Two months after the Easter bombings, many Christians in Sri Lanka have said they are still too afraid to attend church services. The series of targeted attacks by Islamic extremists killed more than...
A Sri Lankan human rights lawyer has been criticised by government officials and threatened with being disbarred from his profession after commenting on religio Lakshan Dias shared data from the Nati...
Deadly attacks on churches, hotels and other locations in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday were in retaliation to last month's massacre at two mosques in New Zealand, Sri Lanka's defence minister said the ...
Police have arrested 40 suspects in the Sri Lanka attacks, including the driver of a van allegedly used by suicide bombers and the owner of a house where some o Sri Lanka's president gave the militar...
A Sri Lankan priest who lost close friends during the Easter bombings in the country has opened up about the impact of the terrorist attacks. Fr Malaka Leonard told Catholic charity Aid to the Church...
Sri Lanka's Catholics have celebrated Mass in their homes by a televised broadcast as churches across the island nation shut over fears of militant attacks Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, the archbishop o...
The social media site initially removed the words of the 5th century Catholic theologian because it violated their 'community standards on hate speech' accordin The quote, which has now been restored...
A bodybuilder who was once destined to become a priest has been talking about his Catholic faith. Sean Bryan, also known as the "Papal Ninja" is returning for another season of 'American Ninja Warrio...
Starbucks' launch of its festive red cups has prompted an internet evangelist to launch a furious rant at the coffee chain accusing them of hating Jesus. The video, uploaded to Facebook and titled "S...
Joaquin Phoenix rises to the challenge of playing Jesus of Nazareth in new biblical biopic Mary Magdalene. The actor talks to Georgia Humphreys about how he app It seems no role is impossible for Joa...
Gospel singer Andrae Crouch has been remembered as "the father of modern gospel" at his funeral in Los Angeles. Hundreds of people joined celebrities like Revd Jesse Jackson, Stevie Wonder and Yoland...
Egypt's president has called for a three-month state of emergency after suicide bombers struck hours apart at two Coptic churches, killing 44 people. President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi called for a thre...
Nigeria's Catholic Bishops Conference has urged President Mohammadu Buhari to resign following his "failure" to protect the lives of Nigerian citizens. Their recommendation follows the recent murders...
US Actor Stephen Baldwin has publicly slammed his older brother Alec Baldwin for signing a petition protesting a new abortion bill that could soon become law in The so-called "heartbeat bill," which ...
Stephen Baldwin has claimed that Hollywood casting agencies and producers have refused to work with him because of his Christian faith. The American actor said he has also encountered "persecution" w...
US The late-night host Stephen Colbert has opened up about what brought him back to Jesus after losing his faith. The Late Show comedian told Rev James Martin on the Faith in Focus program that he sto...
A 400 year old bible has been recovered after it was stolen from a library in the US state of Pennsylvania 20 years ago. The 1615 Geneva Bible was traced to a museum in Leiden, the Netherlands after ...
A Van Gogh painting of his father's church has been recovered by anti-Mafia police after it was stolen in 2002. The "Congregation leaving the Reformed Church in Nuenen" piece was found along with ano...
The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam has welcomed the return of two paintings stolen more than 14 years ago that were snatched in a heist. The paintings - including the 1884 work Congregation leaving the...
Pope Francis says the arms trade must be stopped and that "many powerful people don't want peace because they live off war." According to the Italian news service ATI, Pope Francis was talking to chi...
