A pastor in Nepal faces a two-year prison sentence after being charged with proselytization. In Nepal the act of preaching your faith with the intent to convert others is illegal and punishable by up ...
The European Union is being accused of trying to air-brush Christianity out of an official document. The Vatican complained after the document - on inclusive language - replaced the word 'Christma...
Christian broadcaster Marcus Lamb has died at the age of 64 after a battle with Covid-19. "It is with a heavy heart that we announce that Marcus D. Lamb, Founder, President, and CEO of Daystar Telev...
Nine men imprisoned for attending a house church in Iran could have their sentences overturned following a landmark judgement. Although Iran recognises Christianity as a faith, many believers there fa...
A Roman Catholic priest is collecting and saving hundreds of traditional pre-Christian religious artefacts in southeast Nigeria that new converts to Christianity had planned to burn. The collection ...
hen young nuns at a convent in Eastern Europe told their Mother Superior that a priest had tried to molest them, she retorted that it was probably their fault for "provoking him". When African nuns in...
An earthquake which shook an Amazonian region of Peru over the weekend has seen 75 homes destroyed and damage to seven churches. The 7.5 magnitude earthquake, in the north, was felt as far as the coun...
Young children being murdered for their faith in Nigeria has been denounced as “devilish”. An attack happened in Plateau state on Friday, when jihadist Fulani herdsmen shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ ...
Greece introduced new restrictions obliging churchgoers to present negative COVID-19 tests to attend services on Sunday following a surge in infections in recent weeks. Under new rules announced on No...
Israel is closing its borders to international travellers for two weeks to halt the spread of the new Coronavirus variant. It follows concern over the Omicron strain of the virus which was first detec...
Pope Francis, 84, joked on Friday "I'm still alive" when asked by French President Emmanuel Macron how things were going at the start of hour-long private talks in the Vatican. A video released b...
The charity CSW (Christian Solidarity Worldwide), is calling for the release of an Egyptian Coptic activist who has been detained for more than two years awaiting trial. Rami Kamil is a prominent hu...
The Primates of the Anglican Communion are calling for an international treaty to improve equity in the distribution of vaccines and education to counter vaccine hesitancy around the globe. The Prim...
The Archbishops of Canterbury and York are among Church of England bishops calling for the church and wider community to support a Mothers’ Union campaign calling for an end to abuse and violence ag...
The Constitutional Court of Colombia has ruled in favour of a social media star after a lower court decision forced her to remove a YouTube video in which she shared she believed in traditional marria...
Australia on Thursday introduced contentious religious anti-discrimination legislation to parliament that if approved would allow faith-based organisations to prioritise the hiring and enrolment of pe...
Pope Francis, meeting the prime minister of Lebanon, on Thursday compared the country to a dying person and promised to do everything in his power to help it "rise again". Francis and Prime Minister N...
A church in the US state of Wisconsin has confirmed that an 8-year-old boy member of the congregation has passed away from injuries sustained during the Waukesha Christmas parade attack. Jackson Spa...
The court case of Hillsong Church’s founder and senior pastor, Brian Houston, has been postponed until 2022. According to Australian news outlet Eternity News, a local court has delayed Houston’s ...
Pope Francis will canonise Titus Brandsma, a Dutch priest, academic and journalist who was murdered in the Dachau concentration camp in 1942 for preaching against the Nazis, the Vatican said on Thursd...
