After years of emptying pews and declining membership, some New Jersey churches are seeing things they haven’t witnessed in a long time: newcomers filling seats, the number of baptisms growing and y...
A Las Vegas man is suing his employer, alleging he was mocked and harassed because of his Christian faith. Anthony Spor-Orellana, a heavy equipment operator, said he was subjected to "persistent relig...
The Southern Baptist Convention will fight some of the same high-profile battles with a new cast of characters, some of whom have enough momentum to potentially alter the convention’s policies on wo...
A Catholic bishop has been shot dead in Mozambique. Fifty-year-old Osorio Citora Afonso, the Bishop of Quelimane and Apostolic Administrator of Beira, was shot in the chest in what the Church is descr...
The fiancée of an Egyptian man who is facing trial over converting to Christianity has issued an urgent appeal for journalists to “break the silence” over what she describes as “state-sanctione...
Pope Leo told Spain's Catholic bishops on Monday they must listen to survivors of abuse by clergy and offer them reparations, in the first direct reference during his trip to scandals that have sh...
Leading artificial intelligence systems show consistent bias when handling questions about religion and ethics, according to a new study. The Consortium for Evaluation of Faith and Ethics in AI (CEFE-...
A Catholic church in Louisiana has rectified its parish prayers after criticism that they included a former priest recently convicted of sexual assault and not his victims. St. Anthony of Padua Chur...
Ukraine has stepped up its criticism of the Russian Orthodox Church, with a senior official calling for it to be expelled from the World Council of Churches (WCC) over its stance on the war. Speaking ...
Pope Leo XIV has said he supports Real Madrid as he begins a week-long visit to Spain, his first trip to an EU country outside Italy, where he is expected to draw large crowds and deliver more than ...
The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) will meet in Florida next week for its annual gathering, where delegates will once again debate whether to tighten rules on women serving in pastoral roles. It is...
The US Defence Secretary, Pete Hegseth, has officially reduced the number of religions that can be recognised by the country’s military chaplaincy. There are now 31 faith codes on the list that serv...
Church leaders in Honduras have condemned the murder of 21 workers, including three children, who were taking refuge from criminal gangs inside a church. Authorities in the Diocese of Trujillo say arm...
"Everybody put your hands up" started echoing through Nissan Stadium as an artist took the main stage following Zach John King's platform-stage debut. When cameras zoomed in on a singer wearing a ...
A new type of pop is on the up in US markets. From Praise Energy to Yahweh and 4GVN, the latest swathe of energy drinks bears Christian branding. Praise Energy launched in January, promising to be a ...
A new study from the University of Maryland School of Medicine suggests that five minutes of in-person prayer may help reduce pain and anxiety in primary care patients when used alongside standard med...
Archaeologists in Turkey say they have uncovered what may be one of the best-preserved early images of Jesus, alongside a wider set of discoveries shedding light on the early growth of Christianity. T...
St. Paul City Attorney Irene Kao has announced that demonstrators who disrupted a worship service at Cities Church in January, where a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement official also serves as ...
A majority of Americans who attend religious services regularly have heard clergy speak about at least one social or political issue in recent months, according to a new study from the Pew Research Ce...
The Catholic Archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Robert McElroy, has removed Monsignor Stephen Rossetti from his role as an exorcist after he suggested UFO sightings could be linked to demons. The Arch...
