A retired vicar has been barred from licensed ministry after sharing anti-Semitic material. A church tribunal found that 69-year-old Rev Dr Stephen Sizer provoked and offended the Jewish community - s...
A Nicaraguan judge has found seven men – including four priests – guilty of “damaging national integrity and propagating fake news”. The verdict comes after the men were forcib...
The Washington National Prayer Breakfast will no longer be managed by Christian group “The Family” in favour of an in-house group. Instead, the gathering will be hosted by the newly-create...
Parents in the US are not prioritising their children’s faith, a new study has suggested. According to the Pew Research Centre, only around a third of US parents believe it’s “very i...
A Catholic speaker has been sharing his thoughts on the Pope's recent comments about the act of homosexuality. In a recent interview with the Associated Press, Pope Francis stated that the practis...
Nearly 300 Catholic churches have faced attacks in the US over the past three years, according to a new report. Data collected from CatholicVote (CV) has found that at least 278 churches in America ha...
On Sunday, lead pastor Kennon Vaughan preached to the congregation of Harvest Church in Memphis, Tennessee; by Tuesday lunchtime he became the only survivor of a place crash that took the lives ...
This year marks three decades since Open Doors started ranking countries by the level of persecution faced by Christians. Since records started in 1993, the number of countries deemed dange...
One in seven Christians worldwide are persecuted for their faith, becoming the target of frequent attacks such as rape, kidnapping and even death. Christian persecution charity Open Doors has released...
Open Doors’ World Watch List has revealed North Korea is the country where Christians face the most extreme persecution. Hitting the highest score ever recorded in the list’s history, Nort...
Open Door’s annual list of countries ranking world countries according to the amount of violence against Christians has been released. North Korea has returned to the top position after falling ...
Catholic bishops in the United States are welcoming the passing of a bill ensuring adequate medical care for babies born after an attempted abortion. Children born after a termination h...
US President Joe Biden will be the first sitting president to deliver a Sunday sermon at Martin Luther King Jr.'s church in Atlanta, as he marks a national holiday celebrating the c...
The Church of England has released a new report on the well-being of its clergy. The report found the well-being of the clergy has declined since 2019, with lockdowns aggravating pre-existing pressure...
Downing Street has announced Rt Rev Philip North as the next Bishop of Blackburn. He will succeed Rt Rev Julian Henderson following his retirement last year. Rev Philip, who has been the bishop of Bur...
A pastor who slipped on snow and ice outside his church was paralysed after breaking his neck. David Kent from Minnesota, USA, immediately knew “it wasn’t good” when he realised his ...
Prominent American pastor Jack Hayford has passed away at the age of 88. Internationally known for having composed worship song “Majesty”, he also pastored The Church On The Way in Van Nuy...
Prominent US theologian John Piper was recently interrupted during a rousing sermon by his watch registering exuberant gestures as a fall. The award-winning author and pastor was preaching on Psa...
A US church has said its parishioners feel unsafe due to a homeless camp setting up outside its building. The Greek Orthodox church in Seattle, Washington claimed it has seen the number of tents on th...
Pope Benedict XVI, who became the first pope in 600 years to resign, has died at the age of 95. A statement from the Vatican on Saturday morning read: "With pain I inform that Pope Emeritus Bened...
