The Vatican has announced a new international project encouraging faith-based institutions to disinvest from the mining sector, marking a rare move by the Catholic Church to steer investments away fro...
The Dean of St David’s Episcopal Church in Minnetonka has described church resistance to ICE raids this winter as “holy”. Dean Katherine Lewis told the Anglican Journal that seeing her church su...
Russia has been making cultural gains across Africa through the expansion of its Orthodox Church. As of February 2026, an estimated 350 Russian Orthodox Church parishes have been established across th...
The First Lady of Nigeria has told a gathering at Lambeth Palace that God’s mercy brings “fresh benefits” to her each morning. Senator Oluremi Tinubu, First Lady of the Federal Republic of Niger...
The government's decision to reduce the overseas development aid (ODA) budget over the next three years has been strongly criticised by aid agencies. The Catholic agency CAFOD says it will have a...
A Catholic bishop said he would push the Vatican for permission to ordain married men as priests by 2028, in an unusual statement that may test Pope Leo's willingness to change Church teaching t...
The Vatican has unveiled details of Pope Leo’s upcoming four-nation tour of Africa. The ten-day journey in April will see him visit Cameroon, Angola, Equatorial Guinea and Algeria, a country that ha...
Christian campaigners have called on the Prime Minister to raise the issue of religious persecution with President Tinubu, as the pair met at Downing Street. They urged Sir Keir to make any econom...
Tributes have been paid to two Catholic priests who died in Ecuador while rescuing a boy from drowning. The group was enjoying a Lenten retreat for altar boys in the coastal town of Playas when one of...
The head of one of the world’s most widely used Bible apps has cautioned against relying on artificial intelligence for theological guidance, warning current systems lack accuracy. Bobby Gruenewald,...
A consultation on updated guidance detailing how doctors can practice in line with their own personal religious beliefs and values, while maintaining good and safe care of their patients, was launched...
The mother of a teenager who died by suicide hours after being expelled from his Catholic school is pursuing a wrongful death lawsuit against a local archdiocese. Sara Brannon alleges that leaders at ...
A pastor in Missouri has been suspended over reported ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Rev. Stephanie L. Remington was placed on leave from her role in The United Methodist Church aft...
A pastor’s son in Cuba has been held for two days, for allegedly partaking in a freedom protest. Jonathan Muir Burgos, 16, was arrested along with his father, Pastor Elier Muir Ávila on Monday 16th...
The spiritual leader of the Georgian Orthodox Church for just shy of half a century, Ilia II oversaw its transformation from an institution repressed under the Soviet Union into the most powerful no...
A senior adviser to the Nigerian president has rejected claims that Christians are being specifically targeted in violence across Nigeria, insisting the country is facing a broader security crisis rat...
Shrapnel from ballistic missiles fired by Iran and debris from the Israeli interceptors that shot them down fell on Monday around Jerusalem's walled Old City and some of its most sacred Chr...
The Bishop in Cyprus & the Gulf has called for “peace, wise diplomacy” and a de-escalation of what he described as a “catastrophic conflict” in a message to churches and communities affected b...
Senior church leaders in Liverpool have issued a statement condemning a far-right march scheduled to take place in the city this weekend. A UKIP ‘Walk with Jesus Rally’ is set to take place on S...
Members of the Scottish Parliament have chosen not to legalise assisted dying. Last night MSPs voted by 69 to 57 against the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill, which would have ...
