The Pope has declined an invitation to preside over the first Mass at Notre-Dame Cathedral’s reopening in Paris. President Emmanuel Macron extended the invitation for the December 8 ceremony, but Pope...
The head of the French bishops’ council has said that a number of bishops knew about Abbé Pierre’s alleged abusive behaviour towards women before his death in 2007. Allegations of historic sexual abus...
US President Joe Biden has said he thanks God that a suspected assassination attempt on Donald Trump’s life was thwarted. He told reporters on the White House lawn: “Thank God Trump is okay”. “There’s...
China has freed David Lin, a US pastor who had been in jail since 2006, the State Department said on Sunday, marking the release of a man who Washington claims was wrongfully detained. US politicians ...
Turkish authorities have arrested an Islamic State militant believed to be involved in planning an attack on the Santa Maria Italian Church in Istanbul earlier this year, the country's intelligenc...
Pope Francis has been accused of religious pluralism after telling an interfaith youth gathering in Singapore that “all religions are a path to God.” On his final leg of his 12-day South Asia tour, th...
Mark Calder, director of Policy and Advocacy at Christian charity World Vision, is embarking on a 24-hour run in Carlisle, in aid of Afghanistan. He told Premier he felt moved to “do something” after ...
The Pope has weighed in on the US presidential election, in a rare move for the pontiff, who is usually politically neutral. On a return flight from his 12-day tour of Southeast Asia, he urged America...
The Bishop of Leeds has said a city in war-torn Sudan felt safer than London. Whilst speaking on Sudan in the House of Lords, the Rt Rev Nick Baines said: “Failure to address the catastrophe [in Sudan...
Pope Francis left Singapore for Rome on Friday, after a demanding trip across Southeast Asia and Oceania in which he urged action on climate change, pressed for interfaith dialogue, and reinforced the...
Philippine celebrity pastor Apollo Quiboloy, who calls himself the "Appointed Son of God", pleaded not guilty on Friday to several criminal charges including sexually abusing a child during arraignmen...
One of the most important manuscripts of the Hebrew Scriptures has been sold at auction in New York for $6.9million (£5.3million) – and it will now be made available for public viewing. After a biddin...
The Archbishop of Canterbury has met and prayed with Palestinian Christians, in a significant meeting at Lambeth Palace on Tuesday, 10th September. Human rights lawyer, Dalia Qumsieh, and campaigner...
Police in the Philippines said on Wednesday more people had come forward alleging sexual abuse by celebrity pastor Apollo Quiboloy, pointing to what they called an alarming pattern of crimes by the we...
Nigeria's drug regulatory agency has issued a warning to the public against purchasing "miracle" items peddled by popular televangelist, Jeremiah Fufeyin. The National Agency for Food and Drug Adm...
A recent UN report has revealed "harrowing" evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sudan since the outbreak of conflict in April 2023. The ongoing violence between the Sudan Armed Force...
Fresh accusations of historic sexual assault have been made against late French Catholic priest and Emmaus founder, Abbé Pierre. In July, allegations of sexual assault towards seven women were made pu...
An estimated 600,000 people in East Timor, just under half its population, turned out in the baking heat on Tuesday for a Mass with Pope Francis at a coastal park synonymous with the country's lon...
Pope Francis blessed and took a disabled child by the hand on Tuesday (September 10) during an emotional visit to the Irmas Alma school for children with disabilities on the second day of his visit to...
Roughly 450 pilgrims have had to be evacuated from the Lourdes shrine in France after heavy rainfall caused a riverbank to burst and flood the site. The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, which is a p...
