A Nicaraguan Catholic priest from a northern parish was detained after celebrating Mass, the Church said, amid rising tensions between the church and the government of President Daniel Ortega. T...
Pope Francis has stressed the urgency of the situation in Somalia. During his Sunday address Francis highlighted the "mortal danger from drought" that is affecting Somalia and neighbouring countries...
There are continuous calls from the Ukrainian government to the World Council of Churches (WCC) to suspend Russian Orthodox membership, until invading forces withdraw. The WCC made a visit to the coun...
Christian Aid has said it's essential that the next UK prime minister act to prevent the current dire situation in Afghanistan turning into a humanitarian disaster. The Taliban marked a year in po...
The Coptic Archbishop of London has urged Christians to pray for the victims of a church fire in Egypt. At least 41 people died in the blaze at the Coptic Abu Sefein church in Giza Sunday morning. Eig...
An electrical fire swept through an Egyptian Coptic Christian church during Mass on Sunday, causing a stampede and killing at least 41 people, most of them children and many suffering from smoke inh...
The Spanish Catholic Church is investigating rumours of anti-semitic behaviour after as Israeli newspaper reported that the “blood libel” myth was still being spread. The myth states that Jews u...
Despite a crackdown on churches in Nicaragua, the Roman Catholic Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes has attended an event of the Virgin of Fatima. The event was supposed to end with a pilgrimage and a processio...
A Christian charity is urging the future Prime Minister to take further action in Afghanistan after a “drift and delay.” According to Christian Aid, one year after the Taliban takeover of Afghanis...
The Alliance for Defending Freedom is celebrating after successfully appealing to the US government to reinstate school lunch funding in religious schools. The funding was initially set to be withdraw...
A year after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, Christianity appears to be rising. However, many believers face extreme persecution at the hands of government and the Islamic State. Over the last 12...
A whistleblower suing Hillsong has claimed that the religious organisation avoided difficulties with the Australian charities regulator by moving money through overseas entities, an ABC investigation ...
Nicaraguan police have banned a Catholic procession and pilgrimage in the capital of Managua on Saturday, citing internal security reasons, the archdiocese said on Friday as the crackdown on the Churc...
The Southern Baptist Convention, the largest U.S. Protestant denomination, said on Friday that several of its entities were being investigated by the Justice Department, after a report found the churc...
The Gospel Music Association (GMA) has announced this year's nominees for the Dove Awards 2022 during a livestream event on its YouTube and Facebook pages. Music collective Maverick City Music, ...
A Christian school in the US state of Louisiana has been criticised for allegedly denying enrolment to a five-year-old girl because of her lesbian parents. According to Emily Parker, she and her partn...
The Archbishops' Adviser for Minority Ethnic Anglican Concerns, Dr Sanjee Perera has resigned, hinting at tensions over her role's continued place alongside the Archbishops' Racial Justice...
The creator of the hit musical Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda, has condemned a so-called 'Christianised' version of the show by a Texas church and hinted that he wants legal action to be taken. ...
Pope Francis has met with a group of transgender people that found shelter in a church in Rome, according to a Vatican newspaper. The Blessed Immaculate Virgin community, based on the outskirts of R...
The lead singer of rock band Mumford & Sons has revealed he was sexually abused at the age of six. Speaking to GQ magazine, Marcus Mumford said it took him "30 years" to tell his family and friends ...
