A video has emerged appearing to show a priest kidnapped in Yemen being beaten up by his captors. Father Tom Uzhunnalil was abducted during a raid at a care home run by nuns in the Yemeni capital Ade...
A militant with a British accent has claimed responsibility for kidnapping a Swiss nun in Mali. A video has been released that appears to show a militant with a British and a kidnapped Swiss nun i...
Hillary Clinton has released a video of her praying with her husband and running mate Tim Kaine. In the footage Mrs Clinton is seen closing her eyes as Rev Dr William Shillady gives the benediction m...
A video has been posted online showing Islamic State militants blowing up an ancient Assyrian city in Iraq. The pictures confirm reports last month that claimed the extremists had destroyed Nimrud.Th...
A man who filmed himself doing 27 push-ups on the altar of a Catholic church has been fined £600 after footage of the stunt emerged online, according to the Ge Artist, Alexander Karle, completed the...
The roof of a church believed to have been built upon a prison where St Peter was kept prior to his crucifixion has collapsed. Wooden beams supporting the terracotta tile roof of the Church of San Gi...
Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) is joining calls for Vietnam to investigation allegations local authorities tortured an activist. Tran Thi Hong claims local authorities in Gia Lai province used ...
Plain clothes police officers in Vietnam have been accused of harassing and blocking a group of Catholic priests, stopping them from attending a church service. Rev Phan Van Loi told Radio Free Asia ...
A Vietnamese priest was prevented from travelling to Japan to attend a mass celebrated by the Pope last weekend. Fr Nguyen Dinh Thuc, believes he was prevented from travelling as a punishment for his...
Vam Ngaij Vaj died last month, after being arrested for allegedly 'destroying the forest'. There are calls for an investigation after a Christian leader died in police custody. Vam Ngaij Vaj died on ...
A Vietnamese family have been "brutally attacked" because of their Christian faith, according to Open Doors charity who serve persecuted Christians around the w The family of three, were forcibly rem...
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...
