Two babies have survived the recent tornado in Kentucky after being put in a bath with a Bible. The boys’ grandmother had put them in the bathtub as the house began to shake with the force of th...
With the Winter Olympics due to get underway in February, Christians are being urged to boycott the event over the religious freedom violations carried out by host nation China. Despite the pandemic, ...
All European countries must share the responsibility for taking in migrants and helping them integrate, Pope Francis said on Wednesday, urging nations to open "the door of the heart". Speaki...
A ring bearing an early Christian depiction of Jesus as a shepherd has been found along with other artefacts from centuries-old shipwrecks off the coast of Israel, archaeologists said. The gold ring w...
The Catholic Church has declared two days of national prayer in the Philippines in the wake of the country's strongest typhoon of the year. Over 375 people are known to have died after Typhoon Rai...
A new report by the Institute of Family Studies has suggested religious marriages are less likely to end in divorce because faith tends to motivate less cohabitation before marriage. But the ‘Re...
Former US president, Donald Trump has spoken of the importance of Jesus Christ to the American people, as part of a Christmas message to Christians in Dallas. The 45th President addressed the 4,000 st...
Abducted missionaries detail how they prayed to God for guidance while planning their escape, after two months in captivity. 17 missionaries including an eight-month old baby, were kidnapped by a gang...
Police in India have banned Christians from holding Christmas services as threats of violence from Hindu militants continue to increase. Authorities in the southwest state of Karnataka have clamped do...
A traumatised wife was forced to carry the decapitated head of her husband, after he was murdered by militants. The woman, from Cabo Delgado province, northern Mozambique, was reportedly told by her h...
Spain's Catholic Church is to open an investigation into alleged sex abuse of hundreds of children by members of the clergy dating back 80 years that the newspaper El Pais has uncovered, the daily...
US pop singer Mariah Carey has said she does not think of herself as the “Queen of Christmas”. The title was bestowed upon her after she released the popular song “All I Want For Chr...
A Christian photographer in the US state of New York has been told by a federal court she must provide services for gay-wedding celebrations despite holding religious objections to same-sex weddings. ...
Cardinal Peter Turkson, seen by some as a candidate to become the first African pope in about 1,500 years, has abruptly offered his resignation from a key Vatican department, sources familiar with the...
Christian Aid Ministries have released more details about the kidnapping of its 17 missionaries in Haiti by the 400 Mawozo gang. In a statement, general director David Troyer confirmed a US plane left...
Cardinal Vincent Nichols has invoked the name of a football manager as he joins other faith leaders in urging everyone to get vaccinated against Covid-19. The Archbishop of Westminster says he&#...
All 12 remaining Christian Aid Ministries missionaries who have been held in captivity in Haiti for two months have been released. In a statement, Christian Aid Ministries said: “We gl...
A Chinese couple has lost their appeal against seven-year prison sentences for selling Christian literature. A court in China has upheld the sentences against booksellers Chang Yuchun, 53, and ...
Christian leaders in Jerusalem are warning of a growing threat to Christian communities in the Holy Land because of attacks by fringe and radical groups. Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant leaders in ...
Christian climate activists dressed as Christmas puddings have marched on Westminster calling on the government to deliver on climate change commitments made at the COP26 summit in November. The...
