A Christian humanitarian charity is warning a worsening drought in Chad means many families now don't have enough food or water. Tearfund says some people too weak to work the land are resorting to s...
A man posing as a pastor tried to smuggle drugs into a jail by hiding them in a Bible, according to officials in North Carolina. Scotland County Detective Division said 28-year-old James A Morman III...
A New York church which has had two statues of Jesus stolen, has had its most recent statue broken off its base after a drunk man tried to kiss it. The Williamsburg church had its first statue stol...
A double ordination at a church in Dubai has highlighted how the oil-rich city is bucking a trend of congregation decline seen in other developed countries. Two clergy members were welcomed into new ...
The Catholic Church's next World Meeting of Families will be held in Dublin in 2018, the Vatican has confirmed. The announcement was made near the end of a huge outdoor Mass celebrated in front of hu...
Heavy metal band, Within Temptation has announced its cancelling its show at a Lebanese music festival, in solidarity with a local group whose set was cancelled In a statement released on Facebook on...
Over 450 preachers have offered to take part in a continuous church service so authorities cannot deport an Armenian family who are inside. Dutch law states that the police cannot enter a building "i...
A dying Christian woman's last wish to visit the Vatican in Rome has become a reality. Her family ran a fundraising campaign to ensure that she would be able to make the visit before she passes awa...
Dylann Roof has been found guilty of murdering nine black church members who were shot to death during a Bible study session in South Carolina last year. Roof was handed a Bible and worksheet as he s...
A man accused of killing nine black worshippers at a South Carolina church has been ruled fit to stand trial. Dylann Roof is alleged to have walked into the building and opened fire in June 2015 in a...
Dylann Roof has been sentenced to death for killing nine black church members during Bible study in a racially motivated attack in South Carolina. He's become the first person to face execution for f...
Concern is growing for Christians in East Africa in 2015, as jihadists seek to extend their influence in the region, according to a major anti-persecution chari Release International has identified K...
Several people have been injured after a torn down Easter banner on a church triggered armed violence. The incident took place on Sunday in eastern Pakistan and according to World Watch Monitor three...
A Catholic aid worker has raised concerns over the economic impact of the Ebola virus in Liberia. Fr Robert Vitillo is working in the country for Catholic charity Caritas Internationalis.Speaking f...
An American Christian missionary who was being treated for Ebola has been discharged from hospital. Doctor Kent Brantly was infected with the virus in Liberia - and was flown home to Atlanta for trea...
The World Health Organisation has stepped up its warning on the spread of Ebola. WHO is calling for a coordinated international response to stop the virus from reaching other parts of Africa.More tha...
A Spanish priest has flown home after contracting Ebola while working in Africa. Father Manuel Garcia Viejo was working in Sierra Leone with the Hospital Order of San Juan de Dios.He was helping to f...
The Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed an Ebola case in Goma, marking the first time the virus has reached the city of more than two million p The health ministry said the man who had arriv...
A Christian missionary who contracted Ebola in Liberia says she would like to go back to the country to help again. Nancy Writebol was working there with Christian charity Serving in Mission (SIM) as...
Members of the Anglican–Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC) have agreed the first statement of the current phase of its work to examine "the Churc Members of the Anglican–Roman Cathol...
