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Byline: Petre Thomas-USA TODAY Sports Reed Sheppard's scoring outputs were measly during a three-game stretch until No. 16 Kentucky traveled to Mississippi State. Sheppard broke out of his slump with [...]

Byline: Petre Thomas-USA TODAY Sports Mississippi State coach Chris Jans spelled out the stakes for his team this week: To keep their NCAA Tournament hopes alive, the Bulldogs had to [...]

Byline: Petre Thomas-USA TODAY Sports Two of the top teams in the Southeastern Conference will square off for the second time in as many weeks when No. 16 Alabama visits [...]

Byline: Petre Thomas-USA TODAY Sports It was just two weeks ago that Ole Miss dropped an 82-59 decision at Auburn. It was the Rebels' second straight loss and came by [...]

Byline: Petre Thomas-USA TODAY Sports Alabama isn't used to being out of the national championship picture this time of year. But yet here's where the Crimson Tide stand as they [...]

TONY Blair will use his first speech on faith since he left Number 10 to urge politicians today not to dismiss religion as out of date or extreme. In a [...]

A SENIOR lay member of the Church of England's 'Parliament'' has called for a ban on the building of more mosques in Britain. Alison Ruoff, a long-standing member of the [...]

THE Anglican Church in Wales is expected to approve the consecration of female bishops next week, increasing the pressure on the Church of England to follow suit. The historic but [...]

THE increasing influence of Islam on British culture is disclosed in research today that shows the number of Muslims worshipping at mosques in England and Wales will outstrip the numbers [...]

THE Archbishop of Canterbury attacked the 'greed'' consuming the world's civilised nations yesterday, warning against the rush for oil, power and territory. In his Easter Sunday sermon, Dr Rowan Williams [...]

HIGH street betting shops will open today for the first time on a Good Friday, prompting criticism from religious groups. The long-standing ban on betting during one of Christianity's holiest [...]

THE body which regulates embryo research comes under fire today for allowing scientists to create part-human, part-animal hybrids. A cross-party group of more than 40 MPs has expressed its 'dismay'' [...]

THE last witch convicted of black magic in Britain should be pardoned, campaigners said yesterday. In one of the most bizarre episodes of the Second World War, Helen Duncan, a [...]

THE Archbishop of Canterbury is backing secret plans to create a 'parallel'' Church for American conservatives to avert fresh splits over homosexuality. Dr Rowan Williams has held confidential talks with [...]

READ THE Archbishop of Canterbury refused to back down over his controversial comments on Islamic law yesterday but admitted his intervention had been 'clumsy''. Dr Rowan Williams said much of [...]

AFTER three days suffering the torments of hell over his ill-judged remarks on Islamic law, the Archbishop of Canterbury metaphorically rose again yesterday. In his presidential address to the General [...]

THE Archbishop of Canterbury is bracing himself for an angry confrontation today with senior Church members as he refuses to apologise over the sharia law row. Dr Rowan Williams yesterday [...]

THE Archbishop of Canterbury faced calls for his resignation yesterday as bishops joined politicians in criticising his remarks supporting the adoption of sharia law. Dr Rowan Williams was urged to [...]

THE Archbishop of Canterbury was embroiled in a fierce political and religious row last night after he called for aspects of Islamic sharia law to be adopted in Britain. Dr [...]

THE CHURCH of England rounded on the Government yesterday for cutting its funding for the upkeep of crumbling cathedrals. English Heritage will give grants totalling pounds 2.1 million - half [...]

AN international 'court of appeal'', with the Archbishop of Canterbury at its centre, is to be created to avert the collapse of worldwide Anglicanism, it was announced yesterday. Dr Rowan [...]

THE closure of rural schools will 'hasten the decline'' of village life across Britain, according to a leading Church of England bishop. The Bishop of Hereford, the Rt Rev Anthony [...]

THE Crucifixion of Christ 'wasn't as bad as it's been painted'', an outspoken Marxist academic will claim on the BBC this month. Terry Eagleton, the professor of cultural theory at [...]

THE Archbishop of Canterbury launched a fierce attack on 24-hour drinking yesterday, saying it had made Britain 'less safe and less civil''. Dr Rowan Williams said the relaxation of licensing [...]

SENIOR clergy accused the Church of England yesterday of planning a pounds 4 billion 'grab'' of rectories and vicarages. The ownership of thousands of parsonages will be transferred from vicars [...]

