Pope Francis ministered to the thriving Catholic community in the United Arab Emirates as he concluded his historic visit with the first-ever papal Mass in the A day after making a broad appeal for ...
A historic deal has been made between China and the Vatican. With Pope Francis recently recognising seven bishops appointed by China, it's hoped the move "will allow the wounds of the past to be over...
A bishop in China has been ordained without the permission of Pope Francis and the Vatican in Rome. Vatican-approved bishop Casimirus Wang Milu ordained Dong Guan Hua to the priesthood without Holy...
Authorities in north-western China are cracking down on any Christian activity outside the state-monitored church. According to Radio Free Asia, officials in Xinjiang have made more than eleven milli...
British Olympic champion, devout Christian and prisoner of war Eric Liddell, who famously chose his faith over competing in a championship race, has been honour After refusing to run in the heats on ...
China's expelled 32 South Korean missionaries from its country amid a dispute about a missile system. South Korea's Foreign Ministry said the group were working in Yanji in northeastern China, some r...
The United Nations (UN) and the UK have led calls for China to create "space" to protect religious freedom for Christians. The UK was speaking at a UN conference earlier in the week and questioned ...
China says it will allow Catholics more freedom in the country, so long as the Vatican agrees to change the faith to suit the communist state. A top state official said China would have "constructi...
China's ruling Communist Party has ordered local governments to crack down on the construction of large outdoor religious statues amid increasing restrictions o The directive from the United Front Wo...
China is shutting down a number of "unofficial" churches near the site of the G20 summit, according to reports coming in from the country. Large religious activities have also been banned to create a...
China's president has urged the Communist Party to safeguard China's sovereignty and promote religion that is "Chinese in orientation". President Xi Jinping opened a twice-a-decade national congress ...
China's President Xi Jinping is warning of religious influences that could infiltrate the country from abroad. Â Over the past 24 months, Chinese authorities have been waging a campaign to remove cr...
Christian protesters in China clashed with hundreds of police officers who converged on one of the state-run churches to install surveillance equipment. The government in China's coastal Zhejiang P...
A group of 15 Chinese Christians were detained after more than 20 police officers raided a house church in Sichuan province. According to human rights organisation, China Aid, authorities interrupted...
Christians in China are losing their benefit payments in the ongoing crackdown on Christianity, a charity is warning. China Aid has reported that a local governing body in the central Guizhou provi...
A Christian political prisoner was attacked by a police officer because his beard was too long. According to China Aid Zhu YuFu, 65, was confronted by a police officer about the length of his beard o...
A lawyer of an imprisoned Chinese pastor has said that his client is in need of vital medical care. Pastor Yang Hua, the leader of Living Stone Church, is said to be "on the verge of paralysis" after...
A Christian man left almost completely blind by a debilitating disease has been able to read his Bible and see his family again following transformative surgery Desire from rural Cameroon in Central ...
The trial of a Russian blogger accused of inciting religious hatred by playing Pokemon Go in a church began today. Ruslan Sokolovsky, 22, was arrested after he was filmed catching Pokémon at the hei...
The leader of Boko Haram, an Islamist militant group responsible for the murder of thousands of Christians, has urged his fighters to "kill, slaughter and abduc Abubakur Shekau's presence in the vide...
