Explore England’s places of worship and you’ll find masterpieces of design, some of the world’s most beautiful stained-glass windows and a host of astonishing murals, monuments and carvings spanning over a thousand years of turbulent history – as a fascinating new book reveals. The National Churches Trust teamed up with prolific church photographer Matthew Byrne … Read more
Two suicide bombers believed to be members of a militant network with Islamic State allegiances have blown themselves up outside a church packed with Palm Sunday Mass parishioners in Indonesia. At least 20 church parishioners and security guards were injured in the blast outside the Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral in Makassar on the island … Read more
The SNP’s church ban during lockdown has been deemed unlawful after 27 clerics launched a judicial review. A judge ruled that Nicola Sturgeon’s criminalisation of worship was unconstitutional, disproportionate and infringed on human rights. Judge Lord Braid told Edinburgh’s Court of Session that ‘it was impossible to measure the effect of those restrictions on those who … Read more
Retired NRL star Sam Burgess has been photographed at an evangelical church on Queensland’s Gold Coast as he tries to turn his troubled personal life around. Burgess was spotted in Metro Church on Sunday, two days after he was cleared by a judge of intimidating his former father-in-law Mitch Hooke. ‘I just met this legend … Read more
Retired NRL star Sam Burgess has been photographed at an evangelical church on Queensland’s Gold Coast as he tries to turn his troubled personal life around. Burgess was spotted in Metro Church on Sunday, two days after he was cleared by a judge of intimidating his former father-in-law Mitch Hooke. ‘I just met this legend … Read more
The Queen appoints Prince William as her representative to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland – as SNP unveils plans for a second independence referendum The Queen has been appointed Prince William as Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland for the second year in a row Represents … Read more
Church of England will order 30% quota for BAME candidates on its leadership programme as leaked report demands ‘repentance’ for historic links to the slave trade and anti-racism training Church of England to introduce 30 per cent quota for ethnic minority candidates on its leadership programme Currently, only one of 42 diocesan bishops come from … Read more
Church of England will order 30% quota for BAME clergy as leaked report demands ‘repentance’ for historic links to the slave trade and anti-racism training Church of England to introduce 30 per cent quota for ethnic minority clergy Currently, only one of 42 diocesan bishops come from BAME backgrounds Report calls on the Church to ‘deal … Read more
Police van smashes into car in horror crash outside church as firefighters are forced to cut motorist from wreckage Leicestershire Police reported the incident at 10.50am today after the crash Van hit a car at the junction of King Richard Road and Hinckley Road Firefighters were on the scene cutting on motorist from the wreckage … Read more
Charlotte Church has recalled the ‘gross’ treatment she suffered as a famous singer after getting a record deal as an opera singer aged 12. Talking on the Sink The Pink Pop Tart podcast on Wednesday, mother-of-three, Charlotte, now aged 35, recalled: There was a countdown to me loosing my virginity.’ She said: ‘The Sun had done … Read more