Cecilia Giménez, the Spanish woman whose attempted restoration of a church mural became one of the most famous art stories of the internet age, has passed away at the age of 94. Giménez rose to inte...
Christian persecution watchdog Release International has warned that death numbers could double for Nigerian believers in 2026, unless “swift” international action is taken to clamp down on attack...
Anglican leaders have reflected on proposals to reform the Anglican Communion amid concerns that long-running disagreements could threaten its future unity. The Inter Anglican Standing Commission o...
More than 80 cases of attacks and intimidation against Christmas celebrations in India have been recorded by a persecution watchdog. International Christian Concern believes the incidents “turned Ch...
British boxer Anthony Joshua has been injured in a car crash in Nigeria that tragically killed two others. Joshua, who reportedly suffered only minor injuries, was travelling on the Lagos-Ibadan expre...
An Oklahoma pastor is recovering after being stabbed while in church. The pastor, whose name has not been released, reportedly disarmed and subdued the suspect with the help of two other people inside...
Thousands of families in Atlanta are ending the year with some relief after a church covered $1.5 million in medical debt for more than 1,100 people. Spirit and Truth Church leaders announced plans to...
Jeffrey R. Holland, who was next in line to lead the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died at 85 on Saturday from complications associated with kidney disease, the church said. Holland...
The University of Oklahoma has stripped a graduate student of teaching duties after the teaching assistant gave a zero grade to a student who cited the Bible and her personal religious beliefs in an...
Egyptian Christians have faced systemic bias because national ID cards display citizens’ religion, according to a multifaith network. The requirement has made it harder for believers to access jobs,...
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the United States had carried out military strikes in northwest Nigeria targeting Islamic State militants, citing attacks on Christian communities. In ...
Pope Leo decried conditions for Palestinians in Gaza in his Christmas sermon on Thursday, in an unusually direct appeal during what is normally a solemn, spiritual service on the day Christians acros...
Church leaders in Nigeria are warning that kidnapping remains a national crisis, with new research showing more than 200 priests have now been abducted. It comes as the remaining 130 students and te...
Armenia has imprisoned half of its archbishops as part of a widening crackdown on dissent, campaigners and politicians say, raising alarm over the future of the world’s oldest Christian nation ahead...
Church clergy have warned that Gazans “cannot yet see the light at the end of the tunnel” this Christmas, despite an official ceasefire being declared. Nathalie Rafferey, from Aid to the Church i...
Author: Muyiwa Olarewaju There is a moment in every great Christian story when words stop being enough. For Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo, that moment didn’t come with a microphone in his hand or a cro...
Pope Leo on Tuesday criticized the governor of the U.S. state of Illinois for signing a bill to allow some adults with a terminal illness to end their own lives with medical help, in an unusual politi...
Florida's Catholic bishops are calling on US President Donald Trump to halt immigration enforcement activities until after the Christmas holidays. "Such a pause would show a decent regard for the...
The skull of a saint has been stolen from a French church, prompting the mayor to call for thieves, not rural parish churches, to be locked up. The relic, consisting of the skull and bones of fourth-c...
Most of Pope Leo's appointments for Catholic bishops in the U.S. have called for better treatment of immigrants in the country, in a trend that may shape how the national Church responds to the ...
