Two previously unknown sermons attributed to St Augustine have been authenticated by researchers, offering fresh insight into the theology of one of Christianity's most influential Church Fathers....
In India, 13 Christians have been detained and arrested at a worship convention this summer. According to persecution watchdog Open Doors, the arrests happened in June at a fellowship gathering in Jai...
Arizona's Supreme Court has ruled that clergy cannot be compelled to report child abuse disclosed during confession or other confidential religious communications, in a case involving The Church o...
Three people have been abducted by gunmen during a church service in south-central Nigeria. The attack happened on Sunday morning during Mass at St Joseph Catholic Church in Affa, in Enugu State's...
Wilson County Pastor Greg Locke has announced that Global Vision Bible Church will relocate to a new facility at 3764 Murfreesboro Road in Lebanon, south of Interstate 40. The new campus is several mi...
Nearly 1,000 people have signed a petition calling for global religious freedom and the protection of fundamental rights, across a weekend of faith festivals. Organised by Catholic charity Aid to the...
Pope Leo has voiced his concerns after several Moroccan migrants died while attempting to cross into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. At least 86 people were killed in the rush over the border, which sa...
An evangelist and social media influencer claims she was subject to “spiritual warfare” having been kicked off a plane for a short preach to her fellow passengers, made during a delay to take-off. Wh...
Two ransom notes thought to be written by those who kidnapped the mother of US television host Savannah Guthrie have been released in full, six months on from her abduction. Investigators believe Nan...
Downing Street has announced that the next Bishop of Leeds will be the Bishop of Bradford, Dr Toby Howarth. Bishop Toby, who will take up the role in the autumn, has been acting diocesan Bishop since ...
Attendance at Church of England cathedrals rose for the fifth consecutive year in 2025, although overall numbers remained below pre-pandemic levels. New figures published by the Church of England show...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told American Evangelical leaders that Jews and Christians face a shared and coordinated threat. Speaking at a meeting in Washington on Wednesday, Netanya...
The Vatican announced on Wednesday the ordination of a second Chinese bishop in a week, highlighting ongoing cooperation with Beijing under a politically sensitive accord governing Catholic appointmen...
US President Donald Trump has paid tribute to the late Senator Lindsey Graham, drawing on Scripture as he reflected on the Republican lawmaker's Christian faith and legacy. In a post on social med...
Pastor Greg Locke has said he feels "more free than I have ever been" after his Tennessee megachurch shrank from thousands of worshippers to a congregation of just a few hundred. In a post on social m...
Pope Leo XIV spoke of music's power to overcome division on Wednesday during a peace gathering at Castel Gandolfo marking the 800th anniversary of the death of St Francis of Assisi. The Canticle o...
A Nigerian woman has completed a 144-hour continuous Bible reading in an attempt to break a Guinness World Record. Habibat Salawudeen Ihiovi-Jack, a member of Summit Bible Church in Port Harcourt, beg...
Dozens of paintings by former US President George W. Bush will go on display at a fundraising exhibition for St. Ann's Episcopal Church in Maine next month. Bush's family, who have a summer ho...
Three bishops have urged the new Foreign Secretary to intervene on behalf of persecuted Christians on Saudi Arabia’s death row. The bishops of Chelmsford, Southwark and Winchester are calling on Ed Mi...
A church in Kent has had its glass lantern roof repeatedly smashed by vandals firing catapults. The incidents at the joint United Reformed and Methodist Church in Sheerness are believed to have been c...
