In 2024, stories of church-related abuse in the UK haven’t been far from the headlines. In November, the Archbishop of Canterbury was forced to resign after an independent review into the Church of En...
Pope Francis has revealed he was the target of an attempted suicide bombing during his visit to Iraq three years ago, the first by a Catholic pontiff to the country and probably the riskiest foreign t...
A 15-year-old girl opened fire in a Wisconsin school classroom on Monday, fatally shooting a fellow student and a teacher and wounding six other people before killing herself with the handgun, police ...
The former chair of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA)Â has praised the Bishop of Newcastle for exposing safeguarding failings in the Church of England. Professor Alexis Jay was wr...
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a bid by an arm of a Catholic diocese in Wisconsin for a religious exemption from the state's unemployment insurance tax in a case with potential im...
The Archbishop of York has hit out at a BBC Programme accusing it of "re-traumatising" survivors and victims of abuse. In a personal statement following calls for his resignation for allowing an abuse...
Syrian Christians attended regular Sunday services for the first time since the dramatic overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad a week ago, in an early test of assurances by the new Islamist rulers th...
An historic Lancashire chapel which was built at a time when laws limited the ability of Catholics to meet and worship together, is to share in a £871,696 urgent funding pay-out from the National Chur...
Pope Francis urged Catholic priests on Sunday to guard against spiritual groups that stoke political divisions, speaking during a one-day visit to Corsica, the first by a pontiff to the French Mediter...
A nativity scene inaugurated by Pope Francis last weekend has been removed by the Vatican. The scene had caused a backlash from some religious groups around the world because it featured the baby Jesu...
The singer Madonna has sparked a backlash on social media after posting AI generated images of the Pope with his arm around her waist. The two fake pictures, which were shared on her Instagram account...
The King has sent his 'warmest good wishes' to the Shine Your Light campaign which is bringing the light of Christmas to communities across the UK. The campaign, which is uniting different den...
Liverpool Cathedral has been awarded an Eco Church Silver Award for its dedication to environmental sustainability. The recognition, from the Christian conservation charity A Rocha UK, also celebrates...
A Protestant pastor has been shot at point blank range in Vietnam. 62 year old Pastor Y Hung Ayun was shot twice in the knee with rubber bullets by the passenger of a motorbike which pulled up alongsi...
The Church of England says more than three million people have engaged with its Christmas video campaign so far. The 2024 campaign called 'Follow the Star - Calm and Bright'Â encourages people ...
Ten Roman Catholic priests and one seminary student were murdered during the six-year term of former Mexican President Andres Obrador, according to a new report. The Catholic Multimedia Centre (CCM) s...
The Vatican's Secretary of State has urged Lebanon to elect a President, after two years of deadlock between pro- and anti-Hezbollah factions in the country's parliament. Cardinal Parolin'...
The man charged with the 4th December murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson comes from a well-established family deeply rooted in Baltimore's Italian Catholic community. Before the shootin...
A fireworks explosion in Mexico injured at least 30 people on Thursday during the Virgin of Guadalupe festivities at a church in the state of Guerrero, local authorities said. Three children, who were...
The devastating conflict in Sudan shows no sign of abating, as a series of violent attacks continue to target civilians and places of worship across the country. At least seven people were killed in a...
