The Church of England has launched an Amazon Echo "skill" which allows people to ask questions about God, Jesus and prayer.

The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, said the app was designed to help agnostics find out more about faith and the church.

Digital programmes were a "priority for development", he said.

The Alexa programme will allow users to ask questions including "what is faith?", "what do Christians believe?" and "who is God?".

They will need to install it by telling the device "Alexa, open the Church of England".