The Vatican has confirmed a ban on Catholics becoming Freemasons, a centuries-old secretive society that the Catholic Church has long viewed with hostility and has an estimated global membership of up...
China's state-backed Bishop of Beijing visited Hong Kong on Tuesday amid fears among some Catholics that Beijing wants tighter control over religious affairs in Hong Kong. The visit is the first t...
Napoli striker Victor Osimhen says he "put everything in God's hands" when making "the huge decision" not to join the Saudi Pro-League side Al-Hilal. Reports over the summer indicated Osimhen - va...
Finnish MP of 30 years Paivi Rasanen has been cleared of wrongdoing, over a tweet where she quoted a Bible verse. Her victory comes at the end of a gruelling four year legal battle, where she was arr...
Tim Scott, Republican Senator for South Carolina, has ended his run for the White House. Speaking on Fox News, on Sunday evening, Senator Scott quoted Romans 8:28, which reads: “in all things Go...
A documentary about a young missionary who was killed in 2018, by those he went to convert, questions whether he was full of faith or madness. The Mission tells the story of the American John Chau, wh...
Pope Francis on Sunday reiterated his plea for an end to hostilities between Israelis and Palestinians, and called for "much more" humanitarian aid for Gaza. "Enough, enough brothers, enough", Franc...
Airstrikes in Gaza have severely damaged over 50 Christian homes and a Catholic school, including the Rosary Sisters School, according to charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). The school, which ser...
Pope Francis has dismissed Bishop Joseph E. Strickland of Tyler, Texas, one of his fiercest critics among U.S. Catholic conservatives, a Vatican statement said on Saturday. It is very rare for a Roman...
As the Israeli military pushes deeper into Gaza City in its battle to obliterate Hamas, there are fears that the Christian presence there could disappear altogether. Increasing numbers of Gazans are...
The Church of England has seen a marked increase in people attending weekly services but that number remains significantly down on pre-pandemic levels. The stats for 2022 have just been published show...
Multi award winning rapper Sean Combs has said God told him to get back to music. The 54-year-old, formerly known as Puff Daddy and later P Diddy, is a guest on this week's The Graham Norton Show ...
The Head of the Christian Medical Fellowship has praised the "humanity" of Mr. Justice Robert Peel's judgment, preventing critically ill baby Indi Gregory from leaving Nottingham for experimental...
Matt Damon is the latest celebrity to back a campaign to stop a New York church in need of major repairs from being demolished. The Hollywood actor will be part of an upcoming performance which serves...
Thirteen days after his kidnap, the father of Liverpool footballer Luiz Díaz has been released unharmed by his kidnappers. Luis Manuel Díaz was handed over to United Nations and Catholic church ...
A former Met Police Superintendent has called Suella Braverman "dangerous" and claims she is "trying to set up the Met's comissioner and the police service to fail" in their handling of potenti...
A charity which partners with churches to transform the lives of children and teenagers through God’s love, says it fears a culture of violent crime is becoming the norm for many young people. Sarah...
Transgender people can be godparents at Roman Catholic baptisms, witnesses at religious weddings and receive baptism themselves, the Vatican's doctrinal office said on Wednesday, responding to que...
Every minute, enough plastic waste to cover a football pitch is openly dumped or burnt in Sub Saharan Africa. That's the finding in new analysis by relief agency Tearfund. The charity says ch...
A new study has revealed that Christianity is continuing to spread across the globe despite believers facing extreme persecution for their faith. The 2023 “Persecutors of the Year” report by anti-...