ROMAN Catholic baptism figures are being significantly swelled by lapsed Catholics keen for their children to gain places at popular faith schools, new research suggested yesterday. While Catholics have traditionally [...]

THE Church of England bishop who provoked a storm by claiming that Islamic extremists were making some areas 'no-go'' zones for non-Muslims yesterday said he stood by his comments. The [...]

ONE of the Church of England's best-known theologians is suing the Bishop of Liverpool, the Rt Rev James Jones, following a row at an Oxford theological college. Dr Elaine Storkey, [...]

A CHURCH of England bishop has criticised the Lambeth Conference, which starts in July, for shying away from the issue of homosexuality. The Bishop of Manchester, the Rt Rev Nigel [...]

BRITAIN'S senior Roman Catholic leader used his New Year message yesterday to praise marriage and deliver an implicit attack on the Government's gay equality laws. Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, the head [...]

BRITAIN'S most senior Roman Catholic leader, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, appealed to the nation yesterday to be more welcoming to immigrants. The cardinal, the head of the Catholic Church in England [...]

THE CHURCH of England yesterday rejected claims that the Roman Catholic Church has overtaken it as the country's dominant Christian denomination. More Catholics than Anglicans attended Sunday church services in [...]

SOME 3.5 million people will shop for bargains over the internet on Christmas Day - more than will attend a Church of England service. Marks & Spencer, Argos, Halfords, Comet, [...]

A JEWISH man has claimed that British Airways banned him from taking Saturdays off to observe the Sabbath. Daniel Rosenthal, a customer service agent at Heathrow, refused to work after [...]

MIDNIGHT Mass will be held early at churches across the country this Christmas to stop drunks disrupting services. The service with candles and carols normally begins between 11 and 11.30pm [...]

CONSERVATIVE Anglican leaders are secretly planning a meeting next summer for the hundreds of bishops expected to defy the Archbishop of Canterbury by boycotting the Lambeth Conference, The Daily Telegraph [...]

CONSERVATIVE bishops who boycott next year's showcase Lambeth Conference risk being removed from senior Anglican councils and committees, the Archbishop of Canterbury indicated yesterday. In an unprecedented warning to Anglican [...]

THE extent of Britons' ignorance about the Christmas story is illustrated today in a report that shows more than a quarter of adults do not know where Jesus was born. [...]

THE Mormon Church, which was founded by Joseph Smith in the early 1800s, is officially called the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or The Church of Jesus Christ. [...]

THE ancient law of blasphemy was dealt a near fatal blow yesterday when the High Court rejected efforts by Christian campaigners to bring a prosecution over Jerry Springer - The [...]

BRITAIN'S most senior Roman Catholic leader is planning to welcome thousands of lapsed believers back into the practice of their faith this weekend - by text message. Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, [...]

THE Royal Commonwealth Society was at the centre of an embarrassing row yesterday after it barred a well-known Roman Catholic commentator from attacking intolerance towards Christians at its annual carol [...]

WITH a pin cushion modelled on St Sebastian, the third-century martyr who was riddled with arrows, and a figurine of Jesus sitting on a chopper motorbike, they would hardly be [...]

A FASHIONABLE Roman Catholic hospital has agreed a code of ethics barring its doctors from referring abortions or providing contraceptives, The Daily Telegraph has learned. The board of the private [...]

A VICAR was removed from his parish and suspended as a priest for four years yesterday after having an affair with a married parishioner in the first case of a [...]

THE Pope is understood to be considering ways to accommodate disaffected Anglicans who are thinking of joining the Catholic Church. Many Anglicans are hopeful that Rome will allow groups who [...]

A CHURCH of England bishop has accused parents of spoiling their children 'beyond excess'' by buying them expensive Christmas presents that are soon discarded. The Bishop of Hulme, the Rt [...]

THE Archbishop of Canterbury is preparing to target individual bishops whose pro-gay policies threaten to derail his efforts to avert schism, The Daily Telegraph has learnt. In a high-risk strategy, [...]

THE BBC is to broadcast a 'contemporary'' Nativity play featuring Mary and Joseph as asylum seekers instructed to report to the nearest passport office. The story, set in Liverpool, will [...]

A CHRISTIAN magistrate who felt forced to resign because he objects to adoption by gay couples was a victim of discrimination, an employment appeal tribunal heard yesterday. Andrew McClintock, 63, [...]