The Church of England's pension scheme succumbed to the "cult of equity" and sank 100 per cent of its investments into stocks towards the end of the 1990s bull market, a number of newspapers are suggesting.

Hundreds of people have been forced from their homes to make way for a commercial development in Rivers State, Nigeria. Human rights groups are calling for an end to forced demolitions.

Public figures, scholars and peacemakers are among those speaking and performing at a celebration in London which aims to connect Palestinian Christians with those in the UK.

Human rights groups have protested to the Iran over a longstanding travel ban on a journalist and activist which has prevented him from receiving in person the Martin Ennals Award.

The Church of England has used a meeting of global faith leaders and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to launch an environmental strategy for the next seven years.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on political leaders today to join the world's faiths and the United Nations in taking bold steps to address dangerous climate change.

Dick Olver, head of the multinational arms company BAE Systems, will focus on ethics when delivering the Mountbatten Memorial Lecture next week. The news has been met with a mixture of derision and outrage.

A Catholic priest and a nun, both in their 80s, were hooded, handcuffed and held faced down on the ground for four hours before being arrested after a protest against nuclear weapons yesterday.

Two prominent Catholic theologians have strongly criticised attitudes influencing the church hierarchy over its stance on measures to prevent the spread of HIV-AIDS.

The Accord Coalition says that the problem with schools admissions is not just people cheating, but policies which themselves discriminate, especially on grounds of religion or belief.

A top Vatican official has joined Christian leaders in the town where Luther broke with the papacy, at a tree-planting ceremony for the 500th anniversary of the Reformation which will take place in 2017

A Nigerian church pastor at the Daystar Christian Centre in Lagos is leading a drive for improved electricity supply in the energy-rich country where many citizens say the power situation is abysmal.

Now is the time to continue the trend toward nuclear disarmament, four global, regional and national ecumenical bodies have told leaders of NATO, the EU, the USA and Russia.

The Church of Scotland takes its climate change message onto the world stage tomorrow, as officials prepare to address Ban Ki-Moon, the UN Secretary General, and the Duke of Edinburgh.

Amnesty International has called on Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to retract his recent statement that criticising the outcome of June's presidential election is "a crime".

4 Nov 09 - RV) The churches in North and South Korea can make an important contribution to the promotion of reconciliation and lasting peace on the divided peninsula. That's the view of the outgoing secretary general of the World

4 Nov 09 - RV) A Statement from the Holy See Press office has come out against a ruling by the European court of human rights that said the display of crucifixes in Italian public schools violates religious and educational

3 Nov 09 - RV) A statement was released today by the Prefect of the Congregation of Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, Cardinal Franc Rodé, regarding the Apostolic Visitation initiated earlier this year to look at

3 Nov 09 - RV) Details of the upcoming 6th World Congress for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Refugees was presented at a press conference here at the Vatican. The meeting which begins on November 9 and runs until

3 Nov 09 - RV) Planes and ships searching a remote patch of the Indian Ocean today found no signs of additional survivors from the sinking of a suspected asylum-seeker boat. Meanwhile, the Australian government has announced plans to expand