French police scientists and other expert investigators are starting to examine Notre Dame Cathedral for the first time since last week's devastating fire. A police official said teams from three dif...
It's been revealed that the French police officer who offered himself up to an Islamic extremist gunman in exchange for a hostage was a Christian. Col Arnaud Beltrame, 44, was among the first officer...
Pope Francis and French president Emmanuel Macron have held private talks at the Vatican, against a backdrop of European tensions over migrants. The two men spoke for nearly an hour in the ...
The leader of France's right wing National Front party has pledged to ban all religious dress, including crosses. Marine Le Pen said steps were needed to stop the rise of extremist Islam.She said tha...
The Vatican has received a dossier that places French priest Jacques Hamel, who was killed by Islamists in 2016, on the path to sainthood. Dominique Lebrun, the archbishop of the northern French dioc...
Religious leaders in France have called upon the country's president to boost security at places of worship, following the killing of a priest in the region of Eighty-five-year-old Father Jacques Ha...
Details of alleged abuse at Christian summer camps have been revealed in a letter sent by John Smyth to parents. The barrister, who's been accused of abuse at camps in the UK, is reported to have wri...
The Vatican Library and the French University of Notre Dame have entered an agreement that aims to make the books and papers from the research library accessibl The special agreement wants libraries ...
There's a fresh call for Egypt to release a Christian journalist who reported about attacks on churches after the country's president pardoned a group of foreig Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sis...
Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) has raised concerns over the prolonged detention of four Christians in Sudan on the anniversary of their arrest. CSW has called for the release of Rev Hassan Abdu...
The United Nations Security Council's demanding an immediate and unconditional humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza. Pope Francis has used his Angelus to call on fighting to stop as Israel continues airstr...
There have been fresh calls for a presidential pardon for two men - including one pastor - who are facing a twelve year prison sentence in Sudan. Jan Figel, the EU Special Envoy for the Promotion of ...
Christian Solidarity Worldwide says all churches except for Orthodox, Catholic and Lutheran have been banned and the mass arrests of believers has increased. Eleven years ago today Eritrea started it...
There's fresh concern over the treatment of Christians and other religious groups in Vietnam. A joint initiative by 14 Vietnamese and international organisations, including Christian Solidarity World...
Fresh concerns are being raised by a charity for Christians in China, six months since tighter rules on religious freedom were introduced. Andrew Boyd, a spokesperson from Release International told ...
The future of Asia Bibi came under fresh scrutiny on Monday, almost two weeks since the Christian mother-of-five was acquitted of blasphemy. Supporters expressed dismay that Ms Bibi, who had been on ...
Fresh talks are underway to free another 83 of the predominantly Christian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in Nigeria in April 2014. The extremist group is in negotiations with the country's gove...
Protestors in Kiev have clashed with police in Independence Square in violence not seen since February's revolution. Photographs have emerged showing an Orthodox priest taking part in the fighting af...
The mother of a man killed alongside the inspiration for Hollywood blockbuster American Sniper says "God has proved to be faithful" by sentencing their murderer Judy Littlefield is the mother of Chad...
A friend of a man suspected of instigating several deadly bombs in Austin, Texas has said he was a Christian. Police believe Mark Anthony Conditt was behind six recent blasts that have killed two peo...
