President Rodrigo Duterte revealed at a press conference this week that he has made a promise to God that he will stop swearing. Duterte revealed that he made the pledge to control his bad language a...
The Filipino president elect, Rodrigo Duterte, has said he aims to bring back death by hanging to the Catholic nation. Mr Duterte said he will ask his country's congress to re-impose the death pena...
Controversial Philippines presidential-elect Rodrigo Duterte has labelled the Catholic Church "the most hypocritical institution."Â Mr Duterte, known for his outspoken attitude, has been in trouble ...
Filipino presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte has been condemned over rape comments. His comments, captured in a video, concern the rape and murder of an Australian missionary in 1989 in Davao.The ...
The Filipino president Rodrigo Duterte has taken another swipe at the Catholic Church by offering free contraceptives to six million women. Duterte said he has plans to reduce the number of unwanted ...
The largest television network in the Philippines has pulled souvenir t-shirts commemorating Pope Francis' upcoming visit to the country, because of criticism f The ABS-CBN network withdrew t-shirts ...
Two Catholic senators have called for the impeachment of President Rodrigo Duterte after he revealed he had personally killed suspected criminals whilst he serv The Filipino president made the claims...
The Philistines, the people who in the Bible clashed with the Israelites on more than one occasion, have been studied by scientists and found to have probably m Analysis of ancient DNA from the ruine...
A picture shared online of teenagers praying in a restaurant before their prom has drawn criticism from a swarm of people. Frank Somerville, a journalist at KTVU in California shared the image on Fac...
A church in Finland have united with Greenpeace in sending a message to the US and Russian presidents about climate change by unveiling two large banners that r The visual protest at Kallio of the Ev...
A letter written by Mahatma Gandhi about Jesus Christ has been sold to a private buyer in the US for $50,000 (£36,275). The typed document, signed by the Indian Hindu activist and dated 6th April 19...
A new church honouring 21 Christians beheaded on a beach in Libya by Islamic State three years ago is being officially opened in Egypt on Thursday. Footage shared online showing the brutal deaths of ...
A giant scarecrow version of the Pope has won joint-first prize in a competition in an Irish town. The pontiff is due to visit the Republic later this month.The massive model of Pope Francis in h...
A massive replica of Noah's Ark caused chaos at a port on Wednesday afternoon after it broke free during Storm Eleanor. The vessel, known as the VerhalenArk - or Ark of Noah - struck yachts and other...
A rare miniature Bible dedicated to the first president of the United States has been made available to view online for the first time by the National Library o The George Washington "thumb Bible" wh...
A project to create the world's most beautiful Bible is underway. An independent publisher in Lithuania is trying to raise £9,000 in donations to create large family-sized Bibles with 1,600 pages th...
Thousands of people lined streets in North Carolina at the weekend to watch the coffin of Rev Billy Graham pass by, as it was taken to his hometown. Many waved and took photographs of the hearse as i...
TV presenter Piers Morgan has hit out at Monday night's Met Gala celebrity fashion event. The Good Morning Britain host claimed the event, which this year had a religious theme, was "disrespectful" a...
A pilgrim from Suffolk is walking 2,000km, around 1243 miles, to support refugees. Mary Kirk, 69, is walking from Canterbury to Rome, she is walking in support of refugees "who are travelling in the ...
An 81 year old man, planning a trip to see the Pope, ended up in the German hamlet of Rom after putting the wrong address into his sat-nav. The pensioner who set off from his home in Newcastle-Upon-T...
