Lawmakers and religious leaders have stepped up calls for $1 billion (£743 million) of funding to secure places of worship in the United States. It comes after teenage attackers killed three people...
French MPs are set to debate a controversial bill, which will make religious leaders ‘mandatory reporters’ of child abuse and extend the state’s powers over Catholic schools. Catholic bishops ha...
A house church leader and 30 members have been jailed in central China, in what has been described by a human rights watchdog as “one of the largest coordinated prosecutions of Christians in recent...
A Christian human rights watchdog has warned that the Mexican government is failing to protect freedom of religion, in the face of criminal gangs and persecution under traditional customs or law. Ch...
JD Vance has backed Pope Leo’s teaching on artificial intelligence (AI), telling air force graduates he is concerned about its impact on military conflict. In his encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, o...
The Bishop of St David’s has said urgent steps need to be taken to prevent St David’s Cathedral from becoming insolvent. Following a 'visitation' in December to direct and encourage minis...
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said the military has intensified operations against Islamic State militants in Nigeria, citing concerns about attacks on Christians in the country. Speaking duri...
The vicar of an Anglican church in Plymouth has apologised to parishioners for the inconvenience after a safety cordon was erected around the building. Roads have also been closed around St Peter the ...
US Vice president JD Vance has revealed that he has come to terms with the fact that his wife has no plans to convert to Christianity. In an interview with NBC News on Monday, he said: "I’m oka...
Jerry “Trey” Falwell III, the grandson of Liberty University founder Jerry Falwell Sr., is suing the evangelical university for $1.75 million over alleged unpaid salary and benefits. Falwell claim...
A new report by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) alleges that armed Fulani militant groups have carried out widespread killings, church attacks, abductions and ...
An Ebola treatment centre has been sent to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by Christian charity Samaritan's Purse. The new facility will provide much-needed medical assistance to help comba...
Pope Leo this week repudiated a major teaching used by the Catholic Church since at least the fifth century to evaluate when countries might be justified in waging wars, in a move experts said could...
The person nominated to become the next Bishop of Bristol has said that "with regret" they can no longer take up the position because of "family reasons". In a statement on its website, the Diocese ...
Ghana has welcomed an apology by Pope Leo for the Catholic Church’s historical involvement in slavery, describing it as an “act of moral courage”. The pope’s apology came as part of his first...
The writer behind a Simpsons episode which “predicted” a Donald Trump presidency has launched a Moses-themed bid for the White House. In a social media video titled "The Reckoning," Dan Greaney d...
A Texas high school student organised a Bible handout on Tuesday following backlash over a February event in which people distributed Qurans and pamphlets about Sharia law and hijabs at a “Why Islam...
Christians in Lebanon have opened church doors to their Muslim neighbours, as the conflict between Israel, the US and Hezbollah has left many internally displaced. The Israeli Defence Force (IDF)...
Al Mohler, president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, said women should have the right to vote in U.S. politics but should not interpret Scripture, during an episode of his “The Briefin...
The Church of Scotland is seeking a “resilient” minister who is willing to learn Arabic or Hebrew to share the gospel and advocate for peace, justice, hope and co-operation in the Holy Land. The n...
