Church
US Church leaders: Death penalty is 'profound evil'
Leading Church figures use Holy Week to call for an end to capital punishment.
Jewish Agency and International Fellowship for Christians and Jews fall out over Aliyah programmes
The Jewish Agency, a world leading organisation for immigration to Israel, has accused one of its former partners of sabotage by creating competitive arrangements for aliyah.
Libby Lane Easter interview: 'I try to inhabit the story physically, which can be transcendent'
The Church of England's first woman bishop is to give her first live act of Christian worship to the nation on Easter Sunday, when BBC Radio 4 broadcasts its early morning service from Chester Cathedral.
Vatican defends appointing Chilean bishop accused of covering up abuse
The Vatican has strongly defended appointing Bishop Juan Barros despite protests by critics who have accused him of covering up sexual abuse.
Southern Baptists confront the past, look to the future
The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) discussed its racist past during the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission's Gospel and Racial Reconciliation summit last week.
Michael Green: If we want to see revival, it starts with prayer, holiness and suffering
We sing about it and pray for it, but what can we be doing if we really want to see a revival of God in our nation?
Women should be fully included at all levels of leadership in the Church - Anglicans tell the UN
"Gender equality applies to all human beings and should be a discussion for all women and men, girls and boys," the Anglican Communion delegation to a UN commission has concluded.
Why is it so hard to prove God is there? Just think of the alternative
God wants us to choose him freely, says Tom Price of the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics.
Missouri Presbyterian churches receive threats over acceptance of same sex marriage and ministers
At least four Presbyterian churches in the state of Missouri have received threats in response to the Presbyterian Church (USA)'s decision to embrace same-sex marriages.
Anglican bishops call for divestment from fossil fuels
Climate change is an "unprecedented crisis" and the Church must divest from fossil fuels as soon as possible, a group of influential Anglican bishops have said.
Most Americans think church attendance is admirable, even if they don't go themselves
Despite fears about a decline in church attendance, the majority of Americans believe that going to church is an admirable thing to do, a new study has found.
Enoch Powell 'satanic cult' claims: CofE defends decision to pass name to police
The Church of England has defended its actions in passing the name of the late Enoch Powell, the well-known orator and Conservative MP, to the police in connection with allegations of historic sex abuse.
Germanwings crash: Andreas Lubitz was treated for suicidal tendencies
The German pilot suspected of deliberately crashing a plane in the French Alps last week was treated for suicidal tendencies years ago before he received his pilot's licence, German prosecutors said on Monday.
Cardinal Burke: Confusion about divorce and homosexuality spreading 'in an alarming way'
The prelate who is regarded as the voice of conservative Catholicism has warned that confusion is spreading among Catholics "in an alarming way" about divorce and homosexuality.
Church apologises for priest who said Jill Meagher could have avoided rape and murder by being more 'faith filled'
A Catholic archdiocese today apologised and introduced new guidelines to train clergy in "cultural understanding" .
A well-known atheist visited three churches in one day... this is what he made of it
Leader of the Sunday Assembly Sanderson Jones spent Sunday attending three London churches and tweeting about his experience.