Hostility towards Christians in India is escalating, according to Release International. Over the past four years, nearly 1,700 individuals have been arrested under anti-conversion laws in Uttar Prade...
Pope Francis has condemned the Ukrainian government's decision to ban a Russia-linked branch of the country’s Orthodox Church. Speaking on Sunday, the Pontiff asked Ukrainian officials not to "to...
Nicaragua's ongoing crackdown on Christian communities has led to the detention and imprisonment of six women over the past year, according to a persecution watchdog. The arrests, which involve fi...
Two ethnic groups in Colombia now have access to a Bible translated into their native language. The Colombian Bible Society announced the completion of the Bible translation into Wayuunaiki, the langu...
A megachurch pastor in Texas has ignited controversy by claiming that Americans who vote for Democrats are not Christians. Landon Schott, the senior lead pastor of Mercy Culture Church, a multi-campus...
Orthodox priests brought an icon to the scene of a huge fuel depot fire in southern Russia sparked by a Ukrainian drone attack in the hope it would help tame its flames, the local diocese said on Wedn...
AÂ controversial new law passed in Ukraine which bans any links with the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) has been supported by one of the country's senior clerics. According to Major Archbishop Sviat...
A church which Hitler famously used in his rise to power has reopened after nearly 80 years, amongst protests. The reconstruction of the Garrison Church tower in Potsdam, Berlin, has sparked significa...
Archbishop Angaelos of the Coptic Church in London has told Premier he believes Christians are called to advocate for all persecuted religions, as well as their fellow Christians. It comes as the Copt...
In the town of Urbino, Italy, Father Andrea Ricatti has earned the playful nickname "Don Perignon" after enticing young people to attend Mass by offering free non-alcoholic spritz. The initiative, how...
The Archbishop Emeritus of Pakistan has been awarded one of the country's top honours for his work fostering dialogue between religious communities. Cardinal Joseph Coutts received the Tamgha-i-Im...
Rev Catherine Cowie is set to become the first female rector of Beaulieu Abbey Church in Hampshire. She will be inducted on 25 September, becoming the church’s 51st incumbent in its 495-year history. ...
The Bishop of Gloucester has called for the criminal justice system to be more creative when handing down sentences. Rt Rev Rachel Treweek was speaking in the light of the recent disorder in England a...
Lord Michael Farmer, the British aristocrat and father-in-law of Candace Owens, has publicly distanced himself from her controversial remarks about Jews. Owens' comments have ignited significant b...
Italian scientists claim to have made a significant breakthrough in the study of the Shroud of Turin, the cloth believed by many to have been used to wrap Jesus Christ after his crucifixion. Using a "...
A recent study suggests that 11 per cent of Protestants can't distinguish between Old, New Testaments. More than one in 10 Protestant churchgoers mistakenly cited New Testament stories when asked ...
A Catholic archbishop in Pakistan is at the centre of allegations of sexual and financial irregularities. Most Rev Sebastian Shaw is Archbishop of Lahore in Punjab in which Christians make up just ove...
New Zealand’s Christ Church Cathedral is being mothballed after the country’s government refused to contribute more money for rebuilding. The landmark place of worship was struck by two earthquakes, t...
Ukrainian lawmakers on Tuesday passed a law envisaging a ban on the activities of a Russia-linked branch of the Orthodox church, paving the way for a historic rupture with an institution that Kyiv has...
A Christian convert who has been imprisoned in Egypt for nearly three years for discussing theology with Christian converts in a private Facebook group has announced that he is going on a hunger strik...
