A well-known Catholic gay rights campaigner has been arrested as part of a crackdown in Uganda. Frank Mugisha was one of many arrested following a Pride fashion show in the capital Kampala.The arrest...
Several high-profile Christian figures, including singer-songwriter Michael Gungor, have called for the US environment budget to be protected against cuts. The delegation met policy makers and politi...
The head of Bahamas Faith Ministries and internationally known Evangelical pastor, Dr Myles Munroe, has been killed. He was travelling on a light aircraft with his wife, Ruth, who was also killed, wh...
Outspoken US Republican presidential candidate front-runner Donald Trump has hired a prominent evangelical consultant to his campaign team. Sam Clovis, who takes on the role of new national campaign ...
A pastor in China has been sentenced to four years in prison in the latest high-profile crackdown on Christianity in the country. Pastor at Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC), Qin Defu, was charged wi...
A prominent church leader in Mexico has avoided serious injury after being stabbed near his church in an incident Christian human rights campaigners fear highli President of the AEBC Tijuana Minister...
A celebrated pastor appears to have backtracked on claims he "saw" in a "prophecy" Hillary Clinton win the 2016 US presidential election. TB Joshua's words prompted comments on social media on Wednes...
Questions have been raised about a promise by the President of Egypt to rebuild all the churches destroyed or damaged during violence in 2013. Speaking at a Coptic Christmas Mass on 6 Jan, President ...
Christians in Sudan request prayer against continued efforts to take over church property. This week, the police and an armed mob occupied part of the Sudan Pre Middle East Concern, which is a group ...
The Pope has come out against the legalisation of drugs such as cannabis. Francis told members of a drug conference in Rome attempts to sell it for recreational use are "highly questionable".Before b...
Pope Francis has announced changes to help Catholics remarry by speeding up the annulment process. At present the Church teaches that Catholics can only remarry if their first marriage is declared in...
A video of Pope Francis stopping his official motorcade on the middle of a road in Italy to bless a disabled girl has gone viral. The footage of the Holy Father getting out of his car to speak and pr...
Pope Francis has suggest woman in countries hit by the Zika virus could use contraception. Using condoms to avoid pregnancy can be acceptable in difficult situations, he said during a press conferenc...
Pope Francis is summoning leading bishops from around the world for a February summit to discuss how to prevent sexual abuse by priests. The summit involving the presidents of every bishops conferenc...
Pope Francis has voiced support for a French cardinal who has faced allegations of covering up cases of paedophile priests in his Lyon parish, saying he should The pontiff, speaking to the French Ca...
Pope Francis has condemned European countries for not doing enough to take care of refugees. He was speaking after around 668 migrants and refugees were saved from boats in the Mediterranean off Liby...
The Pope has hit out at the Italian mafia, telling them that despite the fact many go to church and worship openly, they cannot call themselves Christians becau Pope Francis used his weekly general a...
Pope Francis has been addressing bishops from Mozambique in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican. According to Italian newspaper Zenit, the Pope told them over the weekend to care for and defend the...
The Pope has urged Catholic nuns to get out and meet the public, smile more and feed the needy. According to the Times, Francis also suggested cloistered nuns should spend half an hour talking to peo...
Pope Francis has told the head of the Coptic Church that the church is "united by the ecumenism of blood". He sent a message to Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria after they met in Rome two years ago.The...
