An investigation by the Spanish Catholic Church into child sexual abuse by members of the clergy and non-clerical staff has so far identified 728 alleged abusers and 927 victims since the 1940s, accor...
Pastors in New Zealand are calling on the government to apologise for closing places of worship during the pandemic, saying the move was “unlawful”. New Zealand underwent some of the strictest coronav...
At least 317 churches and 70 church administrative and school buildings have been destroyed and 75 Christians killed in Manipur state in north-east India, according to an assessment by the Federation ...
Church-going supporters of the Republican party in the US state of Iowa could shift the direction of the nomination contest when they come to vote, as front-runners pay multiple visits hoping to win t...
This Morning presenter Alison Hammond (pictured above, right) says she's using "the Bible as a Sat Nav" as she works out how to deal with the fallout following colleague Philip Schofield's rev...
A new study suggests four megachurches in the US have a monopoly on the highest-rating worship songs, amongst criticisms that many of the top tunes sound very similar. Researchers collated the most po...
The new president of the Methodist Church in Ireland assumes his role this week. Rev David Turtle was named as the incoming leader at the Church’s assembly in 2022, and will undertake the role until m...
The Los Angeles Dodgers - a Major League baseball team in the United States - has come under fire from Christians there, after re-accepting a partnership with a group of drag queens that mock nuns. Br...
The United Nations Plastic Treaty negotiations are underway in Paris this week, as scientist, Christians and aid organisations renew their pleas for more to be done to help those in developing countri...
Bishop Michael Curry, the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church in the US, is receiving medical monitoring after experiencing internal bleeding and irregular heartbeats. The Episcopal Church said B...
Continuing burnings of mostly Christian villages in India’s north-eastern Manipur state have failed to bring about the necessary response from the British government, according to Christian crossbench...
Two dioceses in the state of California have declared bankruptcy following an influx of claims filed against the Catholic church for alleged childhood sexual abuse. Over 3,000 cases have been filed af...
A history textbook intended for schools in Ghana has come under criticism from parents and an education minister for how it describes the impact of Christian missionary work in the country. Called the...
The Church of Uganda has welcomed the government’s new tough anti-homosexuality legislation that could see people sentenced to life imprisonment. On Monday, Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni signed t...
The destruction of villages in north-east India’s Manipur state largely occupied by Christians is continuing, Premier Christian News has been told. A member of the tribal group known as the Kukis says...
The Vatican urged bishops and high-profile lay Catholic leaders on Monday to tone down their comments on social media, saying some were causing division and stoking polemics that harmed the entire Chu...
Churches from across California gathered on the beach to witness a mass baptism of over 4,000 people on Pentecost Sunday. Advertised as the ‘biggest water baptism event in history’, Baptize SoCal drew...
Pope Francis called on Wednesday for freedom of worship for Catholics in China, a religious minority that has faced historic harassment and persecution in the communist country, causing friction betwe...
Roman Catholic Church leaders in Bolivia said on Wednesday the institution had been "deaf" to sexual abuse in Church-run schools and said they were taking action after a series of accusations in recen...
A church in the US state of Arkansas is mourning the loss of their pastor’s two daughters after the family was involved in a train collision. Local news outlet reports say Pastor Chad Fryar from Cross...
