Empty church buildings across the UK will be repurposed to hold rock and pop concerts. Former Eurthymics singer Dave Stewart has partnered with Churches Conservation Trust to "repurpose churches for ...
Hopes of finding the remains of a missing Vatican teenager in the tombs of two 19th-century German princesses have been dashed. The graves were opened at a tiny Holy See cemetery on Thursday but turn...
US vice president and Christian Mike Pence has told crowds at the world's biggest pro-life rally that putting an end to taxpayer-funded abortions is an importan Speaking close to the Washington Monum...
A missionary couple from Cambridgeshire are to speak publicly about surviving a hostage-taking last year in West Africa - in which a close friend and colleague David and Shirley Donovan from Fenland...
An American bishop, who's facing charges of killing a cyclist after hitting him with her car whilst drunk, has resigned. Heather Cook quit her position in the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland taking her...
Michael Curry has become the first African-American presiding bishop of the US Episcopal Church. Bishop Michael, from North Carolina, succeeds the Episcopal Church's first female presiding bishop, Ka...
Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned the US not to impose sanctions against his government over the imprisonment of an American pastor facing terror Mr Erdogan told journalists on Sunday t...
A Christian freedom group has written to members of the Human Rights Council urging them to support a resolution to seek peace in Eritrea. Christian Solidarity Worldwide and Human Rights Concern Erit...
Police have closed the last Christian run health centre in Eritrea. A police report on the closure of the church in Zager, which was obtained by Christian persecution charity, Open Doors states: "The...
A Christian peer has described the east African country of Eritrea as the "African North Korea". Lord Alton of Liverpool has been speaking as Eritreans continue to make up the second largest gr...
More than 140 Christians in Eritrea have been arrested while they were attending a private meeting in the capital Asmara. The crackdown comes ahead of the East African country's Independence Day on F...
There are growing concerns for Christians in Eritrea after the arrest of children, pregnant women and a number of people gathered at a church. Security officers raided Faith Missions Church in Keren ...
The persecution of Christians in Eritrea is taking place in a "widespread and systematic manner", a report for the United Nations has found. A Commission of Inquiry on human rights in Eritrea found t...
Eritrea's Catholic bishops, speaking out for the first time in five years, have called for a 'peace and reconciliation' plan for the African nation. Following the country's independence in 1993, the ...
The Eritrean Orthodox Church Tewahdo (EOC) has planned peaceful demonstrations in the United States calling for the release and reinstatement of the church's le The Church plans to protest in Washing...
There are renewed questions regarding the current status of Patriarch Antonios of the Eritrean Orthodox Church, after he failed to deliver the traditional telev Geez New Year is marked by the Eritrea...
A prominent civic leader in Essex has accused the county council of censoring Christian artwork in a public library. Sir Bob Russell, the town's High Steward, was speaking after the council decided t...
The 2019 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in recognition of his peace efforts with Eritrea. The evangelical PM facilitated a peace agreement with neighbouring...
A bishop in Ethiopia has been expressing his horror after a church compound was looted and razed to the ground. Speaking to charity Aid to the Church in Need, Bishop Abraham Desta described how Gighe...
A study has found that Orthodox Ethiopians have much higher levels of religious commitment than Orthodox Christians in Central and Eastern Europe. Data from the Pew Research Center revealed that near...
