A joint initiative of the Office of Papal Charities and the Missionary Centre of the Chinese Church in Italy have sent 600,000 masks to Wuhan (Hubei), the epicentre of the epidemic, also to Zhejiand a...
Millions of Nigerian Christians have taken to the streets in protest against an increase of violence perpetrated against their religious community. The central march took place in Lagos and was led ...
Government officials from a number of different countries are set to come together in Washington D.C. later this week for the inaugural gathering of the “International Religious Freedom Alliance.” The...
A church in the US state of Minnesota has launched an innovative new building project to help military veterans who have fallen on hard times. With the initiative now approved, Faith Lutheran Church ...
Religious freedom charity Middle East Concern is giving thanks after confirming the early release of three Christians in prison in Iran. Asghar Salehi was freed over the weekend while fellow prisoners...
A church run shelter facility in the Philippines has come under attack from a group of knife-wielding militants. The incident occurred on 25th January in the city of Davao at a shelter run by The Unit...
A Christian German pharmacist faces further court proceedings for acting in line with his conscience. Before his retirement, pharmacist Andreas Kersten owned and operated a pharmacy in Berlin. He did...
On Friday, Senate Chaplain Barry C. Black, a former US Navy Rear Admiral, issued an ominous warning to senators as they consider final pieces of evidence in the impeachment trial of President Donald T...
The Chinese government has introduced new laws that tightens restrictions on the freedom of religion. According to Chinese persecution watchdog ChinaAid, the new polices, which came into effect on Sat...
Despite an improved security situation in their country, Iraqi Christians continue to filter out of their churches and flee abroad in search of a more secure future. Though ISIS has been all but defe...
At least 20 people are dead after a stampede at a Pentecostal meeting in Tanzania, including five children. Hundreds of Christians were attending a prayer meeting at an outside stage in the northern ...
A shooting in Florida outside a church has left two dead, including one 15 year-old boy. The pastor said: "God can use this as an opportunity to bring people to him." Three people were shot following ...
The lawyer who risked his life to defend Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Catholic woman who faced death for blasphemy against Islam, has told Premier how he lost many friends but has taken up another similar c...
Churches in Jerusalem and members of the Anglican and Catholic church in the UK have responded to the US President’s plan for peace in the Middle East, calling for a “two-state” solution. Speaking alo...
The father of abducted Nigerian Christian teenager Leah Sharibu has spoken out after reports surfaced over the weekend suggested that his daughter had given birth to the son of a Boko Haram commander ...
A shroud of darkness has descended on the Irish community where three young children were found dead, a priest told funeral mourners. The bodies of Conor, nine, Darragh, seven, and Carla McGinley, thr...
Chinese authorities have put tight restrictions on Christians holding religious funerals for their loved ones. A new law came into effect on 1st December in Pingyang County, in the eastern province of...
Forty Christian men in Pakistan have been given the all clear after spending almost five years in prison for their alleged involvement in riots that were sparked by church bombings. They were arrested...
A South African pastor has collapsed and died mid-way through delivering a preach to his Sunday congregation. Rev Bassie Jackals died on 19th January while preaching at African Methodist Episcopal Chu...
A Pakistani Christian woman who spent eight years on death row for blasphemy has released two photographs taken in exile. Asia Bibi, 49, was freed last year and now lives in Canada with her family und...
