for Scottish families A Christian online giving charity is supporting families in Scotland for the first time.
Thousands of children going without free school meals The Children's Society has warned that large numbers of children in poverty are missing out on free school meals.
Skydiving challenge for 84-year-old twins Frank and Ralph Land are about to embark on a challenge that even some men half their age wouldn't dare do - a skydive jump in support of Christian Aid
Could you live on just £1 a day? That's the massive challenge one Bristol man has set himself throughout the whole of Lent
Remember mums in financial hardship this Mothering Sunday The Bishop of Dudley is asking people to remember the mums struggling to make ends meet this Mothering Sunday.
Poverty must always be on Church agenda - bishop The Bishop of Salisbury believes efforts to tackle poverty ought to always be a priority for the Church.
Welsh chapels raise £200,000 for Christian Aid The Presbyterian Church of Wales' 650 chapels spent last year fundraising for Christian Aid's work in Guatemala
Ending poverty is not easy but it is possible We could well be the generation that sees extreme poverty wiped out for good, if we make some drastic changes to the way we all live