A bishop in Nigeria has welcomed news that five people have been arrested in connection with the kidnapping of more than 300 young people and staff from a Catholic school in Nigeria last year. The sus...
Pope Leo has announced the “values of sport” as his monthly prayer intention for June. The Pope has urged Catholics to join in praying that the “universal language” of sport may show a “...
A 64-year-old man accused of trying to kidnap a 74-year-old woman with whom he’d had a romantic relationship was arrested May 31, according to Port St. Lucie Police on June 1. Jose Tsu Zamora was ja...
A Roman Catholic priest in Texas has been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of sexually assaulting members of his congregation. Anthony Odiong, 57, was sentenced by a jury in Waco afte...
A woman has been appointed for the first time to lead the Vatican's communications department. Maria Montserrat Alvarado, who is currently head of Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) will ta...
An 88-year-old former church volunteer has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a child at one of Australia's largest Pentecostal churches more than 40 years ago. Richard Jones admitted two count...
The world's biggest Bible app is launching an international scripture challenge alongside the World Cup. YouVersion, which has been downloaded over 1 billion times, is running its Mid-Year Bible...
A trial into a Presbyterian pastor's comments about slavery and other social media comments led to his indefinite suspension, agitating an ongoing conflict in the influential Presbyterian Church i...
A Texas school principal has resigned following controversy over the distribution of Qurans and materials about Sharia law and hijabs. The ‘Why Islam?’ event, co-ordinated for World Hijab Day by t...
Patriarch Paul III Nona, the newly installed head of the Chaldean Catholic Church, has pledged to do everything possible to strengthen the Christian community in his homeland. Patriarch Paul III was...
A dream came true for a 21 year old in Australia after he found himself filling in for a musician who had become ill during a performance of ‘La La Land in Concert’. Sterling Nasa was watching the...
A Labour peer has told Premier Christian News revelations over Peter Mandelson’s appointment as the UK’s ambassador to the US are a “betrayal” of “hard-working councillors, MPs and mayors�...
Christian Finnish MP Paivi Rasanen has urged Canadian lawmakers to protect freedom of expression as they consider proposed changes to the country's hate speech laws. In testimony submitted to the...
Persecution watchdog Open Doors has warned that there is a “growing sense of fear” among Christians in Bangladesh after a spike in attacks on religious minorities. In the latest incident, a priest...
Christians in the US state of New Jersey, including nuns and church members, have been running a “radical hospitality” point outside an ICE detention centre, where people have reported maggots in...
Bethel Church in Redding, California, has announced a broad review of its leadership culture, governance and ministry practices following criticism from church members, staff, alumni and leaders from ...
Gov. Maura Healey on Thursday, May 28, released guidance for schools, colleges, day care centers, places of worship and other "vulnerable spaces" when dealing with potential immigration enforcement ac...
A retired Enid pastor is making waves by challenging a prominent Southern Baptist leader's proposal regarding female pastors in the nation's largest Protestant denomination. Over the Memorial ...
A church in Ukraine has been destroyed by a Russian missile. The incident happened on Saturday in Donetsk Oblast in the east of the country, which is currently under Russian occupation. Ukraine’s m...
Rockets launched by Hezbollah militants have hit a church and school in a Christian-majority village in Lebanon, according to local media and the Israeli Defence Force (IDF). Saint George’s Orthodo...
