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Six Catholic nuns who were kidnapped in the Haitian capital nearly a week ago have been released alongside two more hostages, the archbishop of Port-au-Prince said in a statement late Wednesday. Arm...

The Pope and the Archbishop of Canterbury have commissioned pairs of Anglican and Roman Catholic bishops to promote Christian unity. The bishop pairs who come from across the world, were asked to walk...

Lineal heavyweight champion boxer Tyson Fury says he finds it "beautiful" that his opponent for the undisputed heavyweight title also has "big faith in God." "We are the two biggest Christians in boxi...

The famed "hot priest" calendar from Rome, renowned for featuring attractive clerics, has been revealed by its photographer to have few actual priests as models. Piero Pazzi, responsible for the A4-s...

There are reports that two churches have been burned and 30 people have been killed in attacks in Nigeria’s Plateau State. It was triggered by an unsuccessful robbery of cattle in Mangu town on Tues...

Sir Michael Palin has backed a campaign to safeguard the future of the UK's churches. The broadcaster, who is Vice-President of the National Churches Trust (NCT) is warning that unless urgent act...

A Vatican appeals court on Tuesday convicted a priest of sexually abusing a fellow student while they were both attending a school for papal altar boys. Partially overturning a first instance ruling f...

The Bishop of Southwark has warned that Israel risks 'becoming its own worst enemy' if it doesn't 'look to negotiate an end to its occupation of Palestinian territories.' Rt Rev Ch...

A Colorado pastor and his wife have admitted to charges of stealing more than $1million from Christians via a cryptocurrency scheme, claiming God had told him people would make money through it. Eli R...

Christian lobbying group CARE has told Premier that the cultural tide in the UK is turning against the porn industry, amid growing concern over the lack of safeguarding measures for children accessi...

A group of "Jane Does" claim they have been "wrongfully identified" as victims in the International House of Prayer Kansas City (IHOPKC) misconduct investigation. An Appeal and Protest statement ...

 Dexter Scott King, the younger son of the late civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, died on Monday of prostate cancer, the King Center in Atlanta announced. His wif...

Six religious Sisters from the Sisters of Saint Anne were abducted in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, last Friday by armed assailants, as confirmed by the Haitian Conference of Religious. The inc...

The Diocese of Truro is investigating a "serious breach of safeguarding" at one of its churches after a teenage organist was hired to work alongside a convicted paedophile. The church of St Feock, nea...

Pope Francis on Sunday called for the release of hostages, including six nuns, who were kidnapped on a bus in Haiti on Friday, and said he was praying for social harmony in the country. Armed gunmen h...

Thousands of Ethiopian Orthodox followers gathered in the capital Addis Ababa on Friday and Saturday to celebrate Epiphany, also called Timket, a religious festival commemorating Jesus' baptism in...

Pope Francis met a delegation from Vietnam's Communist Party on Thursday and the Vatican's foreign minister said the pontiff  was keen to visit the Southeast Asian country in the wake of upgr...

 Estonia has told the head of its branch of the Russian Orthodox Church to leave the country, calling him a threat to national security, Estonian public broadcaster ERR reported on Thursday. Valeri R...

A Christian persecution watchdog has issued a warning about the increasing severity of global persecution, revealing that 365 million Christians currently experience ongoing discrimination due to thei...

The family of Johnny Hollman, a church deacon who died in an altercation with an Atlanta police officer following a minor car crash, has filed a lawsuit against the city, the officer, and the police c...