Despite its much-anticipated reopening, many worshippers found themselves unable to enter Jerusalem’s famed Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Sunday due to continued coronavirus restrictions. The c...
Pope Francis has renewed his calls for church unity, saying that he shares the "impatience" of the many others who are keen to see ecumenical progress. In a letter to Cardinal Kurt Koch, president ...
Pastor and best-selling author Francis Chan has admitted that he spend "many years" not believing in miracles. Speaking at the virtual International Association of Healing Ministries conference, the...
A pastor from Wuhan, China, has been detained as he preached to a Christian conference that was being broadcast on video chat platform, Zoom. Preacher Luo from Nanjing Road Church was speaking at the...
A man has been sentenced to 26 years in prison after kidnapping a Christian girl from her home nad forcing her to marry him. Ese Rita Oruru, was abducted from her home in southern Nigeria in 2015 at...
Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre has reopened to visitors after a two-month closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. The church, situated in Jerusalem's Old City, is the site where man...
Church leaders are encouraging individual churches to proceed with caution following Donald Trump's declaration that churches are essential services so are free to re-open. Many say it's not r...
A church service in Frankfurt, Germany is being blamed for a spread of coronavirus. According to the city's health department, more than 40 people contracted Covid 19 after attending a worship ser...
Sudan's government has taken a major step to ensure religious freedom for all its citizens. The country's transitional government and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (Agar) ...
A 14-year-old Christian girl in Pakistan has been kidnapped and been forced to marry her abductor, as well as renounce her faith. Christian charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) said Maira Shahbaz...
President Donald Trump said he has deemed churches and other houses of worship "essential" and called on governors to allow them to reopen this weekend despite the coronavirus threat. "Today I'm i...
The Egyptian Government has legalised 70 churches this week, meaning they cannot be prosecuted for being used for worship. In Egypt, the construction and renovation of Christian churches is not permit...
US federal investigators are seeking to confiscate an ancient artefact from the Museum of the Bible and return it to its country of origin. Prosecutors with the Department of Justice say that the pre...
More than 600 Nigerian Christians have been killed since the start of the year, according to a human rights organisation. A report from the Nigeria-based International Society for Civil Liberties...
The mayor of a small Texas suburb has told a fellow city council member that women should not be allowed to pray at public meetings. Wylie Mayor Eric Hogue issued the directive and an invitation was...
Faith leaders have expressed concern about a spate of abductions in Zimbabwe, including one incident that involved three female members of an opposition political party. Democratic Change-Alliance (...
A powerful cyclone has ripped through densely populated areas of India and Bangladesh. Wide swathes of the coasts of the two countries were flooded and millions of people were left without power after...
A pastor who drew attention for claiming he could heal sufferers of coronavirus has himself died of the disease. Pastor Frankline Ndifor of Kingship International Ministries Church in Cameroon was ...
The UK All-Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) has called on the European Commission to extend its support for religious freedom outside the European Uni...
A pastor who was accused of avoiding tax in India has returned home to his town in Tennessee. Pastor Bryan Nerren tucked into a McDonalds at JFK airport on Tuesday as he headed home after seven mont...
