An anti-persecution charity has said a Chinese Catholic priest has been arrested - the fifth to be detained in his province this month. According to Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) Fr Yang Jianw...
More than two hundred vehicles carrying troops from Chad and Niger have entered Nigeria to fight Boko Haram, the terrorist group that has recently pledged alleg Boko Haram has killed tens of thousand...
Neither side in the brutal civil war in Syria actually want peace, Pope Francis has said. He said it is "unacceptable" that civilian victims of Syria's civil war are paying the price for the "the lac...
A Filipino priest has been condemned by diocese authorities after a video of him on a hoverboard holding Christmas Eve Mass went viral online. The unnamed Laguna priest can be seen gliding around chu...
A movie inspired by the best-selling Christian single of all time has opened in US cinemas. I Can Only Imagine tells the emotional backstory of the song with the same name by Christian rock band Merc...
Plans to shoot the remake of the Bible influenced epic Ben Hur at Circus Maximus, Rome's ancient chariot racing grounds have been ruled out. According to the Guardian, the decision to forbid the film...
Fire fighters in France are tackling a huge blaze at a 19th century basilica. Hundreds of worshippers had to flee morning Mass at Saint Donatien in the city of Nantes as the flames took hold.Revd Ben...
A Christian florist says she will appeal to the United States' highest court after she was told to pay fines and costs for refusing to arrange flowers for a sam Barronelle Stutzman, 72, from Washingt...
Pope Francis has been awarded an Australian football jersey embroidered with the words 'Holy Father' ahead of Australia's World Cup clash with Peru on Tuesday. The Catholic leader was handed the yell...
Cyclone Idai, one of the most intense tropical cyclones to hit Africa, has left its mark six months on, with 77,000 people still in displacement camps. The storm hit Mozambique, on the south eastern ...
A video of two American priests dancing has received hundreds of thousands of hits. One of the two dancing priests who became an overnight internet sensation says he wants to perform for Pope.Fr Davi...
Irish singer Daniel O'Donnell surprised his niece with a "Catholic flash mob" at her wedding ceremony. Friends and family members of bride Patricia Doogan brought her to tears as, one by one, they jo...
The Vatican's confirmed Pope Francis will be visiting Egypt later this year. The pontiff will be in the country from April 28-29th. He'll be denouncing Islamist terrorism and highlighting the persecu...
Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church has held reduced celebrations marking Jesus' crucifixion on Good Friday. It's after two Islamic State suicide bombers murdered 45 people - mostly Christians - at two ch...
A senior Democratic party member in America had suggested using Bernie Sanders' lack of religious belief against him to get more votes for Hillary Clinton. A leaked email shows a staff member from...
Protestors have taken to the streets of Lahore, Pakistan, angry about plans to demolish four churches to make way for a new train line. Christians gathered in front of the Lahore High Court to protes...
Archbishop Desmond Tutu's daughter is to give up ministry after entering a gay marriage. Revd Canon Mpho Tutu-Van Firth said she was forced to leave her role in the Anglican Church because it does no...
The daughter of Desmond Tutu has said giving up her job as a vicar to marry her girlfriend was "incredibly sad" for both him and her. Mpho Tutu van Furth practised as a vicar from January 2004 ...
A new Sister Act movie is to be made, Disney has confirmed. The film maker said it had started development on a revival of the musical comedy which is based in a convent. Whoopi Goldberg was the star ...
The star of the US series "Dog the Bounty Hunter" has shared the Bible verse he wants to hear about when he is close to death. Speaking in an emotional interview with television show Entertainment To...
