A Coptic Christian couple have been found dead in their bed in northern Egypt in the second fatal attack during the Orthodox Christmas. Gamal Sami, 60, and his wife, Nadia, 48, were discovered "drenc...
Christians in Sierra Leone have been told they cannot celebrate Christmas in public in an attempt to halt the spread of the deadly Ebola virus. The country has the highest number of cases of the dise...
With six weeks still to go till Christmas, preparations for the festive season are underway in Bethlehem. The town's Christmas tree has been put up with the lights set to be lit on 1st December. Dece...
Christmas trees, lights and bells at a 27-storey shopping and office complex in the Chinese city of Nanyang were taken down in the space of 24 hours, following Even the giant teddy bear at the entra...
The Vatican has had to seal off part of St Peter's Basilica after some chunks of plaster fell during the height of the Easter holiday season. No-one was injured by the falling plaster, which rained d...
A film based on the US Catholic Church sex abuse scandal is set to feature at the Toronto International Film Festival. The movie is based on the true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massi...
A movie which highlights an abuse scandal in the US Catholic Church has picked up a Critics' Choice Award. Spotlight, which is also up for best movie at the Oscars, won the award for best ensemble.Th...
There are calls for legal time limits in the USA to be reconsidered following a child abuse scandal within the Catholic Church. Yesterday it was revealed only two of 300 predatory priests have faced ...
A church in Ohio has apologised after a video shared on social media showed young students spitting on a pastor, slapping his face, and slicing him with a knife Pastor Jaddeus Dempsey from the Impact...
Church leaders are challenging a court decision that their Christmas adverts should not be displayed by a local bus operator owing to their Christian content. An appeal is being mounted by the Cathol...
The discovery of a handwritten will and more than 70 photographs has provided fresh insight into the life of a Scottish church missionary who died in Auschwitz The will of Jane Haining was found as ...
A church at the Calais migrant camp has been demolished as police move in to clear parts of the site. The pastor at the church, which was the smallest at the camp, remained on the site holding a cros...
The president of the West African nation of Burkina Faso has confirmed that 14 people have been killed in an attack on a Protestant church in the country's east A gunman opened fire during a service ...
The Vatican has led the condemnation of the killing of a priest at a church in northern France calling it "barbarous". Sources said the clergyman had his throat slit by a man wearing an Islamic heads...
India's government has denied attacks on Christians in recent months - including attacks on churches and the rape of an elderly nun - are religious problems, sa Christian Today reported that the Fina...
The Bishop of Dover has pleaded for the Prime Minister to "rediscover what it is to be human" as Downing Street and France join forces to increase security arou The Church of England has openly inter...
A Boko Haram plot to bomb a church in the Nigerian city of Jos has been foiled, an anti-persecution charity has said. Christian Solidarity Worldwide said six bombs were found in the toilet of Evangel...
A school district in Nevada, USA has told a local church that it is no longer allowed to hand out flyers that are too religious. According to First Liberty Institute, a legal religious freedom organi...
An iconic church bell has helped open the USA's first national museum dedicated to African-American people and culture. Opening the museum in Washington, President Barack Obama pointed out the highs ...
This New Year parishioners are being encouraged to take up bell-ringing to beat the winter bulge. Revd Clive Thrower of Ashford in the Water, near Bakewell, wants locals to work off t...
