A human rights expert has called on governments to take orchestrated attacks on Christian women seriously and offer help to survivors – including asylum.  Professor Michele Clark – who carried out fi...
Pope Francis on Sunday (January 23) called for an international day of "prayer for peace" on January 26 to stop the Ukraine crisis from worsening, saying the tensions were threatening the security of ...
The organisation Middle East Concern says two Iranian Christians who were arrested for promoting Christianity in 2019 have been released from prison. Sasan Khosravi and Habib Heydari were released on...
The Vatican has given space on its website to a Catholic group that demands the ordination of women priests during consultations ahead of a key meeting next year. While the Church remains opposed to w...
Christian charity Tearfund has suggested the ways people can be praying for residents in Tonga. Currently water, tents and protective equipment are being sent from the UK to the island, to help with r...
A man survived 28 hours in the water following a volcanic eruption in Tonga, and says his faith was what got him through the ordeal. The underwater eruption created a tsunami of waves, which engulfed...
Orthodox Christians have marked epiphany by plunging into icy waters. The Orthodox Church commemorates the Feast of Epiphany on January 19, and churchgoers weren’t put off by the freezing temperatures...
Christians in Lafayetteville are attempting to read the entire Bible as part of a 100-hour reading marathon. The annual event sees 300 people read continuously for four days, taking parishioners throu...
The Tongan Fellowship and Pope Francis are praying for Tonga, after it was hit by an underwater volcano on Saturday. The Tongan Fellowship, is a network of 30 families across the UK who are keeping in...
A stampede at a church gathering in Liberia's capital Monrovia killed 29 people overnight, the deputy information minister told state radio on Thursday. The incident occurred during an all-night C...
Former Pope Benedict XVI failed to take action against clerics in four cases of alleged sexual abuse in his archdiocese when he was Archbishop of Munich, a report found on Thursday. Munich law firm We...
Religious freedom charity Open Doors has revealed how the emboldening of Islamic extremists has led to a rise in global Christian persecution. The annual World Watch List, which records the top 50 cou...
Afghanistan is now the most dangerous place in the world to be a Christian, according to a new report. Christian charity Open Doors has ranked the Muslim country at the top of its 2022 World Watch Lis...
Persecution charity Open Doors has warned that more Christians around the world are suffering for their faith than ever before. Latest figures reveal that over 360 million Christians now experience s...
The Supreme Court will debate whether Boston may stop a Christian Flag from flying over City Hall. For years, the city of Boston rotates dozens of flags on a pole outside City Hall, some flags have ce...
Research has found that almost two million children in the UK are living in deep poverty. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has found an increase of almost half a million people experiencing poverty in t...
Pope Francis and the Archbishops of Canterbury and York are among church leaders encouraging people to get involved with the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Resources for the week, which begins t...
A pastor in the United States has apologised after he received backlash for rubbing saliva in his brother’s eyes during a sermon. Mike Todd was trying to explain how difficult it is to trust Jesus by ...
A pastor in the US state of Oklahoma has gone viral after spitting on his hands and rubbing it in the face of a churchgoer during a sermon on Sunday. Leader of Transformation Church, Pastor Michael To...
Christian Aid is warning Westminster against making new restrictions on peaceful protests, ahead of today's Police, Crime and Sentencing Bill vote. On Monday the House of Lords will conclude its d...
