The number of Iraqis forced to flee their homes in fear of Islamic State militants has now reached nearly two million. The UN and several aid agencies are said to be racing against time to finish b...
Pope Francis has accepted the resignations of two more Chilean bishops as part of the fallout from a sex abuse scandal. Last month all of Chile's active bishops offered to quit for collectively faili...
Pope Francis (pictured) has accepted the resignations of two more bishops in Chile, amid widespread sex abuse scandals there. The Vatican said the latest to leave their posts were the bishops of San ...
Two Christian pastors have been detained in Sudan for nearly two months despite not having any charges filed against them, an advocacy organisation has claimed. Revd Telahoon Nogosi Kassa Rata, a lea...
Revd Kwa Shamal and Revd Hassan Abduraheem of the Sudan Church of Christ were arrested at their homes in Khartoum North and Omdurman respectively. They add to t The whereabouts of all three detainees...
A police officer and a church caretaker have been injured in an explosion as they investigated a suspicious package outside a church in central Athens. Police said the blast occurred at around 7am ou...
A new film about Popes Benedict and Francis originally contained much more material about the sex abuse scandal but was cut down for fear of it over-powering th The Brazilian filmmaker, who is respon...
A call for peace has been made by the bishops of Mexico after two Catholic priests were murdered in different dioceses in the same week. Fr Rubén Alcántara DÃaz, 50, judicial vicar at the church o...
A letter demanding the release of an American pastor on trial in Turkey over alleged links to a failed coup has been signed by two-thirds of US senators. The note, signed on Friday by 43 Republicans ...
The release of a new book by former US megachurch leader Bill Hybels has been suspended in the wake of misconduct claims. Tyndale House Publishers said it was halting the release - due this summer - ...
As Pope Francis prepares for his visit to the United States survivors of abuse within the church are speaking out saying the Church is an obstacle to justice. People that have accused members of the ...
A U.S. evangelist has been detained in Turkey and is expected to be deported amid reports he has been branded a "danger to public order". David Byle, 46, was taken into custody on April 6 after apply...
A mosque in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) capital has been renamed "Mary, Mother of Jesus". Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, Abu Dhabi's crown prince and deputy supreme commander of the UAE arme...
Located around 200 kilometers from the UAE's capital Abu Dhabi, on the eastern coast of Sir Bani Yas Island, lies the country's oldest Christian site. Originally discovered in 1992, the archaeologica...
A Muslim mob has beaten up a Christian man for converting from Islam. According to Morning Star News, Malik Higenyi, 30, became a Christian in April this year along with his wife and two children in ...
Church leaders from a predominantly Christian people group in Myanmar have raised concerns over violent oppression towards ethnic minorities, during a meeting w A Baptist minister and a Catholic prie...
The government says part of a multi-million pound aid package for Bangladesh will be used to help protect Christians from terror groups like Islamic State. More than £162 million is being allocated ...
Christian music artists in the UK will unite to record and release a charity single in aid of the southern African countries that suffered the effects of Cyclon The project, 'One Voice'Â led by Lawre...
Christian charity working with other Christian-run emergency relief projects inside Gaza has described as 'overwhelming' the response from UK church-goers to it Embrace the Middle East says it's rais...
Churches across the UK are supporting a campaign to end domestic violence in the African country. Us, a charity that works with Anglican churches across the world, has sent hundreds of friendship br...
