Pope Francis has moved to eliminate free rent for cardinals and subsidized rents for other senior Vatican officials, saying they too have to contribute to cost savings. The new rules were summarise...
Iranian church leader Yousef Nadarkhani has been released from prison and is to rejoin his family. The decision comes as protests continue in the Islamic country against hijab-wearing, alongside a rem...
A study looking at the kinds of support black female victims of domestic abuse receive from their churches has revealed that in some churches the tendency can be to protect the abuser rather than the ...
Russia's invasion. According to persecution charity, Release International, evangelical pastors are being arrested by Russian forces on grounds they are 'spies' acting for Washington. Andr...
Nicaragua's president Daniel Ortega has banned all religious processions during Lent and Holy Week, according to Vatican News. The agency reports that it understands all processions of the Way of...
A Christian girls school has dropped out of the state basketball championship after discovering its opponent had a transgender player on its team. The Mid Vermont Christian School (MVCS) girls' ba...
Claims by a BBC Panorama programme broadcast this week that an investigation had found that “women are being misled and manipulated about abortion by some crisis pregnancy advice centres in the UK” ha...
Attempts by the Archbishop of Canterbury to establish a consistently safe culture in the Church of England have been undermined because the public believes there’s a lack of consistency and follow thr...
Pope Francis will make an official visit to Hungary April 28-30, the Vatican said on Monday. He will spend all three days in the capital, Budapest, a programme released by the Vatican showed. Francis,...
A poll showing that, a year on from the invasion of Ukraine, eight out of ten Christians are concerned about the impact of the war, has been highlighted by the former Archbishop of York. Rt Rev John S...
People should remember the individual stories of asylum seekers before rushing to judge, according to the Public Issues Enabler for the Baptist Union. Rev Steve Tinning was speaking to Premier after d...
A year on from the start of the war in Ukraine, a Christian charity has said the needs of the country have changed from the early days of the invasion. The western world watched in horror as Russian ...
Christians in North Korea are being sent to labour camps, a leading persecution charity has warned. According to Open Doors, there has been a rise in incidents of persecution against Christians acros...
The polls have closed in Nigeria but it could take days to learn which election candidate is set to become the next president. Faith groups – mainly Christians and Muslims – are considered to be one ...
Christian charity Tearfund have warned of child labour in extremely dangerous gold mines on the Ivory Coast. A crisis within the agricultural sector – the foundation of the local economy – has forced...
The Vatican and Oman established diplomatic ties on Thursday, marking a further widening of the Holy See's official relations with the Arab Muslim World. In a joint statement, both sides said they...
A vicar in Cumbria is appealing for thieves to examine their consciences after all the silverware from his church was stolen. The burglary at St John's Church in Keswick was discovered on Monday m...
A leader of the cross-border Methodist Church in Ireland has urged renewed prayer for peace after news of the shooting of an off-duty police officer in Omagh, County Tyrone, on Wednesday night. Three ...
A Christian social policy group is urging ministers to “raise the alarm” about the trafficking of Ukrainian refugees amid fears of exploitation. A year on from the start of the invasion, CARE campaign...
Pope Francis had to cancel one of his audiences on Thursday because of what the Vatican said was a "bad cold" and skipped reading prepared speeches at other meetings that went ahead. The 86-year-old p...
