The world's most Catholic country has voted in its first transgender politician. Geraldine Roman says she has overcome "bigotry, hatred and discrimination" as she won a congressional seat in the Phil...
The world's oldest Bible will be coming to the British Museum in London as part of a new exhibition exploring Christian, Islamic and Jewish faith over the past The book, Codex Sinaiticus, is thought...
Archbishop Peter Gerety, the oldest bishop in the world, has died at the age of 104. The eldest of nine children and a former school football captain, Peter Gerety became the Archbishop of Newark in ...
Researchers have discovered what they believe to be the oldest ever Christian letter - outside of the Bible. A small fragment of papyrus – which was used throughout the ancient Mediterranean world fo...
The Vatican's representative to the United Nations says the world's most vulnerable people "have been left behind", even though many countries are getting riche Archbishop Bernardito Auza made the co...
The heaviest plane pulled by a man, heaviest house pulled and most people lifted with the shoulders are just some of the records that make Rev Dr Kevin Fas The Canadian has broken 19 powerlifting rec...
An attempt to build the world's tallest artificial Christmas tree might not be finished in time for Christmas Day, say organisers. Hundreds of volunteers in Sri Lanka have been scrambling to complete...
Christian charities urging us to pray for war-torn Syria as evacuations of civilians and rebels from Aleppo continue. Middle East Concern and Open Doors have been encouraging the worldwide day of pra...
Worship band Hillsong United are to appear in a new film. 'Hillsong - Let Hope rise' will be released next year and will show the background to the chart toppers who started off at a megachurch youth...
A worship leader from California has thanked God and his supporters after receiving remarkable praise from Simon Cowell for his audition on America's Got Talent Michael Ketterer advanced straight thr...
An American mother and worship leader has become an internet sensation overnight for laughing at a Chewbacca mask she bought. Candace Payne bought the mask of the Star Wars character at a discount wh...
A church in Massachusetts is closing after more than 100 protesting parishioners have been staging a sit-in at their church for 11 years. St. Frances X Cabrini Church was kept open by Catholics main...
Suicide bombers have targeted Sunday Mass congregations in three churches in Indonesia's second largest city, killing at least 11 people and wounding dozens in The first attack struck the Santa Mari...
The congregation of a black church in South Carolina, targeted by a gunman, have returned to Bible study for the first time since the attack. Nine people died during a mass shooting at Charleston's E...
A woman who wrote an online article titled 'when God sends your daughter a black husband' has gone into hiding after receiving death threats. Gaye Clark wrote about her struggle to accept her white d...
Wycliffe Associates has appealed for the release of one of its contacts whose Christian work has led him to be jailed for two years. The US-based Bible translation organisation said the pastor had te...
Wycliffe Associates, who translate the Bible for those who don't have it, are marking a milestone in Bible translation history. Last year, they helped finish New Testament translations in 104 languag...
X Factor favourites 4th Impact have revealed none of the Catholic Filipino women have ever been kissed. Two sisters Almira, 27, Irene, 25 as well as Mylene, 23, and Celena, 19 make up the girl group ...
A Yazidi politician who has campaigned tirelessly for the release of thousands of women enslaved by Islamic State is unable to pick up a human rights award in W Vian Dakhil - the only Yazidi in the I...
A Christian charity has launched an appeal to help the people of Yemen who are suffering "the worst humanitarian crisis in the world today". Tearfund says 18.8 million people, nearly three-quarters o...
