A Vietnamese pastor and religious freedom advocate has been released from prison after expressing his faith, but has been forced to leave the country in bad hea His release comes amid a spate of arre...
A Vietnamese priest has been freed ahead of US President Barack Obama's visit in June. Fr Nguyen Van Ly is well-known for his outspoken attitude towards the government and has been released earl...
A Catholic priest in Vietnam has given details about what may have led to the deaths of 39 people who were found in a lorry in Essex last Wednesday. Fr Anthony Dang Huu Nam, a Catholic priest in Ngh...
The first bodies recovered from the Malaysia Airlines plane that crashed in Ukraine last week are being flown to the Netherlands for identification. About 40 coffins were laid out at the airport in t...
A mass has been held in the Egyptian capital for the 21 Coptic Christians murdered by Islamic State in Libya. Relatives of the group, who were shown being beheaded in a video posted on social media, ...
Bedecked in bunting, flags and tens of thousands of flowers, the small village of Knock in the west of Ireland is quickly preparing for the arrival of Pope Fran The excitement has been sweeping acros...
A German village has voted to keep a bell cast with a swastika which was discovered after being hidden for 74 years. The bell in St Jacob's church in the 700-person town of Herxheim am Berg also prai...
Open Doors has just published its World Watch list ranking of the top 50 countries where Christians are being persecuted. There's been a dramatic increase in violence against Christians in Africa, ac...
Thousands of Palestinians have been ordered to leave their homes in parts of Gaza as Israel continues air strikes on the area. Raids are now thought to have killed 204 people so far in Palestine with...
Violent extremism towards people of faith is increasingly affecting the Sahel belt, the land below the Sahara desert. The area is the fault line between Islamic Africa to the north and predominantly ...
Well known photo montage artist Peter Kennard has unveiled a new piece for the New Year that reflects the world's greed and political strife. The art work, named Peace on Earth, shows what seems to...
A museum in the Republic of Ireland is showcasing some of the oldest surviving biblical texts. The Chester Beatty Library in Dublin is exhibiting the manuscripts collected through nearly ten years of...
Ireland has signalled another move towards becoming a secular society, with voters agreeing to the proposed removal of blasphemy as an offence from the country' In total, 951,650 (64.85 per cent of t...
A global coalition of humanitarian and human rights organisations have revealed that 83% of all the lights in Syria have gone out since the start of the conflict Satellite images analysed by scientist...
The head of the Catholic Church in Iraq is warning EU leaders the violence in the country is forcing most Christians to flee. Patriarch Sako has told European Union representatives unless the curre...
Pastor Warren Wiersbe, author of the popular 'Be' commentaries on the Bible, has died aged 89. Warren Wiersbe was born in Indiana in 1929, ordained in 1951 and was the pastor of Calvary Baptist Ch...
Coptic Christians in the Holy Land are asking for prayer after a video emerged showing "excessive force" by Israeli security against monks of the Coptic Patriar According to Middle East Concern, the ...
As concerns are raised for the safety of Asia Bibi's family, her daughter has released a video thanking everyone for their prayers. Asia Bibi is currently in a secure location provided by the governm...
There are fears of harsher crackdowns against Christians in China after Chinese military police detonated a megachurch. According to religious freedom charity China Aid, police demolished Golden Lamp...
A US Christian woman has given a speech at the White House about the importance of praying daily for US President Donald Trump and then prayed over him. The woman, Mahlet, whose second name is not kno...
