A Roman Catholic priest has received a rapturous applause after revealing to his congregation that he is gay. Rev Gregory Greiten was praised after making the personal omission at St Bernadette churc...
A Russian Orthodox priest is attempting to break the world record for circling the globe in a hot air balloon. Fedor Konyukhov, 64, set off from Western Australia on Tuesday after waiting more than a...
A priest in Italy is urging his government and the Romanian one to act over the continuing exploitation of migrant workers in Sicily. According to The Observer, Fr Beniamino Sacco made the call after...
A priest has called for prayer following the suspected terror attack in Paris on Wednesday morning when a man in a car rammed into a group of soldiers. The French prime minister's confirmed the suspe...
A Nicaraguan Catholic priest and politician who defied Pope John Paul II to help teach more than half a million Nicaraguans how to read has died aged 82. Fr Fernando Cardenal was a Jesuit priest who ...
A priest who helped North Korean defectors flee their homeland has been found dead in China. Fr Han Choong-ryul, an ethnic Korean with Chinese citizenship, was found in the north-east of the country,...
A priest has been placed on administrative leave after a video of him kicking out mourners from his Maryland church before a funeral went viral. Last week family and friends of Agnes Hicks, 54, were ...
A Catholic priest in France who slapped a baby while he performed an infant baptism has apologised to the child's family and announced his retirement. Video footage capturing the moment Fr Jacques La...
A priest in Switzerland, who organises help for migrants who get into trouble whilst crossing the Mediterranean, has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Fr Mussie Zerai, who's originally from E...
A Catholic priest who set fire to a rainbow flag - a symbol synonymous with the pro-lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender movement - has been removed from his Fr Paul Kalchik has been forced to ste...
A priest killed whilst caring for people trapped in Syria's civil war should be considered for canonisation, according to a fellow Jesuit. It is reported that Father Frans van der Lugt was killed by ...
A parish priest in Paris has told Premier he has a 'huge sense of revulsion' after a shooting in the French capital that has left 11 people dead. Fr Aidan Troy from St Joseph's said the loss of life ...
A Jesuit priest in Indonesia says last week's bomb attacks in Jakarta should force the country to recognise the danger posed by terrorism. At least seven people were killed in a series of explosions ...
Misogyny pervades every aspect of Catholic church life and it needs to come to an end, a leading Irish theologian has said. Trinity College Dublin (TCD) professor Siobhan Garrigan said it was fundame...
Priests and Imams in Egypt are launching a project to encourage communities of all faiths to co-exist in peace, following the slaughter of 21 Egyptian Coptic Ch Reuters has reported that Christians a...
Priests in Romania are expected to encourage the faithful during Sunday services to vote in favour of keeping the traditional definition of marriage. The conservative Coalition for Family initiated a...
Pope Francis is encouraging priests to be more understanding when it comes to confession. According to Catholic World News, he was talking to a group of Polish believers and said that "many people ...
Sunday Mass is being protected by armed men in some parts of Nigeria and Cameroon to protect Christians from Muslim extremists. Recent months have seen several attacks on churches by Boko Haram milit...
Priests who fail to tell police about suspected child sexual abuse should face criminal charges, even if they learn of abuse during a confidential religious con Australia's Royal Commission into Inst...
Pope Francis has received a hamper of homemade foods from the Prince of Wales during the first meeting of the two men in Rome. The pontiff welcomed Charles and Camilla to his study at the Vatican, as...
