An Algerian Christian convicted of blasphemy has had his sentence reduced. Slimane Bouhafs had been sentenced to five years in prison and fined £900 for what Algerian authorities claim was insulting ...
A man has described how a group of people became trapped under a car following a crash in the grounds of a church in Dublin. Seven people were injured, including two critically, after the vehicle col...
There has been a seven-fold rise in the persecution of Christians in China since 2008, according to a new report by an anti-persecution charity. Release International has said that China is seeking ...
A seventh church has been set alight in St. Louis, Missouri, in a two week period. The front door of the Shrine of St. Joseph was set alight with accelerant early on Thursday.No one was thought to ha...
Two woman have blown themselves up at a busy market in a Nigerian town that has a considerable Christian population. The female suicide bombers killed at least 21 people in the north-eastern city of ...
Terrorists have killed at least 14 people in twin suicide bombings outside churches in eastern Pakistan. More than 70 people were injured in the attacks in a Christian area of the city of Lahore.Hund...
Officials in The Philippines have confirmed the death of an Canadian hostage after a severed head was discovered by a cathedral. They say Robert Hall (pictured left) was beheaded by Islamic militants...
A senior Vatican official said the clerical sex abuse scandal is such a game-changing catastrophe for the Catholic Churchthat he called it the church' Archbishop Georg Gaenswein, an aide to both reti...
A Polish priest is starting a seven year jail term after being found guilty of sexually abusing underage boys. Under the country's privacy laws the 44-year-old clergyman has not been named and identi...
Allegations of sexually inappropriate "actions and words" by former megachurch leader Bill Hybels are "credible", an independent investigation has found. A four-person panel also concluded board memb...
The Christian author and campaigner Shane Claiborne's announced his trial date after being charged for his role in a protest against the death penalty. Shane Claiborne wrote on the Red Letter Christi...
The number of Catholic priests in Europe has dropped by nearly a quarter since 1980, according to a US university study. The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University fou...
Families living in flimsy buildings around Haiti are being urged to take refuge in churches and schools, as Hurricane Matthew closes in on the Caribbean nation. The warning from the country's interim...
A shipment of Bibles destined for Sudan has finally been released after being held in Port Sudan for six years. A source told World Watch monitor, which follows cases of Christian persecution, said t...
A church serving east London's Tamil community says members of its congregation have lost relatives in the Easter Sunday terror attacks which struck Sri Lanka. Elim Tamil Church, which meets at a sch...
A huge church built as a glass high heel has been created in eastern Taiwan. The shoe has been created entirely from blue tinted glass and measures around 55 feet tall and 36 feet wide.It took two mo...
Investigators think an electrical short-circuit was the most likely cause of the Notre Dame Cathedral fire, according to a French judicial police official. The official said investigators still do no...
Anglicans in the United States have been challenged over whether they will be praying for US-President elect Donald Trump. The question was posed by the Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal ...
A bishop from Sierra Leone has been telling Premier that Ebola is still having an effect on his community despite the epidemic no longer being out of control. Rt Revd Emmanuel Tucker is in the UK rai...
A Christian from Sierra Leone who helps former child soldiers and victims of Ebola has addressed the Queen and thousands of others at a service in Westminster A PJ Cole, 29, runs a charity called Lif...
