Church

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  Controversy rages on over Pope Francis's document on the family as doubts emerge over critics' petition

  Questions have been raised over the authenticity of the so-called 'filial correction' in response to Pope Francis' 2016 document on the family, 'Amoris Laetitia', after one of the supposed signatories revealed that he had not, in fact, signed.

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  Church backs down in row with composers over 'Musicians Church'

  The Church of England is backing down in a row with the country's best-known composers and musicians.

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  Sierra Leone megachurch pastor arrested after saying Islam causes 'every terrorist act in history'

  The pastor who founded one of Sierra Leone's largest churches has been arrested after recordings of a sermon he gave targeting Muslims appeared online.

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  Former Queen's chaplain Gavin Ashenden consecrated as 'missionary bishop'

  Gavin Ashenden, the former chaplain to the Queen who earlier this year resigned from the Church of England over its 'liberalising' trend, has been consecrated a bishop.

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  Has the Pope gone soft on adultery? The Catholic Church's civil war

  The more the Pope appeals to the secular world, the more he alienates traditionalists over sexuality in his Catholic Church, and vice versa.

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  Scottish Anglicans to face 'consequences' for allowing gay marriage

  The Scottish Episcopal Church is likely to face 'consequences' from fellow Anglicans for its decision to allow gay marriage.

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  Number of Church of England trainee priests highest for a decade – with women making up more than half

  The number of people entering training to become Church of England priests is at the highest level for a decade — with women making up more than half the total, according to new figures released today.

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  'Moving and humbling': 27 young Christians opt to live as monks and nuns for a year

  The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has welcomed his third intake of young men and women to spend 'a year in God's time' as part of the St Anselm's Community at Lambeth Palace

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  How you can talk to your friends about Jesus

  The days of Billy Graham-style mass evangelism rallies might have gone, in the West at least. But what will replace them?

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  Lancelot Andrewes: 7 quotes from a great scholar and preacher

  Andrewes was a fierce defender of the Church of England against what he saw as the excesses both of Roman Catholicism and extreme Protestantism.

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  Archbishop of Canterbury sparks wedding panic...by losing the ring!

  But Justin Welby sparked panic when he momentarily lost one of the rings as he officiated at the marriage of his senior aide Ailsa Anderson last Saturday.

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  Church in Wales closing more than 10 churches a year

  The Church in Wales has closed 115 churches in a decade, about eight per cent of the total, leaving more than 1,300 still in use according to figures published by the BBC.

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  Church apologizes after hosting fashion show 'glorifying demon worship'

  The show during London Fashion Week featured inverted crosses and models wearing devil's horns and was held at St Andrew's Church in central London.

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  Pope Francis is leading the Church to heresy, say Catholic scholars in extraordinary rebuke

  Pope Francis is leading the Catholic Church into heresy, according to more than 60 conservative scholars and priests.

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  Vatican fraud investigator: I was forced to quit after I found illegal behaviour

  The Vatican's first auditor-general, who resigned without explanation in June, has broken his silence, saying he was forced to step down with trumped-up accusations after discovering evidence of possible illegal activity.