Last Friday, the statistics unit of the Church of England released an ‘early snapshot’ of attendance figures, based on the returns from the count that happens in churches in October last year. The ...

Some neighbouring parishes have announced their intention to form a separate structure, perhaps a new province, within the Church of England. This has been prompted by the modest steps that the House ...

Catholics suffer from widespread ignorance of important, historical precedents of both female and lay ecclesial leadership.

For the Catholic Church, no aspect of Pope Francis' record is more sensitive or contentious than his handling of the sexual abuse of children by members of the clergy. While he's widely considered ...

When still a cardinal, the new pope led discussions on key issues facing the church during which “every ... Each person at the table, clergy or layperson, was allowed three minutes of ...

Pope Francis's efforts to shake up the workings of the Church should be built on by the next pope, according to some - but his critics are less convinced ...

The 29-year-old curate from Shropshire uploads videos approximately once a week, always wearing her clerical collar, freely mocking herself, the Church of England, ecumenical ... or normalising the ...

Dozens of religious leaders experienced magic mushrooms in a university study. Many are now evangelists for psychedelics.

It’s been announced that the former Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey is one of a number of clergy facing possible ... was disappointed that the Church of England didn’t take action ...

Popes — they're just like us? Not exactly, but you wouldn't know that by the American fanfare surrounding the newly minted ...

Vincent Nichols, 79, the Archbishop of Westminster since 2009 and a cardinal since 2014, has led the Church in England and Wales ... the ranks of the Vatican hierarchy to become president of ...