Atheist defends critical focus on Islam

Sam Harris, the prominent atheist, has hit back at charges of Islamophobia levelled by fellow non-believers – insisting that some faiths are more "mistaken" than others.

For this former altar boy, politics and religion are both about social justice

It feels like the Anglican Church has given up railing against the lost meaning of Easter eggs – it’s sponsored its own.

It feels like the Anglican Church has given up railing against the lost meaning of Easter eggs – it’s sponsored its own.

Charlotte Philby attends a new Mass for the LGBT community – and finds two sides singing from the same hymn sheet

The Berkshire schoolboy who became chaplain to Chile's leader is back spreading the word in Britain. Paul Gallagher reports

Rowan Williams formally steps down today as the Archbishop of Canterbury to take up a life in gentle academia after nearly a decade of leading the world's Anglicans during one of its most turbulent periods.

Christian pastors and Muslim imams have come together to draw up guidelines detailing advice on how to deal with inter-faith marriages.

Justin Welby's first act since nomination is move to force lending that goes against ministers' plans

Outrage at former Archbishop of Canterbury's remarks at rally

Senior clergymen from across the Catholic world gathered in Rome yesterday for what is being billed by the church as a crucial attempt to roll back the "tsunami of secularisation" in Western Europe and North America.

John Sentamu, the charismatic Archbishop of York, appears to have been snubbed in the hunt for a successor to Rowan William, amid claims that church leaders are in "deadlock" and could take months to nominate a new Archbishop of Canterbury.

As the Unification Church mourns its founder, a messy family succession threatens to split the controversial religion in two

The Church of England's opposition to gay marriage lacks integrity and should be ignored, the Dean of St Albans said yesterday.