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 A prominent cardinal has asked Vatican authorities to stop displaying the artwork of a Jesuit priest accused of abusing nuns and other women, to avoid a suggestion of indifference to the victims&#39...

Celebrity French designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac has been chosen to dress Notre Dame’s clergy for December’s reopening ceremony. The designer and artist, who has worked with popular singers s...

More than 400,000 people left the Catholic Church in Germany in 2023 according to latest figures by the Bishop’s Conference. The staggering figure is the second highest after the record of 522,821 s...

A church pastor and five other Christians have been arrested by their village chief in a crackdown on religious freedom. Pastor Mum, as he is locally known in the village in central Laos, was praying ...

A conference on artificial intelligence, hosted by the Vatican, heard how our data could be being 'colonised' by AI. The event entitled ‘Algorithm at the Service of Man: Communicating in th...

US presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr has said that he never lost his faith, even when suffering in the throes of drug addiction. The 70-year-old, who has previously called his faith “the ce...

Several Christians have been jailed in northern India after being accused of 'conversion'.  Pastor Sanjay Kumar and his wife, Sunita Devi, were among the 13 arrested. A Christian leader – w...

Pope Francis spoke out on Wednesday against the legalisation of drugs and denounced drug traffickers as "assassins", while also calling for help and support for addicts. "A reduction in drug addiction...

Former President Donald Trump told crowds in Philadelphia that prominent evangelist Franklin Graham had suggested he stop swearing during his speeches. Addressing rally supporters at the weekend, the ...

The Dean of Peterborough Cathedral has withdrawn his appearance from a Free Palestine march held last Sunday, stating he "would not want to appear to endorse the view that Israel has no right to exist...

The death toll from a series of brazen attacks on churches and synagogues in Russia's mainly Muslim region of Dagestan rose to 20 on Monday after gunmen went on the rampage in coordinated attacks...

Gunmen opened fire at a synagogue, an Orthodox church and a police post in attacks across two cities in Russia's North Caucasus region of Dagestan on Sunday, killing an Orthodox priest and mul...

Former US President Donald Trump made an appeal to evangelical Christians, emphasising the importance of their vote in the upcoming November elections. Trump promised robust protection of religious fr...

A Christian charity advocating for freedom of religion has spoken out after a mob violently lynched a man who they accused of desecrating the Qur’an in the Madyan area of the Swat Valley in Pakis...

A university student has urged Pope Francis to stop using language deemed harmful to the LGBT+ community following a recent incident where the Vatican issued an apology for a derogatory remark. Jack L...

The Iranian judiciary has imposed sentences totaling over 25 years on five Christian converts, as reported by the human rights organisation Hengaw. Hamid Afzali received a sentence of ten years, while...

One of the largest global Christian broadcasters, Daystar Television Network, has removed all content featuring megachurch pastor Robert Morris, following allegations that he abused an underage girl...

Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, a senior Italian churchman who had called for Pope Francis to resign, said on Thursday he has been accused by the Vatican of schism and denying the pope's legitimacy...

Churches are being urged to be more vocal in urging politicians to address the social care crisis. The call from Francis Davis, a Professor of Public Policy at the University of Birmingham, comes as a...

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry on Wednesday signed into law a bill that makes the state the only one in the country to require displaying the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom. The Ame...