Pope Francis announced on Sunday that he would appoint 21 new cardinals in August, including an Italian leading the Church in Mongolia, again putting his stamp on the future of Catholicism. Of the 21,...
The head of the Methodist church in Nigeria and two other clerics have been freed after being abducted on Sunday. Samuel Kanu was travelling with the Bishop of the Methodist Church, Owerri Diocese, an...
At least 31 people have been killed in a stampede outside a church in Nigeria; Children, a mother and a pregnant woman are thought to be amongst the dead. According to Associated Press, five of the ch...
The Archbishop of Canterbury has praised Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, saying he’s “not addicted to the battlefield.” Most Rev Justin Welby noted Zelensky’s “co...
A court in Sudan has approved the demolition of a 2000 square metre block of properties owned by the Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church (SPEC) in Omdurman. The church has three homes next to the ch...
Italy's Catholic bishops said on Friday they would commission a report on clerical sexual abuse in the past two years and a separate analysis going back to 2000, disappointing victims who wa...
There's been more violance in Nigeria as yet another Christian woman is accused of blasphemy by an Islamist group. Following on from the killing of teenager Deborah Samuel, local reporters claim h...
The Billy Graham Rapid Response Team has been deployed to Uvalde following the most devastating school shooting in a decade. Chaplains from the organisation will be ministering to the families o...
Two Catholic priests have been abducted in northern Nigeria, after unidentified gunmen attacked their church in the early hours of the morning. The kidnappers are said to have broken into St. Patrick ...
Complaints regarding the LGBT rules at Citipointe Christian College have been relayed to the Queensland Human Rights commission. The college found themselves embroiled in controversy in early February...
The Orthodox Church of Ukraine is seeking permission from the government to take over a building on the grounds of a historic monastery in Kyiv, a move likely to widen a rift with a separate...
A gunman murdered 19 children and two teachers in the deadliest U.S. school shooting for nearly a decade, prompting President Joe Biden to urge Americans to confront the country's gun lobby and pr...
Christians across the nation have been encouraged to mark the second anniversary of the killing of George Floyd on Wednesday by lighting a candle. Churches Together in England (CTE) has called for the...
A Christian barrister says the chaos brought about over the transfer of power in Afghanistan last year was the fault of the US. Paul Diamond has been speaking following a claim by a group of MPs that ...
A federal court in the US state of Georgia has said that Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (RZIM) can be sued by donors seeking a refund of their contributions. A group of donors had lodge...
Religious freedom charity Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) has called on the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to raise the issue of freedom of religion violations with the Chinese authorities...
Joel Taylor, the CEO of Bethel Music, has announced he is stepping down as leader of the label and worship movement. Bethel Music originated out of Bethel Church in Redding, California in 2009 but it ...
The Las Vegas man accused of killing one person and wounding five others in a burst of gunfire at a Taiwanese-American church luncheon in California on Sunday was licensed to work as a security ...
For decades, complaints of sex abuse by pastors and staff in the largest US Protestant denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention, were either ignored or covered up by top clergy, according to...
US megachurch Willow Creek Community Church has announced it will lay off 30 per cent of its staff due post-Covid following steep drops in attendance. In a video announcement to the congregation, seni...
