A priest has been murdered by gunmen in the Central African Republic. Fr Crépin Martial Monga, who was vicar of St John the Baptist church in Zemio in the east of the country, was killed on 29 June.�...
A court in Egypt has postponed the trial of a Christian convert facing terrorism-related charges until September. Saeid Mansour Abdulraziq has been in detention since July 2025, after applying for off...
On Wednesday, July 1, the first wave of what may be a tsunami of clergy sex abuse lawsuits against the Catholic Church will hit Rhode Island Superior Court. And July 1 is just the first day in a two...
A Catholic nun who was detained by US immigration officers while walking to Mass in Texas has been released from custody following intervention by local politicians and church leaders. Sister Leticia ...
Rescue teams continue to search through rubble in Venezuela after twin earthquakes hit last week, with survivors now beginning to share stories of survival, faith and loss. So far, 33 people have been...
A priest in Texas has counted his blessings after his rectory was destroyed in an explosion just minutes after he'd left it to celebrate Mass at his church nearby. Fr Jimmy Drennan was at St Marga...
Twice as many Christians were killed in Nigeria as Muslims between 2020 and 2025, according to a new report. The Observatory for Religious Freedom in Africa (ORFA) found that 28,551 Christians were ki...
Thou shalt — or shalt not — display the Ten Commandments on public property? The laws introduced in the Bible's Book of Exodus continue to divide opinion in the United States, where debates ov...
Andy Burnham's dream of devolution is a type of "evangelism" according to a Christian commentator. Becky Miles from Christians in Politics was talking to Premier Christian News as the newly-elect...
A Louisiana pastor has claimed he was acting in accordance with scripture after being charged with second-degree battery following an alleged altercation with a local man. Pastor Tony Spell of Life Ta...
A Madison Catholic priest was stripped of his clerical duties after allegations of child pornography surfaced against him in 2025. The June 24 stripping of Andrew J. Showers’ clerical duties comes a...
A Trump administration commission has suggested that faith should have a greater role in government and schools. The Religious Liberty Commission, established by Donald Trump last May, has released ...
A man who says he was raped as a child by a Catholic priest in Poland is claiming more than 20 million zloty ($5.3m) from the Archdiocese of Krakow. Janusz Szymik says the abuse began when he was a 12...
Christian leaders are on the frontlines following two devastating earthquakes in Venezuela, as rescue teams continue to search through rubble to find survivors. Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is ap...
Donald Trump has affirmed his commitment to ending persecution against Christians, as he hit out at “godless communists” he believed were seeking to harm believers in America. Speaking at the Fa...
More than 100 Catholic bishops, nuns, priests and parishioners joined a procession across the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday evening, urging the U.S. government to treat migrants with dignity and respec...
Pupils in Texas are set to have the Genesis account of Adam and Eve and the Parable of the Prodigal Son on their reading lists, after the state’s school board voted to include the Bible in its core ...
Churches in Mexico have been responding to the craze of “got, got, need” of young World Cup fans completing their sticker books, by holding swap events to promote sharing and solidarity. Collectin...
A pastor is among 28 Christians killed in central Nigeria by Fulani herdsmen who were specifically targeted due to their faith. According to reports by Christian Daily and Morning Star News, the a...
Former Scottish Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes has said she has no regrets about refusing to hide her Christian beliefs during the 2023 SNP leadership contest, despite widespread speculation that h...
