A pastor has been abducted by armed men in Nigeria. Rev Dr Samuel Gbinde and two members of his congregation were seized from his church residence in Benue State in the early hours of 30 June. The loc...
The Trump administration has unveiled plans to strengthen religious freedom and conscience protections across US health programmes, prompting praise from supporters and concern from critics who fear t...
Four new bishops from a breakaway Catholic group dedicated to the old Latin mass were ordained in southwestern Switzerland on Wednesday, in defiance of an appeal against the unauthorized move by Pope ...
A pastor in the US state of Kentucky has publicly responded after a video of adults acting out a shooting scenario in a church during a kids Bible school session was posted to social media 28 June wen...
A priest has been murdered by gunmen in the Central African Republic. Fr Crépin Martial Monga, who was vicar of St John the Baptist church in Zemio in the east of the country, was killed on 29 June. S...
A court in Egypt has postponed the trial of a Christian convert facing terrorism-related charges until September. Saeid Mansour Abdulraziq has been in detention since July 2025, after applying for off...
On Wednesday, July 1, the first wave of what may be a tsunami of clergy sex abuse lawsuits against the Catholic Church will hit Rhode Island Superior Court. And July 1 is just the first day in a two-y...
A Catholic nun who was detained by US immigration officers while walking to Mass in Texas has been released from custody following intervention by local politicians and church leaders. Sister Leticia ...
Rescue teams continue to search through rubble in Venezuela after twin earthquakes hit last week, with survivors now beginning to share stories of survival, faith and loss. So far, 33 people have been...
A priest in Texas has counted his blessings after his rectory was destroyed in an explosion just minutes after he'd left it to celebrate Mass at his church nearby. Fr Jimmy Drennan was at St Marga...
Twice as many Christians were killed in Nigeria as Muslims between 2020 and 2025, according to a new report. The Observatory for Religious Freedom in Africa (ORFA) found that 28,551 Christians were ki...
Thou shalt — or shalt not — display the Ten Commandments on public property? The laws introduced in the Bible's Book of Exodus continue to divide opinion in the United States, where debates over r...
Andy Burnham's dream of devolution is a type of "evangelism" according to a Christian commentator. Becky Miles from Christians in Politics was talking to Premier Christian News as the newly-electe...
A Louisiana pastor has claimed he was acting in accordance with scripture after being charged with second-degree battery following an alleged altercation with a local man. Pastor Tony Spell of Life Ta...
A Madison Catholic priest was stripped of his clerical duties after allegations of child pornography surfaced against him in 2025. The June 24 stripping of Andrew J. Showers’ clerical duties comes aft...
A Trump administration commission has suggested that faith should have a greater role in government and schools. The Religious Liberty Commission, established by Donald Trump last May, has released a...
A man who says he was raped as a child by a Catholic priest in Poland is claiming more than 20 million zloty ($5.3m) from the Archdiocese of Krakow. Janusz Szymik says the abuse began when he was a 12...
Christian leaders are on the frontlines following two devastating earthquakes in Venezuela, as rescue teams continue to search through rubble to find survivors. Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is app...
Donald Trump has affirmed his commitment to ending persecution against Christians, as he hit out at “godless communists” he believed were seeking to harm believers in America. Speaking at the Faith &...
More than 100 Catholic bishops, nuns, priests and parishioners joined a procession across the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday evening, urging the U.S. government to treat migrants with dignity and respec...
