A Russian Orthodox cleric has been released without charge by authorities in the Czech Republic after being detained when police found small containers of white powder in his car. Metropolitan Hilar...
Christian aid group Samaritan's Purse hopes to open within a week a 50-bed Ebola treatment centre in the area of the outbreak in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, its President told Reut...
The Egyptian government has granted legal status to 191 churches and affiliated Christian service buildings, in a move welcomed by campaigners as part of ongoing efforts to address challenges facing C...
Pope Leo has warned that artificial intelligence (AI) needs to be “disarmed” with developers working for the common good rather than profit, in the first major teaching of his papacy. ‘Magnifi...
A former senior cleric in the Russian Orthodox Church said on Monday that Czech police had found small containers of a white substance in his car during a search a day earlier, and denied any connec...
Three Catholic charities have launched a campaign aimed at defending the right to asylum and upholding the dignity of people seeking sanctuary. The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS UK), the Society of St ...
Pope Leo on Monday issued the clearest apology yet from a pontiff for the Catholic Church's role in slavery, acknowledging both its delay in condemning the practice and its historic involvement i...
The Premier League has refused to accept a petition from Christian human rights advocates for a second time, after renewed calls for officials to hold Manchester City’s owner accountable for his tie...
An evangelical church in eastern Ukraine has been badly damaged after a Russian drone strike sparked a major fire. The Світло Євангелії or ‘Light of the Gospel’ church in Balakliya ...
A “responsible, long-term investment approach” has led to a better-than-forecast return for the Church of England’s endowment fund. The fund, which is managed by the Church Commissioners for Eng...
A Christian convert in Iran whose husband lives with Parkinson’s disease has reportedly been sentenced to more than nine years in prison. According to reports from the Persian-language Human Rights ...
Faith leaders are “standing in the gap between medical institutions and communities” as the Ebola outbreak in Central Africa continues to spread, according to Christian aid agency Tearfund. The ch...
Pope Leo has called out companies who seek "dizzying" profits at the cost of environmental pollution, on a visit to an area in Italy known as a hotbed for illegal dumping of toxic waste. On a visit ...
Pope Leo is set to visit Uruguay in November, news outlet Teledoce reported on Thursday, citing the Catholic Church in Montevideo. Uruguay’s foreign ministry confirmed to Reuters it is preparing for...
A prominent unregistered Protestant church in eastern China has been demolished by authorities, according to reports by China Aid from Wenzhou in Zhejiang province. Yazhong Church in Wenzhou, sometime...
Fourteen women have been ordained as priests in the Church of the Anglican Province of Central Africa in a landmark service in Botswana. The ordinations took place earlier this month at the Anglican ...
The FIFA Men’s World Cup could lead to a rise in human trafficking and sexual exploitation, according to the Catholic Church in Mexico. More than five million visitors are expected to visit the coun...
An historic Bible dedicated to the memory of a 20th century graduate who was devoted to the Church and community singing has been restored by the University of Chester. In 1955, alumni of the then Che...
Kent County Council has voted to introduce the Lord's Prayer at the beginning of its council meetings. Forty-eight members of the local authority, which is controlled by Reform UK, voted to open m...
A church staff member has described the moment a heavy roller door fell on pastor Helen Verry, killing her during preparations for a Sunday service. The incident occurred in 2022 at Church Unlimited i...
