Church of Norway Will Split from State on New Year’s Day
Norway will witness an historic split between church and state on Sunday when the Church of Norway officially separates from the Norwegian government, after 500 years of partnership.
Norway will witness an historic split between church and state on Sunday when the Church of Norway officially separates from the Norwegian government, after 500 years of partnership.
The number of Brits who say they actively do not believe in any god or higher spiritual power has shot up five points, from 33 to 38 per cent, in a single year.
The number of Britons who believe in God has fallen by four percentage points in under two years, a new survey on religious attitudes has found, leaving atheism to pull significantly ahead.
The number of weddings being performed by the Church of Scotland slipped below the number of humanist ceremonies taking place for the first time last year, latest figures have shown. The decline in church weddings is yet another indication of
What we think of as Europe is pretty easy to define these days. But it wasn’t always so, and it may not be for long.
The Church of England faces at least another three decades of decline as its elderly population is dying off faster than young people are coming into the church. In an attempt to reverse the trend, the Church’s leadership is pinning
Middle East Christianity will disappear within a decade as its followers face utter annihilation at the hands of Islamic State (IS) terrorists, a Catholic aid group has warned. The alarming rate of decline in the Biblical heartlands means the religion could
A former Methodist church in Cambridge, which stands on a site used for Christian worship for 140 years, has been bought by the Cambridge Islamic College (CIC) for £1.3million. The sale of Sturton Street Methodist Church follows 12 months of campaigning by local