A Spanish court has ruled that a group of excommunicated Poor Clare nuns must vacate the Belorado monastery, siding with the Catholic Church in a long-running legal dispute. The court declared that th...
The daughter of a New York Episcopal priest, who was detained by ICE despite her visa being in date, has been released – but a fellow believer arrested on the same day remains in prison. Yeonsoo Go�...
The parish priest of a Catholic missionary who has been kidnapped in Haiti has confirmed that efforts are underway to secure her release. Gena Heraty was among nine people abducted from the orphanage ...
Pro-life activist Matthew Connolly, of St Paul, Minnesota, is calling on the US Supreme Court to intervene in his case. Connolly, 42, was convicted and sentenced to 90 days in jail for silently prayin...
A Nicaraguan pastor has been imprisoned in a maximum security jail on exaggerated charges, according to the charity Christian Solidarity Worldwide. Pastor Rudy Palacios Vargas is the founder of La ...
The family of Gena Heraty, an Irish Christian missionary kidnapped from a Haitian orphanage, has expressed their devastation over the situation, calling it "deeply worrying." Ms Heraty, along with s...
Belmont University, a prominent Christian college in Nashville, has announced that it has hired an external consultant to review its policies related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The rev...
A Christian convert in Egypt has been charged with terrorism and spreading false information after requesting that his national ID reflect his new faith. Saeid Mansour Abdulraziq was formally charged ...
Dolores “Dodie” Osteen, co-founder of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, and mother of well-known pastor and broadcaster Joel Osteen, has died peacefully at the age of 91. In a statement shared on...
A prominent Protestant pastor in eastern China has been formally arrested for selling sermon recordings, in what Christian advocates describe as an ongoing campaign to suppress religious expression. P...
A Catholic bishop in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has criticised the country’s security forces after Islamist militants brutally murdered 37 children during a church vigil. The attack...
Pope Leo celebrated the largest event yet of his nearly three-month tenure on Sunday (August 3), encouraging a crowd of more than a million Catholic young people gathered in a field on the outskirts o...
The Diocese of Aberdeen & Orkney is celebrating an historic moment with the appointment of Rev Canon Dr Jennifer Holden as its first female Dean. With Rt Rev Anne Dyer serving as the Scottish Episcop...
More than 100 Christians gathered outside Faslane Naval Base in Scotland yesterday to make a fresh call for a world free of nuclear weapons. The peace vigil was led by representatives of Scotland’s...
A US Jewish global advocacy group has given $25,000 towards repairs at Gaza's Holy Family Catholic church which was struck by an Israeli missile last month. Three people were killed in the attack ...
A Christian woman in the United States has given birth to a baby using an embryo which was frozen 31 years ago. Lindsey Pierce used a Christian embryo agency to ‘adopt’ the embryo from the biol...
A Catholic priest has given a harrowing account of what it was like being held captive for 51 days by armed extremists in Nigeria. Fr Alphonsus Afina was kidnapped by Islamist terrorist group Boko Har...
Pope Leo is to bestow one of the highest honours of the Catholic Church on the 19th century English theologian Cardinal John Henry Newman who was canonised in 2019. He’s to be made a Doctor of the U...
Christians in Bangladesh are praying for their safety a year after the country's Prime Minister was ousted. Since the resignation of Sheikh Hasina’s government in 2024, more radical, anti-Christ...
The Bishop of Fulham who appeared in his dressing gown at a church concert and told the choir to “leave his house” has apologised for the “distress and offence” he caused. Rt Rev Jonathan Bake...
