A Protestant pastor in Cuba has been arrested and imprisoned after attempting to organise a public prayer gathering, despite reportedly cancelling the event following warnings from the authorities. Pa...
Concerns are growing for a Chinese pastor serving a nine-year prison sentence following reports that he has been diagnosed with advanced liver cancer. Christian persecution watchdog CSW has called for...
Pope Leo is to undergo surgery this week to remove a nodule on his lung. He made the announcement during the Angelus, his weekly Sunday blessing in Rome's St Peter's Square. Leo told gathered ...
A militia in Myanmar has been accused of desecrating a Christian place of worship. The proxy group, which was operating under the direct supervision of the Myanmar military’s Northern Regional Command...
Bear Grylls is among Christians coming together for the National Week of Prayer (NWOP). The nine-day initiative which runs until October 18th, involves churches, organisations and prayer networks from...
A new study by the think tank Theos has found Christianity is being invoked as a marker of British identity amid wider anxieties about Islam immigration, cultural change and what it means to be Britis...
Pope Leo has appointed an auxiliary bishop in Birmingham to be the new Bishop of Brentwood. Rt Rev Timothy Menezes succeeds Bishop Alan Williams who has retired at the age of 74, after 12 years in the...
A primary school in Scotland has defended its decision to drop the word “Christmas” from its seasonal cards. In an email to parents last week, Kaimhill School in Aberdeen said it wanted to reflect the...
A nun from Ireland has been appointed to one of the most senior roles in the Vatican. As President of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Sister Mary Teresa Barron will lead the Holy See's global mi...
A Polish priest and academic says Poland’s Catholic church will increasingly recruit clergy from Africa because of a decline in the number of people coming forward for ordination. Rev Prof Andrzej Kob...
Catholic church leaders have condemned plans for the public execution of a former army major in the United States. Nidal Malik Hasan shot dead 13 people and injured 32 others at the Fort Hood military...
A 19-year old Israeli student has been charged with “insulting religion” for spitting at a church in Jerusalem last year. An indictment filed at Jerusalem’s Magistrates’ Court alleges that Avraham Ent...
Members of the Evangelical Press Association have voted to rename the organisation the Christian Communicators Network. It follows a wide-ranging debate within the body, which has represented Christia...
More than 80 Christian organisations have called on the European Union to take stronger action against climate change ahead of a major United Nations summit in Turkey next month. The appeal, signed b...
Christian leaders have condemned a military graduation ceremony reportedly held inside a Baptist church in Myanmar, describing the incident as a serious violation of religious freedom. More than 400 ...
A US Presbyterian minister has said he was arrested by the Secret Service after praying on a pavement outside the Chinese Embassy in Washington. Rev. Patrick Mahoney, director of the Christian Defense...
A priest has pleaded guilty at court in Northern Ireland to 109 sexual offences relating to the online abuse of boys. Edward Gallagher from Lifford in County Donegal admitted the offences at Londonder...
An priest has narrowly escaped being shot after armed men reportedly opened fire during an outbreak of violence in a predominantly Christian village in western Syria. The incident took place on the n...
Two South Korean megachurches are investigating suspected cyberattacks that may have exposed the personal data of hundreds of thousands of congregants, with evidence suggesting AI tools may have been ...
Germany's Free Evangelical Churches are reporting a revival in growth, with conversions, baptisms and church attendance all on the rise. The Church, known as Bund Freier evangelischer Gemeinden, o...
