There are efforts to amend Pakistan's law to make the death penalty the sole punishment for committing blasphemy. According to Christian persecution watchdog CLAAS, Pakistan's attorney general...
Justin Bieber has visited the California State Prison of L.A. County along with his pastor "to preach about God." The 27-year-old singer's recognisable RV was spotted pulling into the state prison...
A US pastor and his wife say they are trusting in God for "every provision" as they await the birth of conjoined twin daughters next month. Dwight and Stephanie Castle from Birmingham, Alabama learnt ...
Christians are included in a list of MPs and other British citizens who have been slapped with Chinese sanctions for speaking out against "gross human rights violations" against the Uighur people. Sen...
An American Christian baker who won a case at the US Supreme Court in 2018 for refusing to bake a cake for a gay wedding is back in court for another lawsuit. Jack Philips is on trial this week after...
Poland's government ordered stricter pandemic measures for the two-week period surrounding Easter, describing the new rules as an attempt to limit human contacts amid a deadly surge in the coronav...
US evangelist Franklin Graham is encouraging people to take the covid-19 vaccine as he reveals he and his wife have already been inoculated. In a Facebook post, the son of Billy Graham said he advoca...
A Canadian pastor who was arrested and held in custody in Canada for violating Covid-19 restrictions by holding in-person services has been released. James Coates of GraceLife Church has been fined $...
Pope Francis has ordered pay cuts for cardinals and other clerics, including priests and nuns, who work at the Holy See. In a decree published online on Wednesday by the Vatican's official newspap...
The ministry of John Hagee, senior pastor of Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas has clarified that he believes in both prayer and medicine and is taking the coronavirus vaccine. It comes months ...
A father of four who converted to Christianity from Islam has had his conviction for blasphemy upheld by the court of appeals in Algeria. Hamid, who's 43, converted to Christianity in 2001, accord...
An elderly priest and human rights activist, accused of terrorism, has been denied bail by a court in Mumbai. 83-year-old Jesuit priest Fr Stan Swamy has been held at the Taloja Central prison since 9...
The former official who issued the licence for the Sussexes' wedding says Meghan is "clearly misinformed" after the duchess claimed she and Harry had a secret marriage ceremony before their union ...
The Jesuit priest who presided over an inaugural Mass for President Joe Biden has been placed under investigation for alleged behaviours "which may be inconsistent with established Jesuit protocols an...
Legislators have voted to make Spain the sixth country in the world, and the fourth in Europe, to allow physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia for long-suffering patients with incurable diseases an...
The home church of a 21-year-old charged with the murder of eight people, most of whom were of Asian descent, has condemned his actions and has withdrawn his membership from the church as he “can no l...
There are reports five men, at least two of whom are Christians, have been detained by the Islamist militia in Syria. CSW has learned that the self-named Syrian National Army detained the men in the t...
Persecution watchdog Christian Solidarity Worldwide is calling on state officials in Mexico, to intervene on behalf of four Protestant families who are at risk of losing their land in the central stat...
The family of an American pastor who was fatally gunned down last week say his murder was a case of mistaken identity. Pastor Kevin D. Nick of Higher Dimensions Church International was discovered sho...
Christians are being encouraged to pray for South Sudan as the UN has warned the country is facing "its highest levels of food insecurity and malnutrition" since it gained its independence in January ...
