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Scottish Anglican cathedral is UK\'s first to host same-sex weddings
Scottish Anglican cathedral is UK's first to host same-sex weddings

A cathedral in Scotland has become the UK's first Anglican cathedral to host same-sex weddings.

You aren\'t coming through here: Nuns build chapel to block fracking gas pipeline
You aren't coming through here: Nuns build chapel to block fracking gas pipeline

A group of Catholic nuns in Pennsylvania is resisting plans to build a $3bn pipeline for gas obtained by fracking through its land by building a makeshift chapel along the proposed route and, citing religious freedom, launching a legal challenge.

Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway says ignoring all the criticism that comes with her job would be harder if it weren\'t for her Christian faith
Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway says ignoring all the criticism that comes with her job would be harder if it weren't for her Christian faith

Conway, who was a prominent conservative pollster before becoming Trump's campaign manager in August 2016, said a lot of the criticism of her was 'gender-based'.

Fuller Theological Seminary closes some campuses
Fuller Theological Seminary closes some campuses

The influential US evangelical institution Fuller Theological Seminary is closing several of its locations because of the growing for online education and the increase in online enrollment. The seminary said it was 'retooling for a different world'.

16-year-old Christian boy is the latest victim of Pakistan\'s blasphemy law
16-year-old Christian boy is the latest victim of Pakistan's blasphemy law

A Pakistani boy has been charged with blasphemy for speaking with a colleague about Jesus, according to World Watch Monitor.

Top musicians are to sing all 150 Psalms in one weekend. What can this teach our world today?
Top musicians are to sing all 150 Psalms in one weekend. What can this teach our world today?

An astonishing choral performance of all 150 Psalms in one weekend is coming soon. Tido Vasser, managing director of the Netherlands Chamber Choir, on what inspired him to embark on this ambitious project

Was this Catholic cardinal a saint or a pro-Nazi war criminal?
Was this Catholic cardinal a saint or a pro-Nazi war criminal?

Representatives of the Catholic and Orthodox Churches have agreed to disagree on the legacy of controversial wartime cardinal – seen as a criminal by Orthodox Serbs, and a saint by Catholic Croats.

Diagnosed with cancer, this Christian got through it by praying and painting Jesus\' last day on earth
Diagnosed with cancer, this Christian got through it by praying and painting Jesus' last day on earth

From witnessing and experiencing the energy of the power of prayer and being part of painting'Golgotha', his version of the Stations of the Cross, Derek Culley came through two heart attacks and cancer with an inner calm and serenity that he has to this day when engaged in art and art making

Would-be bride turns cancelled $30,000 wedding reception into banquet for the homeless
Would-be bride turns cancelled $30,000 wedding reception into banquet for the homeless

A would-be bride turned her $30,000 non-refundable wedding reception into a banquet for the homeless after her fiancé cancelled their marriage.

Did the Church of England cross the line in York?
Did the Church of England cross the line in York?

'People think that stories are shaped by people,' said the great Terry Pratchett. 'In fact, it's the other way around.'

More than 500 boys abused in German Catholic choir school over 60 years, report blames \'culture of silence\'
More than 500 boys abused in German Catholic choir school over 60 years, report blames 'culture of silence'

At least 547 at a German Catholic choir school in Germany faced physical or sexual abuse in conditions likened to 'prison, hell and a concentration camp' over a period of 60 years, a damning report has found.

US Archbishop hits back at Pope Francis allies over Catholics\' \'ecumenism of hate\' with evangelicals
US Archbishop hits back at Pope Francis allies over Catholics' 'ecumenism of hate' with evangelicals

An American Archbishop has hit back at allies of Pope Francis who recently attacked US conservative Catholics and evangelicals for their 'ecumenism of hate,' with the Archbishop arguing that the groups are 'merely for fighting for what their Churches have always held to be true'.

Canon: How a Bible card game is helping students learn how Scripture began
Canon: How a Bible card game is helping students learn how Scripture began

The Bible and Star Wars have a lot in common - and a New Testament professor has invented a card game to show you how.

Tim Farron: Marginalised Christians are \'doing something right\'
Tim Farron: Marginalised Christians are 'doing something right'

Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron has said he doesn't feel marginalised as a Christian in the UK, but said that Christians should expect to struggle as they 'go against the grain' of society.

Israeli Christian charged with killing daughter over relationship with Muslim
Israeli Christian charged with killing daughter over relationship with Muslim

An Israeli Christian has been charged with the murdering his daughter after she refused to end her relationship with a Muslim and said she was converting to Islam.

Prince William and Kate make sombre visit to former Nazi death camp
Prince William and Kate make sombre visit to former Nazi death camp

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge today visited the site of a former Nazi concentration and death camp at Stutthof in a trip organised by the Holocaust Educational Trust (HET).