America's churches have been responding to the US Supreme Court's decision to recognise same-sex marriage as a constitutional right. With a majority of 5-4, judges held that the 14th Amendment in the...
Two gay men have shown support for an American Christian cake artist who refused to make a gay wedding cake. Two men, known as TJ and Matt, said they believe Jack Phillips' faith should not infringe ...
Around 2,000 people have taken to the streets of the US state of Indiana's largest city to protest against a state law that supporters say promotes religious fr The Religious Freedom Restoration Act ...
The head of an international Catholic Aid charity says the war in the Middle East is 'beyond imagination' and like World War Two. Caritas Jerusalem Director Fr Raed Abusahliah has appealed for both I...
An 72-hour humanitarian ceasefire has ended in Gaza just a few hours in. Israel and Hamas are blaming each other for breaking the truce which began this morning.It's claimed Israeli shelling has kill...
The people of Gaza have "lost hope" in the aftermath of the two-month war between Israel and the Palestinians, according to Christian Aid. It has been just over a month since a ceasefire between...
A Christian politician in the Netherlands has said far-right candidate Geert Wilders could reduce religious freedom for believers if he gains significant power Leon Meijer, a member of the Christian...
An army general in charge of the restoration and reconstruction of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris has told the chief architect of the building to "shut his mouth An argument broke out over the replaci...
Prayers are being made for all those affected by the collapse of a motorway bridge in Italy that has left at least 35 people dead. Italian authorities have revealed three people are still believed to...
The international film star George Clooney has presented a Catholic woman with a humanitarian award. - April 2015 president wanted run for a third term- announcement sparked protests- government shut...
A special fund has reportedly been set up for supporters of Cardinal George Pell to help him fight historical sexual abuse charges. Cardinal George Pell, Pope Francis's chief financial adviser said h...
The most senior Catholic cleric ever charged with child sex abuse has been convicted in Australia of molesting two choirboys moments after celebrating Mass. Cardinal George Pell, Pope Francis' top fi...
Thousands of people including a former president have filed slowly past the coffin of the Rev Billy Graham to pay final respects to a man who reached Heavy overnight rain tapered to a ligh...
A Namibian delegation has been handed the remains of 27 countrymen whose bones were taken by German colonial forces more than a century ago for pseudo-scientifi At a church ceremony in Berlin, two sk...
A senior German bishop has apologised for thousands of sexual abuse cases reported to have taken place inside the Catholic Church in Germany. The report released on Tuesday concludes at lea...
German church leaders have spoken out against their country's growing arms sales to Gulf states including Saudi Arabia and Qatar. They've advised the government to tighten laws around the export of w...
Claims that a meeting of German bishops was called to organise a campaign to change Church doctrine on marriage have been denied. The country's senior clergymen met ahead of the October family synod ...
A cardinal has hit out at a political party which supports the banning of minarets, muezzins and full veils in Germany. Rainer Maria Woelki also refuted the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party's clai...
Catholic leaders in Germany have called for other countries to play their part in the refugee crisis and take in more asylum seekers. Archbishop of Munich, Cardinal Reinhard Marx, said Germany can't ...
A German church has discovered after 74 years that its church bell is cast with a swastika. Cast in 1943, the bell in St Jacob's church also praises the Nazi regime with "everything for the fatherlan...
