Tennis star Novak Djokovic attended a Serbian Orthodox church service in Cincinnati just a day after suffering a surprise defeat at the Cincinnati Open. The 24-time Grand Slam champion attended Divine...
Twelve people have died after a bus carrying Polish pilgrims overturned in northern Hungary. The bus was carrying 57 passengers and two drivers when it left the M3 motorway near the town of Mezőkeresz...
More than four in five pastors in the United States have considered leaving pastoral ministry in the past five years, according to a new survey. The Culture Resurrection Index, which surveyed 1,000 pa...
An evangelical church in Iowa has reported a 60 per cent rise in attendance since 2022, with its lead pastor saying young adults are increasingly open to Christianity and the gospel. Around 4,000 adul...
A 182-ft statue of the Virgin Mary believed to be the tallest depiction of Mary in Europe has been revealed in the rural Polish village of Konotopie. Hundreds of people attended the consecration cerem...
A plan to create a 21-church benefice in Cornwall has been approved by the Church Commissioners, despite significant opposition. The so-called ‘mega benefice’ will unite six existing benefices in Kerr...
A man who murdered an Arizona pastor and planned to kill other Christian leaders across the United States has been sentenced to life in prison. Adam Sheafe was given a natural life sentence plus an ad...
Pups have received blessings in Bolivia, as the nation celebrated the patron saint of dogs. The Metropolitan Cathedral in La Paz joined in the tradition this year, putting on a first-of-its-kind cere...
The Church of Ireland will not have to contribute towards a €90,000 (£78,000) settlement awarded to a child who was left with facial scars after falling into a bramble at a church-owned centre in Dubl...
Geoff Drew, the former Catholic priest convicted of raping a student more than three decades ago, is returning home to Cincinnati after five years in prison. Drew, 64, is scheduled to be released Mond...
Armenia has begun a trial of the head of its ancient Apostolic Church and six senior clerics for disobeying a state order, the latest move in a standoff with the government which accuses the church le...
A 15th-century painting of the Virgin Mary and Christ Child is among four artworks stolen from a museum in Sicily in a major theft of works by Renaissance artist Antonello da Messina. Thieves broke in...
Pope Leo called on Sunday for an end to violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, amid a surge of attacks by militant settlers and a siege in the territory's village of Qusra. Israe...
A church in Michigan has partnered with a Christian ministry to help residents safely dispose of unwanted firearms in an effort to reduce the risk of gun violence. St Paul’s Episcopal Church in Jackso...
The Canadian Armed Forces has tightened rules preventing military chaplains from offering faith-specific prayers at official events where attendance is compulsory, prompting criticism from Catholic le...
A Spanish priest has helped 1,280 single Catholics find spouses over the past 15 years, using WhatsApp, a questionnaire and a few simple rules. Father Fernando Cuevas, an Opus Dei priest from Ibiza, r...
Kevin Rideout, an American missionary pilot who was kidnapped in Niger's capital, Niamey, in October last year, has been released and is in U.S. custody, according to the Christian organization Ri...
Guards have been posted outside the oldest Protestant church in Iran, a month after the Iranian regime (IRGC) seized the compound. St Peter’s Evangelical Church in Tehran, one of the last surviving C...
A US pastor who has served churches in California has been arrested on multiple child sexual assault charges, with investigators saying there may be other alleged victims. Lino Hernandez, 41, was arre...
Former US Vice President Mike Pence is joining Colorado Christian University as a visiting faculty member. The private evangelical university announced that Pence will teach on constitutional governme...
