More than a hundred UK charities, including Christian Aid and CAFOD, have condemned the Government’s decision to cut aid to Yemen, following criticism from MPs across the political spectrum. The UK...
Pope Francis has urged Iraqis to treat their Christian brothers as a precious resource to protect, not an “obstacle” to eliminate, as he opened the first papal visit to Iraq with a plea for tolera...
Most Rev Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury has publicly condemned a series of homophobic remarks made by a Nigerian Archbishop. In a 26th February statement, Most Rev Henry C Ndukuba refe...
The global leader of Hillsong Church has announced a series of sweeping changes to staff and HR policies following a scandal involving one of its most high-profile pastors. New York pastor Carl Lentz ...
At least 60 nuns and 25 priests have died in Tanzania in the last two months after displaying coronavirus symptoms, including "respiratory challenges", according to the Catholic Church in the country....
A Catholic bishop has said that President Joe Biden should be disqualified from referring to himself as a "devout Catholic" due to his stance on abortion. The Chairman of the U.S. Conference of C...
A federal judge has granted pastor and human rights campaigner Bob Fu a restraining order against a number of pro-China protestors who continue to gather outside his home. Fu is the founder of persecu...
The Roman Catholic Church in Sri Lanka is demanding justice for the lives lost in the 2019 Easter bombing after receiving part of the presidential commission's report into the attack which they s...
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops have discouraged Catholics from taking the new Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine, citing ethical concerns related to its development. The leaders have voiced o...
Well-known Christian counsellor and Bible teacher Dr Larry Crab has died at the age of 77. Crabb was the author of several best-selling books, in addition to being the spiritual director for the Ameri...
Intense preparations are being carried out as the Pope prepares to meet a revered Shia cleric in Iraq's holiest city. Francis and Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani will seek to make history in Najaf ...
A Polish court has acquitted three activists who had been accused of desecration and offending religious feelings for producing and distributing images of a revered Roman Catholic figure altered to i...
Christians in Syria are celebrating after a Kurdish Christian headmaster was released by Islamist group Failaq Al-Sham on 1st March. Radwan Muhammad, 40, had been detained for seven months. Failaq A...
An Iranian Christian convert has been released on bail after being held for three weeks on charges relating to blasphemy and national security. Ebrahim Firouzi had been serving a sentence of 'in...
171 Christians have now been released from prison in Eritrea since last August, but hundreds are reported to have been killed in the Tigray region. Tigray is a northern region of Ethiopia, bordering...
A popular pastor from the US state of Georgia has died from Covid-19 at the age of 44. Rev Bryant Wardell Raines was a highly respected local activist and leader of the New Pilgrim Missionary Baptis...
A Canadian church has continued to hold in-person services despite its own pastor being jailed for flouting Covid-19 rules. Congregants were seen flooding into GraceLife Church's car park in Edmon...
The family of the late apologist Ravi Zacharias have continued to defend him despite an independent investigation confirming that he engaged in sexual and spiritual abuse over a number of years. Na...
Evangelist Luis Palau has stopped treatment for lung cancer and is receiving hospice care. An update on the 86-year-old's condition was sent by his family to American Christian radio network Air1...
The Catholic Archbishop, the Most Reverend John Wilson, has called for Governments to develop special strategies to ensure that marginalised and stigmatised communities, including people with leprosy,...
