Pope Francis implicitly accused Russia on Thursday of "armed conquest, expansionism and imperialism" in Ukraine, calling the conflict a "cruel and senseless war of aggression". The pope, speaking to a...
The local council in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Thursday became the first to ban a branch of the Orthodox Church that was until last month directly affiliated with Moscow. According to Lviv...
A leading bishop in Nigeria has said the killing of two priests last weekend has traumatised the church community. Speaking to Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Archbishop Matthew Man...
The executive director of the Lib Dem Christian Forum has backed Mr Boris Johnson’s assertion that Russian President Vladimir Putin would not have invaded Ukraine if he were a woman. The UK prime mini...
Hollywood star Chris Pratt has denied that he has had any involvement with Hillsong Church. The megachurch has been embroiled in controversy for the past few years, with its former global pastor Bria...
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday issued another significant ruling broadening religious rights, siding with a Christian former public high school football coach in Washington state who sued after bein...
A year-long legal conflict over a contested leadership election at a US megachurch has come to an end. A court in the US state of Virginia has dismissed a lawsuit against the McLean Bible Church, led...
UK refugee campaigners have called for an end to the politicisation of immigration systems worldwide, saying it leads to more issues. Dr Krish Kandiah, founder of Sanctuary Foundation called a dangero...
The head of the Archbishops' Commission for Racial Justice has strongly criticised the Church of England for not delivering on commitments made to tackle institutional racism. In his foreword to ...
As Sri Lanka faces its worst economic crisis in decades, the Archbishop of Columbo has put the blame on the country's president and politicians. Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith fears there will be more p...
The U.S. Supreme Court, in the latest in a spate of decisions expanding religious liberty, ruled on Monday that a Washington state public school district violated the rights of a Christian high school...
Pope Francis will have at least five meetings with indigenous people during a trip to Canada in July, making good on a promise to apologise in the country for the Roman Catholic Church's role in a...
A Christian couple that was ordered to pay $135,000 in damages for refusing to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding is fundraising to relaunch their bakery. Aaron and Melissa Klein owned Sweet Cakes by ...
A Chilean missionary, who has kidnapped earlier this month by a gang in Haiti, has praised God after being released following days of negotiations. Esteban Zambrano took to social media to share his ...
Pope Francis has hailed an Italian missionary nun killed in Haiti as a martyr. Sister Luisa Dell'Orto died "during an armed aggression, probably with the aim of robbery" on Saturday. During the ...
Local police and the FBI are investigating a suspected arson at a Christian pregnancy centre in the US state of Colorado. Following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn a landmark abortion rul...
Anti-abortion activists should be concerned with other issues that can threaten life, such as easy access to guns, poverty and rising maternity mortality rates, the Vatican's editorial director sa...
The UK government will host an International Ministerial Conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief next month. It will be chaired by Christian MP Fiona Bruce, who’s also the UK’s Special Envoy for F...
Christian charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) said it will send  fresh aid to Mozambique following last week’s extremist attacks – with 17,000 people forced to flee Cabo Delgado Province this mont...
A court in Cuba has upheld the seven year prison sentence against a Protestant pastor who was arrested while taking part in peaceful protests in July 2021. Lorenzo Rosales Fajardo, and 14 others, had ...
