A Van Gogh painting of his father's church has been recovered by anti-Mafia police after it was stolen in 2002. The "Congregation leaving the Reformed Church in Nuenen" piece was found along with ano...
The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam has welcomed the return of two paintings stolen more than 14 years ago that were snatched in a heist. The paintings - including the 1884 work Congregation leaving the...
Pope Francis says the arms trade must be stopped and that "many powerful people don't want peace because they live off war." According to the Italian news service ATI, Pope Francis was talking to chi...
UK Christian charity Embrace the Middle East is calling for Christians in the region to be celebrated instead of stereotyped as victims. The charity says labelling the believers in the region this wa...
Fires have damaged or destroyed at least six American Black-majority churches in the past week since the Charleston shooting. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, fires have affected the fol...
Fires which broke out at four Serbian Orthodox churches in the US, Russia and Australia on Sunday may be a warning, the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church has Patriarch Irinej has also been quoted ...
An American stripper and pastor from Oregon have partnered to offer help to children whose families have been detained by immigration officials. The unlikely pair linked up after 680 undocumented imm...
Students at a large US Christian university have planned to protest against its president on Friday after a number allegations of "self-dealing" have been revea LU Students, I hope you'll attend the ...
Conventional wisdom has it that children who grow up without siblings are selfish and a new study suggests this may be true. Researchers at Southwest University in Chongqing, China examined 270 colle...
Black people are more likely than any other group in America to regularly read their Bibles, a study has revealed. The Pew Research Centre also found they were the group most likely to view the Bible...
New research has suggested that churchgoers are more frugal than other shoppers. American psychologists from universities in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania found that Christians count their pennies w...
Couples who spend more on their weddings and engagement rings are more likely to see their nuptials end in divorce. US researchers surveyed 3,000 American adults who had once been married for more th...
A new study has found that religious people who feel lonely have a higher sense of purpose in life and comfort than lonely people who do not believe in God.&nbs The study, conducted by University of ...
The latest annual Pew report has revealed violent persecution against Christians is on the rise, but a charity has warned the findings downplay how believers ar The researchers found that a record in...
Researchers from Northwestern University in Illinois, USA, have found that a brain injury can make people more religious and less willing to accept new ideas. The researchers, led by Jordan Grafman, ...
The persecution of Christians is today worse than at any time in history, a new report has revealed. Speaking at the launch of 'Persecuted and Forgotten' by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), the study...
Islamic State (IS) persecution of Christians is not justified by the teaching of the Prophet Mohammed, according to a new study. The research consists of previously untranslated writings by the Pro...
A new study has found that 68 per cent of Americans don't believe a baker should be required to bake a custom wedding cake if doing so violates their religious The findings come from "The State of F...
More than a dozen church-goers have been fined a total of £550 following a peaceful protest at a church in Sudan. The group had returned to Khartoum Bahri Evangelical Church's training school in the...
Campaigners are trying to stop the government closure of a Christian church in Sudan. Lawyers representing the Khartoum Bahri Evangelical Church in North Khartoum are understood to have launched an a...
