The Christian charity World Vision is facing a "massive funding shortfall" as it helps refugees around the globe. It's one of a number of international aid organisations which say they're not getting...
The Government has been "very slow" in its response to the refugee crisis and has "little to show" after pledging to reunite families separated by conflict, a f Lord Dr Rowan Williams joined a host o...
Several refugee families have agreed to leave a church where they were taking shelter in Germany after the local diocese filed trespassing charges against them. The group of 16 people, which included...
Hundreds of refugees are looking for a new place to live after a church in the South African city of Johannesburg told them they had to leave. Since 2000 the Central Methodist Church has cared for ar...
Christian refugees staying in Germany are being forced to hide their faith and Bibles amid fears they will be attack by Muslims. A pastor helping asylum seekers in Frankfurt said some Muslims who hav...
The church in the Middle East needs to be involved in rebuilding towns if refugees are ever to return home, according to a relief charity. Major General Abbas Ibrahim, head of Lebanon's General Secur...
An ambassador for the Christian charity World Vision is warning that refugees will begin to die if more support is not given to help them through the winter. Actress Natasha Little, who has recently ...
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has warned people to be "suspicious" of those who use religion to simplify the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Welby instead urged those gathered at the Shimon...
It has emerged eleven people from the same family were killed at a church in central Mexico when a major earthquake struck on Tuesday. The family were attending the christening of a baby girl at the ...
A family that lost eight members in a shooting at a small Texas church earlier this month has filed a wrongful death claim against the US military, asserting th Joe and Claryce Holcombe have alleged ...
A Christian convert released from prison in Iran has been slapped with a travel ban. Maryam Naghash Zargaran was released from prison earlier this month having served a full four year sentence for al...
The relic of a murdered archbishop will be taken on a 'pilgrimage' around England. The relic from Thomas Becket is going to be returned to England for the first time in 800 years in a week-long comme...
The relics of two Fatima child saints have been stolen from a church in Verona while they were travelling on a pilgrimage tour in Italy. The Rev Andrea Ronconi said small pieces of clothing belonging...
A state in north-east India has announced that it will begin the legal process to ensure a law banning conversions from one faith to another is repealed. Pema Khandu - a Buddhist who heads the nation...
Irish secondary school students who opt out of religion classes will be offered alternative subject choices. The new regulation, which comes into effect immediately, will affect pupils who previously...
Believe in a religion could improve your mental health, according to a new research by Theos. The research which analysed 139 studies over more than 30 years has linked well-being and religious bel...
Religion is worth $1.2 trillion to the US economy, more than the worth of technology giants Apple and Microsoft combined, a new study has found. The report by the Interdisciplinary Journal of Researc...
Myanmar's military has been accused of turning its guns from Rohingya Muslims on another ethnic minority in the country, the Kachin people. Release International, which supports persecuted Christians...
The Australian Government has delayed its religious discrimination bill, saying it will now come in next year. Many church leaders opposed the legislation as they felt it did not protect religious pe...
A Christian MP has exclusively told Premier protecting freedom of belief has to be a top priority of the government. David Burrowes said religious freedom is the most important issue facing the world...
