Four Catholic priests have been kidnapped by armed men during the latest in a spate of abductions affecting Christian figures in Nigeria. Fr Victor Adigboluja, Fr Anthony Otegbola, Fr Joseph Ediae an...
Gunmen have shot dead at least 17 worshippers at a church service in Nigeria to usher in the new year, officials said. The chairman of a local community group, Osi Olisa, said the gunmen also shot pe...
A Coptic Christian man has been shot dead by gunmen in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, security officials in the country have said. The victim was targeted in the north of the region on Saturday by three ma...
American singer-song writer Gwen Stefani has revealed she was concerned that she had accidently copied the lyrics for her new Christmas song from a song she hea During an interview on "The Tonight Sh...
Survivors of Hurricane Matthew in Haiti put on their Sunday best and picked their way through the debris to pray in ruined churches over the weekend. At least 900 people have died after the storm t...
Celebrations are being held in Haiti this month to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the country's Methodist Church. Haiti has been hosting special events to highlight the Church's history and contr...
More than half of all American church fires in the last 20 years were deliberate acts of arson. The Pew Research Centre analysed more than 4700 church fires which had happened in the US over the last...
A poll suggests half of Christian pastors feel limited in their ability to speak out on moral and social issues because people will be offended. This includes preachers who feel limited frequently (1...
A 72 hour ceasefire in Gaza has ended without an agreement on an extension. Palestinian militant group Hamas has rejected a deal to end the violence saying Israel had failed to meet its demands which...
A Christian campaigner has said the hanging of a man in Pakistan who murdered a politician trying to defend Christians is "a watershed moment" for the country. Wilson Chowdry, from the British Pakist...
null Pope Francis has received happy birthdays from around the world as he celebrates his 80th.The Vatican released a video showing the pontiff blow out candles on what appeared to be a chocolate cak...
Priests at a Catholic parish in northern Poland have burned books, including the Harry Potter series, and other items that their owners said had evil forces. Images from the burning at Gdansk's Mothe...
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have introduced their baby son Archie to the South African peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The four-month-old royal made his first appearance of Harry and Megh...
Insults targeted at Protestants in Turkey have increased since 2016 but physical crimes have gone down. The Protestant community in Turkey is made up of 150 congregations, mostly in Ankara, Istanbul a...
A conflict between Christians and Muslims in the Central African Republic could cause another Rwandan-style genocide according to the UN. A conflict between Christians and Muslims in the Central Afri...
Mother Theresa mingles with Judas while crowds of people stroll through the sunshine giving sword-wielding Roman Guards high fives while a 40ft Jesus, halo inta This is not one man's Biblical nightma...
Puna Baptist Church in Pahoa, Hawaii put on a family fun day more appreciated than most. A family fun day is a common occurrence for many churches in the summer but when you've just had a volcano o...
An 800-year-old mummy has been decapitated and its head stolen from a church in Dublin. The head of 'The Crusader' was removed from a crypt in St Michan's Church over the weekend.The crime was disco...
The head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales has accused politicians and the media of "almost trading in fear" over the migrant crisis. Cardinal Vincent Nichols spoke about the rising tide of...
The head of a large Christian university in the US has defended what critics have deemed "racist" comments about Haiti and Africa from US President Donald Trump Jerry Falwell Jr President of Liberty ...
