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Several evangelical pastors in East and North-East London exploited children’s charity funds to steal over 1 million British pounds, betraying the trust of their communities.

Julie Conalty, bishop of Birkenhead, welcomes resignation of Justin Welby but says institutional changes needed

Report says it is ‘unlikely’ Justin Welby knew nothing of concerns about Smyth, who abused schoolboys at Christian holiday camps

Danish politician Rasmus Paludan sentenced to four months for incitement against ethnic group

Over the past month, Israel has launched several unprecedentedly powerful strikes against the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah.

Prelates to receive red hats at December consistory in largest intake of electors during pontiff’s 11-year tenure

A scheme to compensate members of a defunct religious cult known as the Jesus Army has identified 539 alleged perpetrators of abuse, and revealed about one in six children had been sexually abused.

Don Antonio Coluccia was leading anti-crime march when he was reportedly assaulted with planks, bottles and sticks

Heritage Foundation leader has long received spiritual guidance from group and his policy goals align with its teachings

A religious leader who claimed he was a ‘living god’ has been accused of exploiting and sexually abusing his followers who say he is really ‘the devil in disguise’.

Tory Immigration Minister Tom Pursglove said there is 'no specific evidence' to support Suella Braverman's claim that churches are helping bogus asylum claims

Ramadan is the 9th month in the Islamic calendar, and runs from the evening of Sunday 10 March until Tuesday 9 April. Here we explain how to greet Muslims during the holy period of fasting

St Paul's Jubilee Memorial Church, in Penzance, Cornwall, was put on the market by the now King when he was Prince Charles’ Duchy of Cornwall and sold at auction

The son of an infamous Christian teleavenglist couple has said their lives were more complicated than people think and they had become scapegoats in a new documentary which is being released

The Jewish man, mocked for wearing a kippah, is goaded on a London Underground service by a Muslim man, behaviour condemned by research group Campaign Against Antisemitism

A megachurch shooter who was killed while using a lethal assault weapon to attack members of the congregation had previous run-ins with cops over weapons

Joel Osteen took to Twitter to reveal his "community is devastated by today's events and grateful for the swift actions of law enforcement" after the Texas megahurch shooting on Sunday

Footage sent exclusively to The Mirror shows disorder at Kay's Local, a small Kosher supermarket in the Golders Green area of north London, which police say "will cause concern in the community"

A couple who came close to splitting up have recounted how they went on a journey to redemption in a bid to save their relationship for their children and grandchildren

The letter sent to a Jewish school in Greater Manchester is one of 1,890 anti-Semitic incidents recorded by a charity since October - when Hamas breached the Gaza–Israel barrier

Victor Manuel Hernandez-Pineda was arrested by police after his victim, now aged 21, reported she survived three years of abuse as a child in Richmond, California

April Evalyn Short, a 30-year-old Georgia mother of three, has been charged with murdering her infant son by slitting his throat, apparently believing that it would enable him to 'be with Jesus and God'

Bishop Carlton Pearson, known for founding Higher Dimensions Family Church and later embracing universalism, passed away at the age of 70 in Tulsa after battling cancer

A single complaint to the council saw the bells at Beith Parish Church in Ayrshire silenced - but other locals have supported a campaign to reverse the decision

The statue in Mexico was spotted shedding real tears and people are now flocking to witness the 'miracle' from miles away on special religious pilgrimages