The square around Cologne Cathedral was plunged into darkness after the historical landmark shut down its lights in silent protest condemning the weekly anti Is According to AP, the symbolic act came...
The remains of a 16th century saint on display in west India are expected to be visited by hundreds of thousands of Catholic pilgrims in the coming weeks. Relics of St Francis Xavier are put on publi...
Police in South Africa have arrested three people accused of the rape and murder of a 86-year-old nun. Sister Gertrud Tiefenbacher was found murdered in her room at the Sacred Heart Home Convent in t...
Three people have been arrested by French police investigating an alleged plot to carry out a terrorist attack at a church near Paris. Officers claim the three men are linked to their chief suspect, ...
It will be "some time" before Christians in Iraq are able to return to their homes despite them being liberated from Islamic State, a senior aid worker has told Over the past week a number of Christi...
As 19 people are killed in a village in Plateau state, and four people the following day, reconciliation seems far away between Christians and Muslims. Violence between Christian farming communities ...
The family of a motorcyclist who died in a crash in Nottingham last year said he was travelling at "excessive speed" because he was late for church. An inquest heard how Pawel Luba was driving up to ...
The announcement that Pope Francis may not meet victims of church sexual abuse in Ireland has pushed one victim to organise a demonstration during his visit to Colm O'Gorman said: "It is staggering ...
The announcement that Pope Francis may not meet victims of church sexual abuse in Ireland has pushed one victim to organise a demonstration during his visit to Colm O'Gorman said: "It is staggering ...
The latest mass shootings in America have raised questions about gun control and reform as well as calls for the President not to stoke hate speech. The shootings in Texas and Ohio over the weekend, k...
A life-sized sculpture of Jesus with his hands bound behind his back has gone on public display in central London to highlight the plight of people under pressu Ecce Homo, which represents Christ at ...
Amnesty International says it has proof Islamic State militants are carrying out "a wave of ethnic cleansing" against minorities including Christians. The charity says it has proof militants carried ...
A Nigerian pastor who's seen 70 Christians from his church murdered by Islamist militants has spoken exclusively to Premier about the persecution of the Church Revd Daniel Aweyi from the North East ...
Six children have died from drowning during a baptism ceremony in Zimbabwe. They were part of a group of nine young people being baptised by pastors from an apostolic church in Muriwo village, in the...
Six Christians have been seriously injured in India in an attack by Hindu militants. According to Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), the planned ambush took place last Thursday (8th February) in C...
Six Christians have been killed by terror group al-Shabaab in Kenya. The attack took place on the border with Somalia and had been coordinated by the Islamist group.According to the terror group's ...
Six Coptic Christians arrested in Egypt on Friday have been charged with holding illegal prayers and building without permission. They were held when rumours of a new church being built sparked the l...
Five Kenyans and one Tanzanian are being held over Thursday's Garissa University attack in which a reported 148 Christians were murdered. A Nariobi court has ordered the six to be detained for 30 day...
Authorities say gunmen have attacked a Catholic church in Burkina Faso, killing a priest and five worshippers. The attack on Sunday took place in Dablo, about 200 kilometres (124 miles) from the capi...
At least six people have been shot dead at a church in northern Burkina Faso. The violence took place on Sunday in the village of Silgadji, not far from the volatile border with Mali.Urbain Kabore, t...
