Church

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  Prince Charles asked to give evidence at sex abuse inquiry into paedophile bishop Peter Ball

  Prince Charles has been asked to evidence at a child abuse inquiry into a paedophile bishop who was jailed for abusing young men.

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  'One part suffers, every part suffers': The church and the UK's knife crime

  In parts of the UK there is an rising risk of being unlawfully killed. Steve Clifford says the church has a crucial role to play in this crisis.

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  Joel Osteen holds back tears as Lakewood pastor moves on to new home at Relentless Church

  Joel Osteen tried to hold back tears as he lauded John Gray and his wife Aventer, who are the new leaders of Relentless Church in Greenville, South Carolina.

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  Paige Patterson friend challenges allegations, offers evidence; Says he was fired after midnight via phone call

  Sharayah Colter, wife of Paige Patterson's former chief of staff Scott Colter, has challenged several of the allegations that led to the former Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary president's firing Wednesday, which she revealed was unceremoniously executed by telephone in the dead of night while he was on assignment in Germany.

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  Joel Osteen Lakewood Church has $90M annual budget: Here's how it is spent

  Pastor Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas has an annual budget of around $90 million, and their last fiscal year's financial statement reveals how they use the money.

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  Pastor Robert Morris returns to preach following near-death experience, Shares his encounter with God

  Pastor Robert Morris returned to the pulpit of his Texas megachurch this past weekend, nearly two months after he nearly died due to internal bleeding.

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  Paul Bayes: David Bowie and the Church's response to sexuality

  Paul Bayes, the bishop of Liverpool, reflects on David Bowie's song 'Changes' and how it speaks to the Church's grapple with sexuality today.

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  Four in five non-Christians in Britain don't believe that churches are making positive changes to society

  A new survey has found that four out of five non-Christians in the U.K. do not believe that churches are making positive changes in the world today.

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  UK Churches conduct outdoor services to highlight persecution of Christians worldwide

  Worship services were held outside churches in the U.K. last Sunday in an effort to draw attention to the persecution of Christians across the world.

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  'Jesus' statue to be donated to another church after Baptist congregation deems it too 'Catholic'

  Church leaders at Red Bank Baptist Church in Lexington, South Carolina have announced that the statue of Jesus Christ at the facade of its building will be donated to another church following a vote to remove the display for being too "Catholic in nature."

• Pope Francis openly admits to 'culture of abuse and cover-up' in the Catholic Church

  Pope Francis became the first pontiff to openly admit to and condemn a 'culture of abuse and cover-up' in the Catholic Church.

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  Have we all lost the plot on Sunday worship?

  Are evangelicals abandoning Sunday worship?

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  Church of England issues liturgies for survivors of sex abuse

  The Church of England is releasing special liturgies asking forgiveness for abuse committed by priests.

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  Anglo-Catholics hit back over reporting abuse heard in confession

  Warning priests they are 'duty bound' to report abuse, even if they heard it in confession, is 'unacceptable' and 'will set a very worrying precedent', an influential Anglican group has said.

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  Rome's Christian catacombs: The accidental discovery of the art of the early church

  On this day in 1578 a momentous discovery of Christian history was made in Rome, completely by accident.