The Pope has sent his condolences to the people of Turkey and Syria following the earthquakes which have left thousands of people dead. In two separate telegrams sent to the apostolic nuncios of Turke...
Ukraine's main Catholic church said on Monday it would move to a new calendar that would see Christmas celebrated on December 25 rather than January 7, amid an effort by Ukrainian institutions to ...
Pope Francis said on Sunday that laws criminalising LGBT people are a sin and an injustice because God loves and accompanies people with same-sex attraction. Francis, who made his remarks in response ...
Maverick City Music have become big winners at the Grammys. The Christian worship collective with Kirk Franklin won in all four Christian categories - Best Gospel Performance/Song (“Kingdom” feat. Nao...
Pope Francis wound up a peace mission to South Sudan on Sunday, urging the people to make themselves immune to the "venom of hatred" to achieve the peace and prosperity that have eluded them through y...
Catholic bishops in the US have criticised Joe Biden’s latest claim that some church leaders are comfortable that taxpayer funds are being used to carry out abortions. President Biden made the claim w...
Philip and Lucinda Dooley have been commissioned as the new global senior pastors of megachurch Hillsong. During a Sunday service in Sydney, Chair of the Hillsong Global Board, Stephen Crouch, said th...
The Ukrainian Institute for Religious Freedom (IRF) has revealed that the Russian invasion of Ukraine has resulted in at least 494 religious buildings, theological institutions, and sacred places bein...
The Archbishop of Canterbury has expressed his “sorrow” as violence and sectarian conflict continues to take lives in South Sudan. Archbishop Justin is currently on a historic three-day Pilgrimage for...
Jean Vanier, the deceased founder of a Christian charity that helps people with intellectual disabilities integrate into society, has been found to have abused at least 25 women over a 50-year period,...
A tourist from the United States has been arrested for allegedly attacking a statue of Jesus Christ in Jerusalem. The suspect is believed to have condemned the use of “idols” in the Catholic Church, s...
It’s a week since a video was released showing the brutal killing of a young black man at the hands of police in the United States. 29 year old Tyre Nichols died three days after being beaten and kick...
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Pope and the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland began a three-day visit to South Sudan on Friday. The historical visit has been dubbed a “Pil...
Three Christian development agencies have urged the UK Government to commit to financing a peace process in South Sudan. The leaders of Christian Aid, CAFOD and Tearfund have written a joint open lett...
Pope Francis on Thursday urged young people in Democratic Republic of Congo to forge a new future without the ethnic rivalry, corruption and distrust that have fuelled so many bloody conflicts in Afri...
Mourners and protesters faced off in Sydney on Thursday at the funeral service for Australian Cardinal George Pell, a former top Vatican official who was acquitted in 2020 of sexual abuse accusations....
About 85 per cent of schools in England and Wales are being affected by strike action today (Wednesday) – with many schools either fully or partially closed in the latest round of industrial action ov...
A US megachurch has announced it will host a conference specifically for parents who have children that identify as LGBT. North Point Community Church in Alpharetta, Georgia, led by Pastor Andy Stanle...
Pope Francis denounced the "poison of greed" driving conflicts in Africa as he began a visit to Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday, saying the rich world had to realise that people were more prec...
Church leaders in Jerusalem have released an open letter calling for “restraint” and “self-control” in a bid to end the “exploding, senseless cycle of violence in the Holy Land”. They called the viole...
