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...
Christians in France are warning a bill passed in the Senate could see religious freedom restricted in the country. Commonly referred to as the "Anti-separatism law", the legislation was proposed by P...
Pope Francis gave the Catholic Church nine new priests on Sunday, encouraging them in an ordination ceremony in St Peter’s Basilica to be humble and compassionate and to stay close to the rank-and-fil...
US president Joe Biden has formally recognised the systematic killings and deportations of hundreds of thousands of Armenians by Ottoman Empire forces in the early 20th century as “genocide”. Mr Biden...
Sri Lankan police have arrested a prominent Muslim politician and his brother over suspected connections to the Easter Sunday suicide bombings in 2019 that killed 269 people. Rishad Bathiudeen, a form...
Christians in the UK are being encouraged to pray for “a spirit of generosity, wisdom and discernment for governments” as health experts in India are warning the country’s latest coronavirus wave coul...
For the first time, MPs in the House of Commons have declared China's treatment of the Uighur people and other religious minorities as genocide. It's believed more than a million people are b...
Pope Francis has urged participants in the US-hosted global climate summit to ensure that the post-pandemic world is cleaner, purer and preserved. Francis delivered a short video message on Thursday t...
