A new poll shows that although more than half of US Catholics are "very concerned" about the persecution of Christians around the world, the level of concern has sharply declined in the past two years...
Mourners at a Christian outreach worker's funeral heard moving tributes to her and her colleague after they were killed in a car crash in County Cavan on Friday. Friends said Joan McAlister and he...
A five-year prison sentence given to pastor Matthias Haghnejad was upheld on 25th February without a hearing, after Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamanei, reportedly permitted the judge to byp...
Several US Christian music artists are shocked after a tornado ripped through Nashville, Tennessee leaving at least 25 people dead. The twisters that struck in the hours after midnight local time o...
Ukraine security services (UCC) have accused a priest of using mission trips to traffic weapons into the country. The priest was arrested several months ago in north-western Ukraine for selling weapon...
Senior church leaders in Nigeria have led a mass protest against the "brutal killing of innocent Nigerians". Despite heavy rain on Sunday, hundreds turned out to support the Catholic Bishops Conferenc...
Vladimir Putin has submitted a range of proposed amendments to Russian's constitution that include a mention of God and describe marriage as a heterosexual union. The president first proposed amen...
As news of Asia Bibi's successful asylum to France hits the headlines, a pair of Christians still on death row for blasphemy in Pakistan are soon to receive a verdict on their appeal. In a case th...
The Christian community is being encouraged to pray for God to "ordain a leader" as the country votes in its third election in less than a year. Israelis headed to the polls for the third time in twel...
A Finnish politician who was investigated for questioning her church denomination's support of a gay pride even is facing a second police interview. This time, Päivi Räsänen will be interviewe...
A Catholic aid charity has been given the go ahead to help rebuild an Iraqi Christian village after it was razed to the ground by Daesh (ISIS). Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) will restore a church i...
East African militant group Al-Shabaab has warned all non-local Christians to leave three counties in north-eastern Kenya. According to US religious freedom charity International Christian Concern (...
Pope Francis has cancelled official engagements for the third day in a row as he battles an apparent cold. The 83-year-old, who lost part of a lung to a respiratory illness as a young man, has never c...
French President Emmanuel Macron met Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi on Friday and invited her to live in France. Bibi was accused of committing blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad in 2010, after a...
One of the "brightest lights in Addis Ababa", an entrepreneur and Christian, Caleb Meakins, has died from head injuries sustained in a car crash. Caleb Meakins, 31, was an inspirational speaker, bl...
The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, has returned from a three week visit to Fiji, Samoa and New Zealand in which he discussed how to share the gospel and discipleship. On his return to the UK, Ar...
A group of Christians were beaten by police in southern India after being accused of forcing people to convert to Christianity, according to religious freedom charity Christian Solidarity Worldwide (C...
President Trump has praised Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his commitment to upholding religious freedom, despite evidence that the Hindu leader is continuing to inflame religious tensions a...
Poor non-Muslim women including Christians are being offered money by IS extremists to start wearing burkas in Madagascar. According to a local bishop, radical Muslims are exploiting the country'...
A Catholic church in New Jersey has faced an onslaught of criticism after allegedly denying a young autistic boy communion because he is "unable to determine right from wrong." According to the boy...
