Sarah Sands, editor and new CEO of Hymns Ancient and Modern, says the common ground between the news sphere and religion is 'bearing witness' and asking questions.

Buddhist spiritual adviser offers loving-kindness as Tennessee execution fails; Jagtar Singh Johal released after almost nine years in Indian prison; Council defends speaker who said Virgin Mary ‘wore...

Sarah Sands calls for media to capture renewed public interest in religion; Burnham puts ‘common good’ at heart of Labour conference speech; Pope ‘not in panic mode’ over AI; Eiffel Tower boss leaves ...

Our panel considers what happens to our understanding of being human, if AI become increasingly capable of reasoning, creating and making decisions

Bishop Steven Croft warns politicians have failed to keep pace with AI; Resistance to acceleration of AI 'linked to religious ideas of the apocalypse'; Divinity courses close at the University of Edin...

''The news sphere and the heavenly sphere' - how the media reflects the Christian perspective; Pope Leo says AI must serve human dignity and strengthen peace; Bishop of Lincoln resigns after suspensio...

Jehovah’s Witnesses allow blood products – but not transfusions; Chief Rabbi’s special prayer for peace on Yom Kippur; Warning of Christian persecution in Pakistan after Lambeth award mistake; Leeds M...

Lambeth Palace withdraws award to Muslim cleric; AI must remain in the service of humanity, say the King and the Pope; Story of drone attack on Mecca denied by Houthis

Survey suggests '64 per cent of UK Christians are broad evangelicals’; Board of Deputies meets Archbishop over Kairos document; Government urged to appoint anti Muslim hostility tsar; Canada’s lone re...

Bill to end ban on Catholics and Jews advising on CofE bishops, in parliament today; Call for more ‘political theology’ in Christian response to social need; Chief Coroner seeks public inquiry into He...

The Gather Movement has set an ambitious target to map all front-line social action projects undertaken by faith groups in every local authority area

Vatican’s AI warnings resurface as researchers warn it could ‘kill all humans’; Met Police launches criminal investigation into Reform UK funding; How new ideas of the universe and consciousness help ...

Ed Miliband: ‘Passivity over West Bank is no strategy'; Reaction: 'A dark day for British Jews' / 'important and necessary'; Hindu group at centre of dispute that closed Eiffel Tower for a day; Faith leaders in Wales seek deeper cooperation with Senedd; 170 people baptised in the sea off south Devon

Bishop of Salisbury faces disciplinary complaint; Churches have ‘crucial role’ in delivering essential community services; The legacy of 9/11 on British Muslims; Chris Brain, founder of Nine O’Clock Service, back in court

Church warning as far right wins 44 per cent support in German state; Debate on assisted dying centres on palliative care; Tough questioning for Israeli embassy official over settler violence; Flowing...

Cambridge theology professor at centre of Reform funding allegations; Cabinet committee on antisemitism to ensure security; Pew finds anti-Muslim attitudes persist 25 years after 9/11; Britain needs n...

Report warns ‘vicars are becoming an endangered species’; Police protect vicar of Doncaster Minster from anti-immigration protesters; SPCK acquires Eerdmans to become ‘leading global Christian publish...

Hindus in Croydon gather for prayer as their priest and 16 pilgrims are missing in Nepal; Assault case against Jim Shannon MP 'ongoing for three years'; Six Jehovah’s witnesses jailed in Russia for ‘e...

Muslim and Christian aid agencies join humanitarian efforts in Nepal; Hindu priest from Croydon among 33 Britons missing; Nigeria searches for hundreds kidnapped from mosques; Bishop of Aberdeen and O...

Muslim and Christian aid agencies join humanitarian efforts in Nepal; Hindu priest from Croydon among 33 Britons missing; Nigeria searches for hundreds kidnapped from mosques; Bishop of Aberdeen and O...

Pope Leo gives robust theological defence of Vatican Two; New CofE Chief Education Officer is civil servant Charlie Lang; Hare Krishna monk turned punk rocker brings his band to London; Pope makes it ...

Dolly Parton’s lifelong faith remembered in tributes; Faith communities ‘have infrastructure to tackle extreme weather’; ‘Priests Against Genocide’ urge decisive action on Palestine; Rochdale Council ...

Priest warns Christian community in northern West Bank is under increasing pressure; Ukrainian church leader warns that freedom cannot be taken for granted; Ayaan Institute launches campaign to ‘stop ...

Bishop says Ukrainians remain hopeful for freedom, 35 years on; Protest outside ‘Make Great Britain Christian again’ conference; David Campanale claims £790,000 damages after deselection over Christia...

Religious Studies GCSE among top ten most popular subjects; Faith organisations to join national summit on homelessness; Rowan Williams says Farage 'wants to channel anti-Muslim feeling'; Bishop of Du...

DUP MP Jim Shannon charged with common assault; Church of England issues prayers for rain and delivery from drought; Hundreds of mosques 'waiting for security funding'; 800 year old Brechin Cathedral ...

Thousands gather in Trafalgar Square for Jason Arday vigil; Bishop ‘enters admissions’ to misconduct allegations following Makin review; Theos makes the case for studying Theology and Religious Studie...

Thousands gather in Trafalgar Square for Jason Arday vigil; Bishop ‘enters admissions’ to misconduct allegations following Makin review; Theos makes the case for studying Theology and Religious Studie...

The death of Jason Arday: 'a time for reflection on values and boundaries'; British Muslims pray for rain as showers are forecast; Progressive Jewish leaders appalled by Netanyahu’s ‘Islamic Republic ...

A level Religious Studies entries fall amid shortage of specialist teachers; Catholic Bishop of Northampton appears in court on rape charges; Pope themed mitre hats a major crowd puller at Chicago Whi...

Awe and wonder at the solar eclipse, interpreted by religion; Private Requiem Mass for Anne Widdecombe; Muslim and Christian leaders agree plan to tackle extremism in West Africa; The child evangelist...

Christian village of Taybeh closed to Israelis to deter settler attacks; Catholic agencies mobilise for the people of Colombia; Islamic Relief reports rise in abusive messages; Charity launched to dee...

Jewish leaders meet Foreign Secretary to discuss concerns on policy; Priest in Taybeh warns Palestinian Christians feel forgotten; Richard Dawkins marks 50 years of 'The Selfish Gene'; Turin Shroud ex...

Bishop ‘deeply concerned’ at narrative around early release of prisoners; Investigation launched into Al-Khair Foundation over alleged links with Hamas; MCB: Government’s non-engagement policy ‘does n...

AI learns nature's design rules and creates new virus; Boxer charged with murdering Christian refugee worker in Athens; Bishop says Kairos II document in synod motion was ‘unfortunate’; Call to sack s...

Former neo-Nazi Conservative candidate withdraws after backlash; Antisemitic incidents rise by a fifth compared to last year; Man in court suspected of murdering Christian refugee worker; Methodist mi...

Church pays tribute to missionary found dead in Athens suitcase; Prof David Miller unfair dismissal decision upheld on appeal; Emergency meeting over ‘threat of Israeli takeover' around al-Aqsa mosque

Millions join Arbaeen pilgrimage in Iraq; Bishop welcomes Prime Minister’s call for safe migration routes; New Forest 'vampire' detained under Mental Health Act

Pope Leo says he is following ‘alarming situation in Ceuta'; Amnesty International UK apologises for report labelling groups ‘anti-rights’; Boy George withdrawn from playing the role of Herod in ‘Jesu...

Eleven Christian groups complain to Charity Commission over Amnesty report; Andy Burnham praises Jewish Care for community approach; Coffin rescued from devastating fire at large Victorian Leicester c...