The producer of the film Spotlight, which follows an investigation into sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests, says he hopes the movies Oscar win will "resonat Accepting the award Michael Sugar said...
The way Christianity spread across Europe has been compared to how Starbucks has dominated the global coffee market. Discussing his book 'The Evolution of Everything: How Ideas Emerge' at the Chalk...
The Catholic archdiocese of San Francisco has bowed to public pressure and dismantled a sprinkler system installed at the city's cathedral that was drenching ho The archdiocese took down the sprinkle...
Squatters have planted their first crops on land owned by the Catholic Church on the outskirts of Rome. The squatters, who have been living on the land for four years, have cleared the area of rubbis...
A service is being held at noon today in Westminster Abbey to remember the thousands who were massacred in the Srebrenica genocide 20 years ago. More than 8,000 Bosnian Muslims were murdered during t...
At least 100 people have reportedly died and more than 400 have been injured in six explosions in and around Sri Lanka's capital. The Reuters news agency has spoken to hospital officials and police i...
Families affected by deadly flooding that has hit Sri Lanka since the middle of May have been receiving food and water purification tablets from local churches. At least 104 people have died, 99 peop...
The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka has held the first regular Sunday Mass since the Easter suicide bombings of churches and hotels killed more than Military forces and police armed with assault rifl...
The death toll from the Easter suicide bombings in Sri Lanka has risen to 359 and more suspects have been arrested, police in Colombo have said. Islamic State has claimed responsibility and released ...
Sri Lanka has ended four months of emergency rule imposed after suicide attacks on Easter Sunday killed more than 260 people. The president's office said President Maithripala Sirisena allowed the em...
Pope Francis has met with the Sri Lankan president Maithripala Sirisena. The Holy See Press Office said that the discussions were "cordial" and said the two leaders spoke about the Pope's visit to th...
A recent wave of violence could see Sri Lanka lose its reputation as a country which is improving its track record on religious freedoms, a UK peer has warned. House of Lords member and Christian, Ba...
The International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church is being marked at churches across the UK. On the 20th anniversary of the day there's a specific call to remember the situation in Sri Lanka....
Sri Lankan security forces have found 15 bodies, including six children, after militants linked to the Easter bombings opened fire and set off explosives during The gunbattle began on Friday night af...
null Sri Lanka's government has said it will decrease ground handling charges for airlines and slash aviation fuel and embarkation taxes to help the country's vital tourism industry recover after the...
A Sri Lankan priest central supporting the victims of the 2019 Easter bombings is calling on the government to release information following investigations.&nbs Seven months on from the terrorist att...
Sri Lankan Catholics celebrated Sunday Mass in their homes for a second week as churches remain closed after reports of possible fresh attacks by Islamic extrem Cardinal Malcom Ranjith, the archbisho...
Two months after the Easter bombings, many Christians in Sri Lanka have said they are still too afraid to attend church services. The series of targeted attacks by Islamic extremists killed more than...
A Sri Lankan human rights lawyer has been criticised by government officials and threatened with being disbarred from his profession after commenting on religio Lakshan Dias shared data from the Nati...
Deadly attacks on churches, hotels and other locations in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday were in retaliation to last month's massacre at two mosques in New Zealand, Sri Lanka's defence minister said the ...
