A Canadian pastor who was arrested and held in custody in Canada for violating Covid-19 restrictions by holding in-person services has been released. James Coates of GraceLife Church has been fined $...
Pope Francis has ordered pay cuts for cardinals and other clerics, including priests and nuns, who work at the Holy See. In a decree published online on Wednesday by the Vatican's official newspap...
The ministry of John Hagee, senior pastor of Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas has clarified that he believes in both prayer and medicine and is taking the coronavirus vaccine. It comes months ...
A father of four who converted to Christianity from Islam has had his conviction for blasphemy upheld by the court of appeals in Algeria. Hamid, who's 43, converted to Christianity in 2001, accord...
An elderly priest and human rights activist, accused of terrorism, has been denied bail by a court in Mumbai. 83-year-old Jesuit priest Fr Stan Swamy has been held at the Taloja Central prison since 9...
The former official who issued the licence for the Sussexes' wedding says Meghan is "clearly misinformed" after the duchess claimed she and Harry had a secret marriage ceremony before their union ...
The Jesuit priest who presided over an inaugural Mass for President Joe Biden has been placed under investigation for alleged behaviours "which may be inconsistent with established Jesuit protocols an...
Legislators have voted to make Spain the sixth country in the world, and the fourth in Europe, to allow physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia for long-suffering patients with incurable diseases an...
The home church of a 21-year-old charged with the murder of eight people, most of whom were of Asian descent, has condemned his actions and has withdrawn his membership from the church as he “can no l...
There are reports five men, at least two of whom are Christians, have been detained by the Islamist militia in Syria. CSW has learned that the self-named Syrian National Army detained the men in the t...
Persecution watchdog Christian Solidarity Worldwide is calling on state officials in Mexico, to intervene on behalf of four Protestant families who are at risk of losing their land in the central stat...
The family of an American pastor who was fatally gunned down last week say his murder was a case of mistaken identity. Pastor Kevin D. Nick of Higher Dimensions Church International was discovered sho...
Christians are being encouraged to pray for South Sudan as the UN has warned the country is facing "its highest levels of food insecurity and malnutrition" since it gained its independence in January ...
Pakistan's national Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) has announced it's starting a new initiative to bring an end to the growing crisis of Christian and Hindu girls who are bei...
A 21-year-old pastor's son arrested on suspicion of attacking three massage parlours in the US state of Georgia has told police that he carried out the shootings to protect himself from sexual tem...
This week marks ten years since peaceful protests against Syrian President Bashar Assad's government erupted in March 2011, sparking a popular uprising that quickly turned into a full-blown civil ...
Police have arrested a 21-year-old man after eight people were shot dead in a series of shootings at massage parlours in the US state of Georgia. Robert Aaron Long was detained after four women were ...
Israeli archaeologists announced the discovery of dozens of new Dead Sea Scroll fragments bearing a biblical text found in a desert cave and believed hidden during a Jewish revolt against Rome nearly ...
The Vatican has decreed that the Catholic Church cannot bless same-sex unions because God “cannot bless sin”. The Vatican’s orthodoxy office, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, issued a f...
Federal police have raided a church in Rio de Janeiro where a pastor previously prayed with his congregation for a Jewish massacre. Friday's raid saw literature confiscated as part of an operation...
