The Church of Sweden has launched a formal investigation into Birgitta Ed, a Lutheran priest and wife of Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, following complaints filed with her local diocese. The church&#...
The city of Phoenix, Arizona, is facing blowback after passing an ordinance that bans groups from hosting free food events and medical aid for the homeless in city parks. A federal lawsuit filed in Ju...
Christians are being urged to speak out if they spot the signs of domestic abuse during this year’s World Cup, as incidents rise around major football tournaments. The charity Women’s Aid has warned ...
An indicted North Texas pastor can now only lead his congregation remotely on video call after allegedly violating his bond conditions amid his ongoing sexual assault case. According to KERA News, A...
The post of a woman who refuses to stop singing in St Peter's Basilica in Rome has provoked an online backlash. The awkward video shows a unidentified woman who sings Jesus Is the Answer out loud ...
Lawyers representing worship leader Sean Feucht have asked a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that a $250,000 donation to his ministry was misspent. In a lawsuit filed on 6 March, businessm...
A sudden downpour that helped save one of Ukraine's most sacred sites from destruction has been described as a miracle by a bishop who witnessed the aftermath of a Russian attack on Kyiv. The Dorm...
About half of evangelical Christians - a core component of President Donald Trump's political base - believe his administration's approach to the Iran war and immigration enforcement is not in...
Catholic churches in Cuba have begun rationing Communion wafers as the country's deepening energy crisis disrupts production, priests have told AFP. The wafers, used during Mass to symbolise the b...
A former Tennessee pastor who used church funds to pay for family vacations and what prosecutors described as “female companionship” has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $250,000 from his congrega...
More people are being asked to sign a petition to stand with Orthodox Christians in Ethiopia that have been devastated by attacks by unknown attackers in the Arsi Zone. More than 160,000 have already ...
Chinese authorities have detained church leaders, worshippers and several children after raiding a Sunday service at one of the country's best-known house churches. According to Christian human ri...
Four people were killed while the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery, a symbol of Ukrainian spiritual and cultural history, caught fire, in the heaviest Russian air attack on the Ukrainian capital in two w...
A church billboard in New Zealand is defying a government move to define all women and men by their biological sex. The poster, outside St Matthew Church in Auckland Central uses the colours of the tr...
The Archbishop of Westminster is among Presidents of the Bishops’ Conferences of the G7 states to make a series of calls on leaders who will attend this week’s G7 summit in France. In a joint statemen...
An archbishop in Lebanon has appealed to the international community to do whatever it can to protect innocent civilians from the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. This weekend, at least one pers...
Two clergymen in Cornwall have completed the equivalent of climbing up Mount Everest after running four uphill marathons in four days to raise money for a church roof. They ran up a hill between two c...
People living in 14 of the 48 countries taking part in this year’s World Cup face restrictions on their freedom of religion or belief. A new report by Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) ...
UN experts are warning of a heightened risk against Christian women and girls in Nigeria. In a formal communication to the Nigerian government the Special Rapporteurs say they have “grave concerns ove...
A man who alleged his boss had told him not to read the Bible at work, has had his case for religious discrimination rejected by an employment tribunal. Erich McElevey said he had been prevented from ...
