The Archbishop of Canterbury is to make a 12-day visit to Ghana and Cameroon in July. Most Rev Dame Sarah Mullally has been invited by the Primate of West Africa Dr Cyril Kobina Ben Smith, who attende...
A former London headteacher is to become the next Bishop of Warrington. Very Rev Simon Robinson has served as Dean of Truro since January 2024, after being appointed Interim Dean in 2022. Bishop-elect...
Pope Leo said on Sunday that God rejects the prayers of leaders who start wars and have "hands full of blood", in unusually forceful remarks as the Iran war entered its second month. Addressing tens o...
The Diocese of Kerry has apologised after a visiting priest told a church service in Cork that autism is caused by “evil demons”. The comment is reported to have been made by a member of the Francisca...
Most traditional services to mark Palm Sunday and Holy Week won't be taking place in Jerusalem because of safety fears due to the Iran war. The traditional Palm Sunday procession from the Mount of...
More than a thousand Christians have marched together against Christian nationalism and the far-right's use of Britain’s “Christian heritage” to justify racism and anti-immigrant rhetoric. The gro...
Pope Leo made a one-day trip to Monaco on Saturday (March 28) becoming the first pontiff in nearly five centuries to visit the wealthy Mediterranean enclave on the French Riviera. He arrived after a 9...
Christian supporters of regime change in Iran say they’re “deeply concerned” about the “alarming” situation of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience in the country. In a letter addressed to ...
Christian organisations in Myanmar are still supporting people who lost everything when a devastating earthquake struck the country exactly a year ago. The 7.7 magnitude quake killed thousands of peo...
A Serbian football club has been fined 40,000 euros (£34,800) after a huge crowd display featuring an Orthodox icon was created in the stands. During a Europa League match in February between FK Crven...
The future of Christian education in Jerusalem may be under threat, after the Israeli government moved to ban Palestinian teachers. School principals have been told they can only employ those with Is...
The former Vice President of the European Parliament has been appointed as the new EU Special Envoy for the Promotion of Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) outside the European Union. Mairead McGuin...
The Archbishop of Canterbury will travel to Rome to meet Pope Leo in April. The visit was announced as the pontiff and archbishop exchanged letters to mark Most Rev Dame Sarah Mullally’s installation ...
US Vice President JD Vance has invoked the “return of Jesus Christ to Jerusalem” as he voiced support for American troops deployed in the Gulf during the escalating US-Israeli conflict with Iran. Vanc...
Archaeologists in the Dutch city of Maastricht may have found the remains of legendary French musketeer d’Artagnan beneath a church. The skeleton was found under the former altar of St Peter and Paul ...
Portugal's Catholic Church said on Thursday it would pay a combined 1.6 million euros ($1.85 million) in compensation to 57 victims of sexual abuse by the clergy. A Church-funded commission found ...
Christian advocacy group ChinaAid has urged the United States government to speak up on the detention of Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri, leader of Zion Church, in China. It follows a bipartisan letter from Se...
The US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth is being accused of “God-washing” the war in Iran. Leading a Christian worship service at the Pentagon, he prayed for "every round to find its mark" and for “over...
Finnish MP Päivi Räsänen has been found guilty of “hate speech” by the country’s Supreme Court, over a two-decade-old church pamphlet about marriage and sexual ethics. The court has convicted the for...
The Vatican said on Tuesday that Catholics can receive transplants of animal tissues to address medical conditions, as procedures involving genetically modified pig or cow organs continue to advance. ...
