The creator of The Message version of the Bible is receiving hospice care. US pastor Eugene Peterson, 85, was admitted to hospital last Tuesday and is currently being treated for pneumonia.His son Er...
The number of Catholics living in Ireland is decreasing, according to the latest Census figures. More than 3.7 million Catholics made up just over 78.3% of the population in April 2016, compared to 8...
In a speech promising that the church would never again cover up sexual abuse by priests the Pope compared his critics to Judas. Pope Francis was speaking at the Vatican's central administrative body...
Campaigners are marching from Downing Street from Marble Arch in central London on Saturday to show solidarity with refugees all over the world. Around 90,000 people attended the event which comes am...
The World Council of Churches have signed a statement released by the UN Refugee Agency, declaring their continued commitment to protect refugees from violence Entitled "Faith Actors call for Global...
A Gothic basilica in the Italian city of Florence will become the stage on Friday for a speech Theresa May hopes will unlock stalled Brexit talks. Speaking directly in front of European leaders at the...
The senior Anglican chaplain of Athens has told Premier that the latest Greek bailout deal will lead to people going hungry on the streets of the capital. Revd Canon Malcolm Bradshaw was speaking aft...
A third Mexican priest has been shot dead in a week. The Archdiocese of Morelia confirmed on Monday in a press conference (in Spanish, below) that Fr Jose Alfredo Lopez Guillen was found shot dead in...
Another Christian missionary is being transferred from Liberia to the United States after he contracted the deadly Ebola virus. Dr Rick Sacra is being flown to Nebraska for treatment and is now the t...
At least 13 church goers were killed when their vehicle collided with a pickup truck in Texas on the way back from a three-day retreat. All the victims of the crash were members of the First Baptist ...
Romanian Orthodox Christians have gathered in their thousands for the blessing of their new Cathedral in the capital, Bucharest. The Romanian People's Salvation Cathedral will be the tallest in the w...
Thousands of Brazilians have turned out in the pouring rain to welcome Pope Francis to Rio de Janeiro. Thousands of Brazilians have turned out in the pouring rain to welcome Pope Francis to Rio de Ja...
Protests against the acquittal of a Christian woman convicted of blasphemy have drawn more than 11,000 people to the streets of several major cities in Pakistan On Friday, 5,000 radical Islamists gat...
More than 20,000 people are expected to turn out for the National Prayer Vigil for Life in Washington today ahead of the annual March for Life. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops estima...
The World Meeting of Families (WMOF) has officially got under way ahead of the Pope's visit to Ireland. Thousands descended on Dublin's Royal Dublin Society (RDS) on Tuesday evening to attend the ope...
Thousands of Ukrainians gathered in Kiev's Independence Square to remember the activists killed during violent protests in the city a year ago. More than 100 pro-European protesters died during the d...
Tens of thousands have marched against the Christian governor of Jakarta, demanding his is charged for blasphemy. On 28 September, Governor Basuki Tjahja Purnama, accused his opponents of lying about...
Tens of thousands of Christians have taken part in Brazil's 'March for Jesus' on Thursday night. The annual event brings together Catholics and Protestants to walk as one, and attracted more than 30...
Thousands of mourners lined the streets as the coffin of Martin McGuinness left his home in Londonderry. The former Stormont deputy first minister and ex-IRA commander died on Tuesday of a heart cond...
Thousands of children in Kenya are at risk of hunger and malnutrition following a refugee ration cut in the country, a Christian charity has warned. It's after the World Food Programme (WFP) announce...
