A Christian community with a retreat centre in North Devon is having to welcome fewer pilgrims after its licence to sponsor overseas volunteers was revoked following a Home Office audit last year. Lee...
Children playing in a churchyard have escaped injury after an explosive device detonated outside a Greek Orthodox cathedral in Syria. The explosion happened outside Saint George Cathedral in Hama at ...
Free evangelical churches in Germany have reported a sharp increase in baptisms, with the number rising by more than three-quarters over four years. The Federation of Free Evangelical Churches in Ger...
Cissie Graham Lynch, senior advisor for Samaritan’s Purse and daughter of evangelist Franklin Graham, has been nominated to be US ambassador at large for international religious freedom. President Don...
A school attached to Gaza's only Roman Catholic church has reopened for the first time since the October 7th attacks in 2023. Fr Gabriel Romanelli from Holy Family Catholic Church said seeing the ...
A Liberian-born pastor who suffered a stroke while being held by US immigration authorities has been released from detention and is expected to begin intensive rehabilitation. Pastor Gabriel Johnson, ...
A Protestant pastor in Cuba has been released after spending more than three months in detention, following a confrontation with government officials over the country's continuing shortages and po...
A US religious freedom watchdog is calling on President Donald Trump to press Chinese President Xi Jinping over Christians and other religious prisoners when the two leaders meet later this month. The...
Pope Leo has repealed one of Pope Francis's decrees which had reduced the salaries of Vatican employees by up to 10%. Francis imposed the cut in 2021 in an attempt to help the Holy See save money ...
A 77-year-old church deacon from north London has been sentenced to eight and a half years after grooming and sexually abusing vulnerable young men between 1970 and 2008. John Grant of Colney Hatch La...
The number of Catholic baptisms across Ireland has fallen by almost 30% over the past decade, according to a new report. A briefing from The Iona Institute, using figures supplied by almost every Cat...
A lawsuit against American worship leader Sean Feucht over allegations a $250,000 (£185,518) donation was misspent has been thrown out in court. Feucht has called the decision “a day of vindication”,...
Families of eight Christians detained in China have raised concerns about their treatment in custody, claiming some have suffered severe weight loss amid overcrowding, poor food and inadequate medical...
The evangelical church in the UK is younger, more ethnically diverse and significantly larger than many people assume, according to new research by the Evangelical Alliance (EA). Its report, Understan...
St Paul’s Cathedral has hit back at criticism over its new partnership with club music promoter, fabric. A representative for St Paul's told Premier Christian News the four-year deal would not lea...
A married couple who pastor in an Australian church have allegedly been threatened in their own home, alongside two close relatives and their newborn baby. Andrew and Noleen Sedra said “LGBTQ left-wi...
Remembering the 9/11 terror attacks should renew our dedication to world peace, Pope Leo has said. The first American-born pope marked the anniversary of September 11th at the end of traditional Ange...
Catholic leaders in Mozambique have said they remain “perplexed” as the suspects and details around the murder of a bishop are yet to be revealed by authorities. Bishop Osório Citora Afonso of Quelima...
Bishop Manuel Rodríguez met and prayed Thursday, Sept. 10, with Pope Leo XIV, the man who appointed him in late 2025 to lead the Diocese of Palm Beach. Meeting the pope was the highlight of a weeklong...
A new pilgrimage centre has been completed at Durham Cathedral. The Cuthbert Centre for Pilgrimage and Prayer, which includes a communal space and kitchen, will provide a welcoming and accessible plac...
