A former Irish president has claimed that baptising infants is a breach of their human rights. Mary McAleese, who is Roman Catholic, will challenge the Church’s position on infant baptism in a new boo...
Christians from rival communities in South Sudan have pledged to tackle online hate speech and misinformation amid concerns that inflammatory social media posts are contributing to violence. Church le...
Statues have been broken, and icons of Jesus on the cross vandalised inside a Maronite prayer hall in Nahariya, northern Israel. Worshippers discovered the scene ahead of a gathering on Sunday evenin...
People are using artificial intelligence (AI) to deepen understanding of their own faith, according to new analysis from Open AI, the company behind ChatGPT. The study reveals that in the year to Sept...
King Charles and Queen Camilla have attended a church service in Antigua, ahead of an address to Commonnwealth leaders when the monarch is expected to discuss Britain’s role in the slave trade with “u...
Pope Leo said on Sunday he hoped cooperation between Russia and Ukraine in implementing a ceasefire in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky would pave the way for broader peace efforts. Ukra...
A Polish Catholic bishop has been found guilty of failing to promptly inform law enforcement of child sex abuse allegations committed by priests under his authority. In a first-of-a-kind ruling in Po...
The Bishop of Winchester has pressed the government on how it is supporting Christians in Sudan amid civil war. Rt Rev Philip Mounstephen told the House of Lords that churches have been used as shelt...
A Christian school in Australia has apologised after criticism for asking students to dress up as the “blind, lame and injured”. Flinders Christian Community College, Melbourne, hosted a charity walk...
Pope Leo XIV cast a ballot by mail in the US midterm elections, the Vatican press office said on Friday, a historic first for the American-born pontiff. "In keeping with this long-standing practice of...
A vicar has resigned from a church in south west London after claiming she had been subjected to racist abuse at a parish supper. Rev Sharon Hunt who was the first black curate in the history of St Ma...
Almost one in three Germans think the Catholic and Protestant churches should merge, but slightly more oppose the idea, according to a new poll. The survey, carried out by INSA-Consulere for the Prote...
The King is to inaugurate the Church of England’s General Synod for the first time in his reign. He’ll give an address in the Synod chamber on 17 November in his role as Supreme Governor of the Church...
Displaced families in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where insecurity has disrupted church visits and Ebola is still spreading, now have a new way to hear Scripture and health advice: solar-pow...
The parliamentary Committee considering the Conversion Practices Bill is seeking views on how the draft legislation could be improved. The Christian Institute is among campaigners urging people to tak...
Christian persecution has worsened in more than half of the countries studied, according to a new global report. Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), a Catholic charity, published Persecuted and Forgotten...
A Christian man accused of blasphemy against the Prophet Mohammad has had his death sentence upheld by Pakistan’s Supreme Court, while his brother has been allowed to walk free after being acquitted o...
A Catholic priest in Spain has prayed for victims of a deadly train crash and given collective absolution to those who feared they were close to death. Fr Fernando Fernández de Bobadilla was among the...
Christians are being urged to stand with other minority groups persecuted by the Chinese regime, as a new report warns of growing repression in Hong Kong through its classrooms. So-called “patriotic ...
Two teenagers have made recent history by becoming elders in the Church of Scotland. 19-year-olds Erica Matteo and Luke Anderson were ordained at a special service in Sandyhills Parish Church, Baillie...
