The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIF) has raised concerns that some governments are overlooking the human rights of faith groups in response to the coronavirus outbreak. A facts...
As cases of coronavirus across Europe continue to rapidly rise, Pope Francis has prayed to stop the pandemic. Speaking to daily Italian publication La Repubblica on Wednesday, he said he had asked God...
Children temporarily escaped the government-run Nassarawa Children's Home in Kano, Nigeria, where they have been held since December 2019, to attend church for the first time. The children were pa...
One of the churches worst affected by the Easter Day bombings in Sri Lanka last year is almost back to normal according to the parish priest. The attack at St Anthony's in Colombo on April 21st ki...
A Christian couple from the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu have been assaulted and humiliated for sharing Christian literature. Babu Phinegas and his wife Esther were attacked by Hindu nationalists ...
The Vatican has announced that its Holy Week and Easter services will take place without public participation. Palm Sunday Mass; the Chrism Mass; the Mass of the Lord's Supper; Good Friday's c...
The Museum of the Bible has said it's fallen victim to fraud after an investigation found Dead Sea Scroll fragments it has displayed in an exhibit are phony. Â The museum in Washington DC funded ...
Donald Trump has declared 15th March a National day of Prayer for the coronavirus outbreak. He made the announcement on Twitter on Friday saying the US "has looked to God for protection and strength...
Pope Francis has the highest approval rating among Catholics under the age of 30 thatn any other age group, according to a new report. Research carried out by St Mary's University London and the U...
A US Christian missionary group has been accused of threatening the lives of indigenous Amazonians through its new helicopter project to evangelise to unreached tribes. Ethnos360 has received backlash...
Christian apologist Ravi Zacharias has announced he has a rare form of bone cancer and has asked the Christian community to pray for relief from "horrific night pain". In a post shared on Zacharias...
The Catholic Church in Poland has launched a new streaming service offering all Christian content, as an alternative to Netflix. The platform, named Katoflix will offer a space to “lead people to Go...
The European Court of Human Rights has said it will not look at the case of two Swedish midwives who are being stopped from working because they refuse to perform abortions. Ellinor Grimmark and Linda...
Cases of coronavirus are continuing to grow in the Holy Land with 31 people testing positive in the Palestinian Territories and 100 patients in Israel according to the Israeli Health Ministry. Bethleh...
On Wednesday, Christian Aid launched its global prayer chain ahead of the UN's Climate conference, COP26, held in Glasgow in November. Clergy, politicians and members of the public joined the char...
Pope Francis has held his weekly general audience in the privacy of his library as the Vatican implemented Italy's drastic coronavirus lockdown measures. Police barred the public from St Peter'...
A group of Anglicans have announced that a Christian woman and a member of Diocese staff have been kidnapped in Nigeria. Saratu Zubairu is the wife of Rt Rev Idris Ado Zubairu, the bishop of Bari in...
The most senior Catholic to be convicted of child sex abuse has taken his appeal to Australia's highest court. Cardinal George Pell was sentenced a year ago to six years in prison for molesting tw...
A member of the Finnish Parliament and former Minister of the Interior, Päivi Räsänen, now faces police four investigations. Mrs Räsänen has served as an MP since 1995, was chair of the Christia...
The Greek Orthodox Church has refused to amend its Holy Communion practice to protect parishioners against coronavirus, arguing that it "cannot transmit illness". The Holy Synod announced that it woul...
