A Christian man has been sentenced to death by hanging by a judge in Pakistan. Zafar Bhatti, who was already serving a life sentence for blasphemy charges, has had his penalty increased to death by ha...
The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem has accused radical Israeli groups of threatening the presence of Christians in the holy city, in remarks that Israeli officials rejected as baseless. In a co...
Pope Francis on Monday condemned "baseless" ideological misinformation about Covid-19 vaccines, backing national immunisation campaigns and calling health care a moral obligation. Francis spoke in his...
The World Evangelical Alliance has called for an immediate end to the violence in Kazakhstan. It comes as the Pope says he is praying for the victims of the unrest. More than 160 people have been kill...
The Pope has baptised 16 babies in the Sistine Chapel in Rome to mark the Feast day that recalls Jesus’ baptism in the River Jordan. The 9 girls and 7 boys are all children of Vatican employees work...
The charity CSW (Christian Solidarity Worldwide) is calling on the Chinese authorities to urgently withdraw planned regulations on online religious information, which it says could have a devastating ...
It’s emerged that a ransom was paid to secure the release of 17 American and Canadian missionaries who were taken hostage by a gang in Haiti in October. The group including an eight-month old baby, ...
MPs are stressing the need for urgent action to help prevent genocide in Afghanistan. At a debate in Westminster Hall the All Party Parliamentary Group on International Freedom of Religion or Belief ...
A leading Catholic charity founded by Mother Teresa has had its access to foreign funds restored by the Indian government. In December, the government rejected the Missionaries of Charity's applic...
A Catholic charity says it's delighted that Facebook has suddenly lifted restrictions imposed against its work. Charity, Aid to the Church in Need, had been running a campaign on the site calling ...
UK Friends of the Holy Land - a Christian organisation completing relief work in the Middle East - are urging people to visit the Holy Land as communities struggle to make ends meet during the pandemi...
Flanked by dancers and live camels the Three Wise Men paraded down Madrid's central avenue atop glittering floats on Wednesday evening as traditional Epiphany celebrations returned - with  restri...
Former Conservative Party leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith has urged athletes to think carefully about boycotting the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games. Discussion continues to build in the lead-up to the...
Prisoners who find God in jail are no less likely to reoffend that those who have a religion, a new study has revealed. After an analysis of 174 inmates, the study found that religion was not an affec...
Pope Francis has described religious persecution as not only intolerable but crazy. In this month’s 'The Pope Video', supported by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), the Pontiff hits out at th...
Both the Pope and the Archbishop of Canterbury have come under fire for not doing more to defend democracy and freedom in Hong Kong. A Christian human rights campaigner has urged the religious leaders...
A Christian man has been killed in Kenya a day after six other Christians were killed in a suspected terror attack in a nearby village. International Christian Concern (ICC) says the man was murdere...
Billionaire Elon Musk has spoken about his respect for the wisdom and teachings of Jesus in a recent interview. The entrepreneur and businessman made the comments when asked about his views on the Chr...
A priest and outspoken anti-vaxxer died on Monday after a month long struggle with coronavirus in hospital. Greek orthodox priest, Metropolitan Kosmas of Aetolia and Acarnania was admitted to a hosp...
Gunmen unsuccessfully attempted to assassinate Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry during an event on Saturday 1st January commemorating the Caribbean country's independence, his office said in a s...
