Members of the public will be able to pay their respects to Rev Billy Graham when his body lies in honour in Washington D.C. next week. The US evangelist's coffin will be placed in the dome-covered c...
The chicken shop Chick-fil-A has been criticised for funding the Southern Poverty Law Centre by those who regret the end of the company's donations to Christian The chain recently stopped funding The...
The United States ought to impose economic sanctions on Turkey if a detained American pastor is not released, two senators have claimed. James Lankford, a Republican, and Democrat Jeanna Shaheen said...
A US preacher has sparked a row over a tweet which prayed for Nepalese people to convert and non-Christian places of worship to remain destroyed amid the curren Tony Miano's tweet read: "Praying 4 th...
The US Presbyterian Church has announced it will recognise same sex marriages. In a vote yesterday, a majority of the 171 regional "presbyteries" backed a change to the wording of its constitution to...
Ted Cruz, the Republican presidential contender, has asked one of his senior aides to resign after he falsely accused rival candidate, Marco Rubio, of suggestin Rick Tyler worked as the Communication...
The US hopeful for the Republican candidacy to stand for president, Bobby Jindal, has said the worst discrimination in his country at the moment is against Chri The Louisiana Governor joined others s...
Police are investigating a hate crime after a US Catholic priest was beaten while praying at his church in Indiana. Rev Basil John Hutsko told police he was attacked on Monday morning inside the St M...
A priest has been killed and another's in critical condition after a shooting at a Catholic church in the United States. 28 year old Father Kenneth Walker died after the incident late on Wednesday ni...
A priest in California is being sued for sexual harassment after allegedly sending intimate pictures to a church worker. Fr Larry McGovern, who leads the Church of the Presentation in Stockton, has b...
More than a thousand children were molested by hundreds of Roman Catholic priests in six Pennsylvania dioceses, while senior church officials took steps to cove The grand jury said it believes the "r...
The US has denied reports that its embassy in Turkey's capital had confirmed the detained American pastor Andrew Brunson would be released by house arrest by 15 An embassy official told Reuters on Mo...
The United States government has turned down a deal from Turkey which would see an imprisoned American pastor released. A White House official told the Wall Street Journal the Turkish government offe...
The US has warned the detention of pastor Andrew Brunson in Turkey is hindering US-Turkish relations. The American Charge d'Affaires in Ankara, Philip Kosnett, said there is a "strong sense of unity ...
China, Iran and Russia have been named by an independent US body among 16 countries where violations of religious freedom are "most egregious". They are countries of "particular concern" for particip...
Three church bells stolen by US troops during the Philippine War in 1901 have finally been returned to the Southeast Asian country. Filipinos have for decades been calling for the return of the Bells...
US officials have returned to Iraq 3,800 ancient artifacts that had been smuggled into the United States and shipped to an arts and crafts retailer. Cuneiform tablets, cylinder seals, and clay bullae...
One of America's most senior politicians has claimed it is possible Donald Trump was sent by God to save Israel from rival nations. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was responding to a question from...
America's Attorney General has said the man charged with killing nine black parishioners at a Bible study in a church should face the death penalty. Dylann Roof is awaiting trial in connection with...
The United States Senate has unanimously passed a resolution demanding the release of Iranian prisoner Pastor Saeed Abedini. Pastor Abedini was sentenced to 8 years in an Iranian prison for "attempti...
