Concerns have been raised about the timing of the upcoming papal trip to Sri Lanka. Some priests are now asking for the visit of Pope Francis to be postponed so it doesn't clash with the country's pr...
A British-born chaplain in Croatia has questioned whether the some people entering the country are actually refugees or economic migrants. Croatian police say that over 13,000 refugees have entered t...
A Bible left open on an altar is the only item to escape damage from a firebomb attack which targeted a church in the middle of the night. Members of the Baptist church in Kyrgyzstan are said to have...
What is believed to be a new baptismal font has been discovered at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, allowing for more studies about the traditional birt Ziad al-Bandak, head of a Palestinian ...
Rev Franklin Graham says the Catholic Church must be "very, very careful" in deciding whether to change the wording of the Lord's Prayer. The US evangelist spoke amid plans by Italian bishops for a n...
The founders of a Canadian ice cream company Sweet Jesus have refused to give into demands to change its name and apologise for mocking Christianity. Sweet Jesus ice cream has faced condemnation sinc...
Georgia will be debating a proposed 'blasphemy bill' designed to outlaw religious insults. However it has been criticised for limiting freedom of speech in the predominantly Orthodox Christian coun...
The Chaldean Bishop of Aleppo has been speaking to Premier about life for Christians a year since the fall of Aleppo. More than 600 civilians died in the five-week-long offensive before the last rebe...
The Archbishop of Canterbury has emphasised the need for Christian unity as he paid tribute to the victims of the Easter Sunday bomb attacks at a Roman Catholic The Most Rev Justin Welby visited St S...
An Anglican leader in Nigeria has called on the government there to put an end to the violence between Fulani herdsmen and Christian communities. The Archbishop of Jos, the capital city of Plateau St...
The Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh is visiting Malawi just weeks after the country was hit with devastating floods. Most Revd Leo Cushley is on a trip with the charity SCIAF to see the dam...
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has called upon the king of Saudi Arabia to halt the executions of 14 young people for being involved in protests five years ago. The retired Anglican bishop urged King Salman...
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has attended a special service to mark four decades of service as a bishop. Hundreds gathered with the Nobel peace prize winner at St Mary's Cathedral in central Johannesburg....
The retired archbishop Desmond Tutu is being treated with an intensive course of anti-biotics to treat a "persistent infection". A statement from his foundation said he would spend a second night in ...
The Archbishop of Sydney has told Australians the UK serves as a warning against the "profound ramifications" of legalising gay marriage. The Most Rev Glenn Davies urged voters to oppose plans to all...
Archbishop Joseph Coutts of Karachi says the Peshawar attack shows the Taliban "will stop at nothing now". The leader of Catholics in the country has urged the government to increase security, arguin...
Trustworthy people in the church could accept and sensitively share secrets about where the IRA's "Disappeared" victims are buried, the head of Irish Four people abducted and killed by republicans...
A Nigerian Archbishop has warned there could be a civil war in his country between Christians and Muslims, if believers take revenge for the continuing attacks Archbishop of Jos Most Rev Benjamin Kw...
The Archbishop of Canterbury is meeting the Pope in Italy to celebrate 50 years of efforts to strengthen relations within Christianity. The Most Rev Justin Welby and Pope Francis are attending a spec...
The Archbishop of Canterbury has called the famine in South Sudan a "dire situation" requiring urgent humanitarian and prayerful response. His comments come as famine has been declared in parts of th...
