Churches are on the frontline of the Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the Bishop of Goma. Rt Rev Martin Gordon said while there is widespread mistrust of health authoriti...
A new study led by World Vision suggests that children who feel supported in their relationships and faith are more likely to show stronger signs of hope, resilience and wellbeing. The research, carri...
An attempt to compel priests to report accounts of child abuse heard during confession has failed in the French Parliament. France’s Catholic Church had strongly opposed part of a bill which would hav...
A church in Louisiana has received backlash after urging prayer for its former pastor, who was convicted of sexually abusing parishioners, in a statement which failed to mention the victims. The praye...
Pope Leo heads to Spain on Saturday for a week-long tour, his first visit to an EU country outside Italy, which will culminate with the pontiff meeting migrants in the Canary Islands who braved danger...
A Nigerian court has sentenced four men to death by hanging after convicting them over a 2022 attack on a Catholic church in Owo, in southwestern Ondo state, that killed dozens, a judge said on Wednes...
A bishop in Nigeria has welcomed news that five people have been arrested in connection with the kidnapping of more than 300 young people and staff from a Catholic school in Nigeria last year. The sus...
Pope Leo has announced the “values of sport” as his monthly prayer intention for June. The Pope has urged Catholics to join in praying that the “universal language” of sport may show a “path of peac...
A 64-year-old man accused of trying to kidnap a 74-year-old woman with whom he’d had a romantic relationship was arrested May 31, according to Port St. Lucie Police on June 1. Jose Tsu Zamora was jail...
A Roman Catholic priest in Texas has been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of sexually assaulting members of his congregation. Anthony Odiong, 57, was sentenced by a jury in Waco afte...
A woman has been appointed for the first time to lead the Vatican's communications department. Maria Montserrat Alvarado, who is currently head of Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) will take ...
An 88-year-old former church volunteer has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a child at one of Australia's largest Pentecostal churches more than 40 years ago. Richard Jones admitted two count...
The world's biggest Bible app is launching an international scripture challenge alongside the World Cup. YouVersion, which has been downloaded over 1 billion times, is running its Mid-Year Bible ...
A trial into a Presbyterian pastor's comments about slavery and other social media comments led to his indefinite suspension, agitating an ongoing conflict in the influential Presbyterian Church i...
A Texas school principal has resigned following controversy over the distribution of Qurans and materials about Sharia law and hijabs. The ‘Why Islam?’ event, co-ordinated for World Hijab Day by the M...
Patriarch Paul III Nona, the newly installed head of the Chaldean Catholic Church, has pledged to do everything possible to strengthen the Christian community in his homeland. Patriarch Paul III was ...
A dream came true for a 21 year old in Australia after he found himself filling in for a musician who had become ill during a performance of ‘La La Land in Concert’. Sterling Nasa was watching the sho...
A Labour peer has told Premier Christian News revelations over Peter Mandelson’s appointment as the UK’s ambassador to the US are a “betrayal” of “hard-working councillors, MPs and mayors”. Marvin Ree...
Christian Finnish MP Paivi Rasanen has urged Canadian lawmakers to protect freedom of expression as they consider proposed changes to the country's hate speech laws. In testimony submitted to the ...
Persecution watchdog Open Doors has warned that there is a “growing sense of fear” among Christians in Bangladesh after a spike in attacks on religious minorities. In the latest incident, a priest was...
