An historic prayer meeting between Pope Francis and the Presidents of Israel and Palestine is set to take place at the Vatican. Shimon Peres and Mahmoud Abbas will travel to the Holy See after the po...
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says the closure of Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque is a 'declaration of war'. The Israelis closed the mosque after the shooting of an activist who campaigns for Jews t...
Israel's National Library has asked a court there for official ownership of nine bibles, which the Israeli intelligence agency took from the Jewish community in The Bibles, known as the Crowns of Dam...
Palestinians have declared today a "day of rage" following the violent and deadly clashes. Israeli security forces have been put on heightened alert after two Palestinians were killed during protests...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's expected to be returned to office with a reduced majority following today's general election in the Jewish state. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
A church pastor in Istanbul says tensions were already running high before a suspected suicide bombing which rocked the Turkish city on Tuesday. Revd Turgay Ucal from All Saints Moda Church on the As...
An Italian bishop has criticised French towns for banning a special bikini worn by some Muslim women. The ban on the 'burkini', which covers a woman's head, comes after a spate of Islamist extremist ...
The Italian Bishops' Conference has come out against a constitutional court ruling that assisted suicide is not punishable in cases when a patient in an irrever The secretary-general of the bishop's ...
Italian priests have declared that they will open the parish doors of every church under their control to welcome and look after people expelled migrants. The Italian government's anti-immigration la...
The Italian Evangelical Alliance has called for prayers for the Genoa community after a bridge collapse caused disaster. A large section of the Morandi Bridge collapsed on 14th August during a heavy ...
An Italian headmaster has been forced to resign over a decision to get rid of the school's Christmas carol concert. The concert at Garofani school was cancelled following the terror attacks in Paris ...
Reports suggest Father Paolo Dall'Oglio was taken while walking in a rebel-held eastern Syrian city. It's believed Al Qaeda-linked fighters in Syria have kidnapped an Italian Jesuit priest.Reports cl...
An Italian missionary doctor in Bangladesh is in a serious but stable condition after gunmen shot him on his way from morning prayers. Piero Parolari, 78, has been working in the city of Dinajpur for...
Italy's Prime Minister has said his government will support the restoration of the basilica of St Benedict in Norcia, which was destroyed by a recent earthquake Matteo Renzi said that the fixing the ...
The Italian Prime Minister has criticised a head teacher who banned a Christmas carol concert at a Milan school. PM Matteo Renzi said that: "Christmas is much more important than a headmaster being p...
Italian police have reportedly foiled a potential bomb attack on the Vatican, involving some of Osama bin Laden's bodyguards. According to the Guardian, a 6 year investigation that began with a...
A former Italian politician who was jailed for his links to the mafia could be back in court, accused of stealing cultural and religious texts which are centuri Italian police have seized approximate...
A Catholic priest in Italy has been removed from parish duties for allegedly making sexual advances to a man over the internet. The 32-year-old from Rovigo in north-east Italy, has claimed he was con...
It's alleged an Italian Catholic priest was selling drugs at a party. Father Stefano Maria Cavalletti was arrested after police arrived at the party in Milan to investigate a report of excessive nois...
An Italian priest has said he'd rather burn down his vicarage than take in refugees fleeing war and persecution. Fr Angelo Chizzolini, from Lugiria in northwest Italy, made the comment after Pope Fra...
