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 major te...
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 descri...
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) ins...
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 Briefing”...
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 new M...
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 Hilario...
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 Reute...
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. ‘Magnifica Huma...
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 connecti...
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 V...
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 in...
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 ties ...
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 was hit on Saturday...
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 England, ...
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 Ac...
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 charit...
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 to...
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 t...
