A high-level Vatican commission voted against allowing Catholic women to serve as deacons, maintaining the global Church's practice of all-male clergy, according to a report given to Pope Leo and ...
The Church of England has been asked in Parliament about the steps it is taking to rebuild trust with survivors of abuse. Cat Smith, the Labour MP for Lancaster and Wye put the written question to Sec...
A rare 1,000-year-old Bible believed to have been produced by women is set to be auctioned this month, with estimates placing its value between about $880,000 (£690,000) and $1.26 million (£980,000). ...
Players from Brazilian football team Flamengo have praised God after winning the Copa Libertadores. Flamengo defeated Palmeiras 1-0 to claim the highest honour in South American club football. Leo P...
An exemption for “sincerely held” religious beliefs could be removed from Canada’s hate speech laws. Legislation currently prohibits inciting “hatred against any identifiable group,” but exempts speec...
The daughter of a Hamas founder has shared how she discovered faith in Jesus after years of living under the ideology of the militant group. Juman Al Qawasmi described her childhood and early adult li...
Pope Leo revealed on Tuesday that at the moment of his election as leader of the 1.4 billion-member Catholic Church, he turned to God with a simple message: "You're in charge and you lead the way"...
Most people who leave Christianity in Britain move towards atheism, according to a new survey, with 39 per cent of Christians questioned who moved to another faith choosing Paganism. The Institute for...
Two lifelong atheists converted to Christianity after watching The Chosen, according to actor Jonathan Roumie, who said viewers are often moved by the show’s portrayal of Jesus. Roumie, who played Jes...
President Donald Trump has criticised Democratic politician Aftyn Behn ahead of a hotly contested special election in Tennessee. In a social media post on Sunday, Trump claimed Behn “hates Christiani...
Christians in Gaza are preparing for their first Christmas following a ceasefire in the region. Plans to celebrate the birth of Jesus are underway, but the priest of Gaza City’s Holy Family Church ha...
An expert from persecution watchdog Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) has been physically assaulted while speaking at a demonstration. Mohaned Elnour, a human rights lawyer and specialist on religi...
Ohio lawmakers have passed a bill named after conservative activist Charlie Kirk that would allow teachers in public classrooms to discuss the “positive impacts of religion on American history.” The C...
A controversial faceless baby Jesus figure has been stolen from a Christmas nativity scene in Belgium. The figure, which has received widespread criticism online, was taken from its crib on Grand Pla...
The Miss Jamaica Organisation has issued a new message of “healing” and “recovery after Gabrielle Henry’s fall at the Miss Universe finals and the lasting effects of Hurricane Melissa. In a statement...
Two Catholic lay readers have been released into house arrest in Nicaragua, after being imprisoned in isolation for 16 months. Roman Catholic lay leaders Carmen María Sáenz Martínez and Lesbia del Soc...
Pope Leo gathered leaders of Lebanon's religious communities next to the old frontline of the country's sectarian civil war on Monday and urged peaceful coexistence in a region beset by bloods...
A University of Oklahoma student who cited the Bible in an essay has been told her work was “highly offensive” and worth no points. Samantha Fulnecky, who studies psychology, wrote that eradicating ge...
A new report has warned that the Chinese government is using an increasingly complex web of laws and policies to intensify its crackdown on freedom of religion or belief. The report by Christian Solid...
At least 20 people have been kidnapped in separate attacks on two churches in Nigeria. A bride and her bridesmaids preparing for a wedding ceremony were among those abducted in the northern state of ...
