A 22-year-old Pakistani Christian man has been attacked by his supervisor for refusing to convert to Islam, according to reports received by Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). The incid...
Christians worldwide are being encouraged to take legal action against polluters and their financiers in a new climate justice handbook from the World Council of Churches (WCC). The handbook outlines ...
The Marriage Foundation is calling for more to be done to address a decline in the number of low-income couples who get married. New research by the Christian charity shows a 51 per cent gap between w...
Pope Francis has made his first public appearance in more than five weeks, waving from a balcony at Rome's Gemelli hospital. He was discharged from the hospital a few minutes later. The 88 year ol...
The Catholic aid agency CAFOD is warning that renewed violence in Syria is putting stress on overstretched humanitarian resources. Over 150 NGOs (non-government organisations) are urging the internati...
The Children’s Society is warning that issues highlighted in Netflix's new drama Adolescence are not just fictional but reflect troubling real-world trends. The series is the fictional story of a ...
Senior faith leaders from across the country have joined forces in an urgent call for the government to be 'bold and ambitious' in its forthcoming Child Poverty Strategy. The call is shared i...
The Archbishop of York is leading a special service to mark the fifth anniversary of the Church of England’s National Online Service. It will be broadcast at 9am on Sunday, 25 March and will combine h...
Experts have unravelled a mystery surrounding stained-glass fragments which were anonymously returned to one of Scotland’s most historic churches. The fragments were sent in a cardboard box in 2020 to...
The number of bishops in the global Catholic Church has increased by just over one per cent to 5,430. The latest figures compiled by the Vatican's Central Office of Church Statistics, looked at Ca...
Tributes are being paid to the US heavyweight boxing legend George Foreman who has died at the age of 76. The two-time champion became a Christian in 1977, three years after his famous match with Muha...
Pope Francis is slowly regaining his strength in hospital but must "relearn to speak" after prolonged use of high-flow oxygen therapy, Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez said on Friday (March 21). The c...
A senior bishop in the Russian Orthodox Church, who is reported to be a close associate of President Putin, has expressed interest in meeting two Ukrainian men accused of plotting to kill him. The rep...
President Trump has been prayed for in the Oval Office by over a dozen Christian leaders. A White House Faith Office was established by the US President shortly after he took office earlier this year....
The global Catholic population increased by just over one per cent between 2022 and 2023, rising from approximately 1.3 billion to 1.4 billion. According to new figures from the Vatican's Central ...
Butch Wilmore, one of the two astronauts who spent over nine months in space before being rescued in a historic mission, used his time on the International Space Station to preach the gospel. Along wi...
Hollywood actor Denzel Washington has shared his testimony in a speech to the University of Colorado Boulder football team. The Oscar-winning actor recounted his journey from rejecting God to embracin...
Anti-persecution campaigners are increasingly concerned for an imprisoned Iranian Christian, as reports emerge of him being beaten for requesting medical support. Amir-Ali Minaei, 31, has a heart cond...
A recent study by Lifeway Research has revealed that around half of Protestant churches in the U.S. have seen an increase in worship attendance since the COVID-19 pandemic. The study, published on Tue...
Patients at Rome's "Agostino Gemelli" hospital on Thursday (March 20) expressed hopes that Pope Francis would continue to improve after the Vatican said he is no longer using mechanical ventilatio...
