The Dean of St George's College in Jerusalem says the pandemic has highlighted the stark inequalities between Israel and Palestine. The Very Reverend Richard Sewell told Premier that while Israel ...
A new prayer post feature is being tested on Facebook that will allow members of Facebook groups to ask for and respond to prayer requests. The move by the social media giant was confirmed to the Reli...
It's emerged ministers from Church of Scotland partner churches in India are asking for prayers as they battle a deadly second wave of Covid-19. The Church of Scotland is sending a £5,000 emergenc...
The Christian development agency Tearfund has expressed its gratitude to former president, theologian René Padilla, who's died aged 88. As president, Padilla steered Tearfund to replace the concep...
New administrative regulations have been imposed on religious staff in China, generating concerns from religious leaders and human rights lawyers. The new regulations include specific requirements reg...
There's calls for Mexico's Ministry of Public Education (SEP) to work with state authorities to ensure that no religious minority child is banned from attending school because of their religio...
Margie Zacharias has broken her silence to defend her late husband, the apologist Ravi Zacharias, from sexual and spiritual abuse findings which caused Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (RZIM) t...
Pope changes law to allow prosecutions of criminal cardinals and bishops Pope Francis has sent another message to Vatican-based cardinals and bishops about his intent to hold them accountable for crim...
The dean of St George's College in Jerusalem has told Premier Israeli authorities have consistently ignored health and safety warnings over large gatherings. Very Rev Richard Sewell says serious q...
A former government minister and current MP in Finland has formally been charged over a tweet she posted about homosexuality. Päivi Räsänen is accused of inciting hate towards a group of people. Back ...
A man considered by millions of Venezuelans to be the “doctor of the poor” is to be beatified, a step towards sainthood in the Catholic Church. Jose Gregorio Hernandez will be beatified on Friday duri...
Christian schools in the Holy Land are facing an unprecedented situation as Covid restrictions leave families unable to afford school fees. That's according to the charity, Friends of the Holy Lan...
One person was killed, another injured and four women kidnapped, after heavily armed men, of Fulani ethnicity, attacked a church service in Chikun Local Government Area (LGA) in southern Kaduna state....
The director of a Cuban nursing home for elderly women has denounced the "disproportionate" targeting of the organisation after inspectors issued a fine of 200,000 pesos - approximately £80 - for fail...
A Canadian pastor has confronted health authorities and police officers for a second time this month after complaints had been made about his church defying coronavirus restrictions. Earlier this mon...
An Evangelical pastor has told Premier he will hold a second socially-distanced service in Phoenix Park, Dublin this weekend, despite religious services being outlawed in Ireland. On Sunday, Pastor J...
Church leaders and other faith figures have called for the coronavirus vaccine to be produced and distributed better. 145 religious leaders including former Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Willia...
There are fears that the sentencing of the British Iranian woman, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe could lead to a further clampdown of religious freedom in Iran. Ms Zaghari Ratcliffe has been sentenced to ...
Many people in India are more concerned with starvation than coronavirus, according to the charity, Gospel for Asia. The charity's clerics and volunteers are co-ordinating aid to those in India mo...
The number of reported dead in India's coronavirus crisis is just the "tip of the iceberg" according to a Methodist Minister who works with some of the country's poorest communities. On Monday...
