The award-winning American director Martin Scorsese has said he is working on a new film about the persecution of Christians in 17th century Japan. Silence stars Irish actor Liam Neeson, and is based...
A set of dolls showing the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ has been created in an attempt at 'a rebellious artistic expression'. The dolls have been made to imitate the Barbie toys and show Mary with a ...
A former Irish president has revealed her youngest brother was "seriously, physically, sadistically" abused by a paedophile priest Fr Malachy Finnegan. Mary McAleese said her brother only revealed th...
The teenage sister of a mass church murderer has been arrested for bringing weapons to school. According to the Richland County Sheriff's Department, Dylann Roof's sister, Morgan, was arrested on Wed...
Decapitated bodies of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians have been found in a mass grave in Libya. Egyptian newspaper al-Dustour reports that according to the Prosecutor General's Office of Libya, the vic...
A mass grave of 34 Ethiopian Christians executed by Islamic State militants has been discovered in Libya. The grave located on a farm near the coastal city of Sirte was found on 23 December by Libyan...
Parishioners have been denouncing Chilean Bishop Juan Barros after his appointment one month ago amid claims he shielded a paedophile priest. The Washington Post has reported that protesters&nbs...
Thousands of people have attended the opening of a massive church in Poland which has delayed by more than 200 years. President Andrzej Dua and Prime Minister Beata Szydlo were among those who arrive...
As churches across the country mark Mother's Day, Compassion UK says too many women and babies are dying because of complications during pregnancy and childbirt While many congregations hand out flow...
Oscar-winning American actor Matthew McConaughey has said his decision to marry long-time girlfriend Camila Alves followed a period of spiritual reflection and The couple, who have three children, g...
The internationally-renowned author and pastor Max Lucado has said several people in his church have told him they're afraid now Donald Trump's been elected US Max Lucado also said he called his con...
A Chicago mayoral candidate shocked member of a church by turning up with $200,000 to give away to worshippers. Millionaire businessman Willie Wilson, 70, attended the New Covenant Missionary Baptist...
An art exhibit in Israel featuring a crucified Ronald McDonald has sparked protests by the country's Arab Christian minority. Hundreds of Christians calling for the removal of the artwork, titled McJ...
A 500-year-old carol is being set to music for the first time as part of an exhibition about monks at the abbey founded to mark the Battle of Hastings. The recording will play at the exhibition at th...
A Church of England bishop has labelled the latest migrant boat sinking in which up to 400 people have died as "desperately sad". Bishop of Peterborough Rt Revd Donald Allister was responding to the ...
Marcilio Haddad Andrino is the man who led to the canonisation of Mother Teresa. The Brazilian's "miraculous" cure from a brain infection paved the way for the nun's sainthood this weekend.He said he...
The Archbishop of Canterbury and the pope have agreed to meet later in the year. The two global religious leaders will meet in Rome, according to a high ranking member of the Anglican Communion in Ro...
Bishop Eddie Long, leader of one of America's biggest churches, has died at the age of 63. He had been battling an aggressive form of cancer.His church said he was "now spiritually healed and home wi...
The lead pastor of a megachurch in Memphis, Tennessee whose pastor Andy Savage has been accused of sexual assault, has rebuked his critics, comparing them to th Chris Conlee from Highpoint Church spo...
American megachurch pastor Mark Driscoll has been removed from a church network he founded. Acts 29 terminated his membership because of what it described as 'ungodly and disqualifying behaviour'.Mr ...
