Father Chris Ponnet, the longtime Los Angeles pastor who was widely known for being the lone visitor to hundreds of dying COVID-19 patients at the height of the pandemic, died on Oct. 7. He was 68 Pon...
The Archbishop of Chicago has issued a video that shares the church’s stance on migrants. In his address on Oct. 21, Cardinal Blasé J. Cupich made it clear that the church stands with migrants. “...
The man accused of fatally stabbing a Catholic priest in his rectory in a small Nebraska town pleaded guilty to murder and other charges on Tuesday. Kierre Williams changed his plea to guilty on murde...
An Ohio pastor who said that identifying as LGBTQ is a “health risk” is facing child rape charges. Officers from the Wilmington Police Department announced that Silas Shelton, 48, has been arreste...
Hundreds gathered at Vintage Church in Harker Heights, Texas, for an event titled “Courageous Christianity” to remember the life of Charlie Kirk. Kirk, a controversial Christian nationalist, was k...
A California pastor is sounding the alarm that the recent immigration crackdown across the United States is affecting church attendance. The Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, who also serves as the Hispanic evan...
A church in Dallas has painted its front steps in rainbow colours after Texas governor Greg Abbott ordered cities to remove rainbow crossings from public roads. Oak Lawn United Methodist Church said t...
A 12-year-old girl who was shot in the head during an attack on a Minneapolis church in August has been released from hospital and returned home. Sophia Forchas was among the most seriously injured su...
Pastor Marvin Winans has come under fire after scolding a church member for not giving the amount of money he requested. The bizarre moment, which was captured on video and has gone viral, showed Wina...
Pope Leo, King Charles and the Archbishop of York have joined together for a special prayer service in the Sistine Chapel. It is the first time that leaders of the Church of England and the Catholic C...
Jon Paul Sheptock, the Christian music artist born without arms who sang at a Trump rally in 2022, has been arrested on charges related to possessing and producing child pornography. According to ABC ...
An American pastor has revealed that he now carries a gun to church after being attacked three times. The Rev Rodney Hudson, who leads Ames Memorial Church and Metropolitan United Methodist Church in ...
The American Bible Society’s latest release of its annual State of the Bible report shows that just over a third (36 per cent) of Americans believe that the Bible is “totally accurate in all the p...
A New York man has received an $8 million (£6 million) settlement from the Diocese of Albany over claims he was sexually abused by a Catholic priest as a child. The payment was made to Michael Harmon...
The group says it is seeking records relating to the formation and funding of the commission, the appointment of its members and advisers, and its three public meetings held in June and September. Thi...
A purification ceremony has been performed at St Peter’s Basilica, after a man urinated on the Altar of Confession. On Monday, the Vatican City’s central church was closed to the public, so that p...
A new study has found that younger American Catholic priests are more conservative than their older counterparts. The National Study of Catholic Priests, released yesterday by Catholic University and ...
Two new polls suggest that religion played a significant role in the 2024 United States presidential election, shaping voter turnout and candidate support in ways that largely benefited Donald Trump. ...
The Church of Nigeria has officially rejected the appointment of Dame Sarah Mullally as the next Archbishop of Canterbury, describing the decision as “devastating” and one that “ignores the curr...
A Chicago pastor who was shot in the head with pepper spray by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents during a protest last month has spoken out, saying he was “praying audibly to them” ...
