A Roman Catholic priest has been found guilty of masterminding the murder of a bishop in Kenya. Father Guyo Waqo has been sentenced to death for ordering the killing of the Bishop of Isiolo, Luigi Lo...
An Indian Priest has been getting huge attention on social media, not because of outstanding sermon, but for his dance moves. Father Merton D Silva, of St Ambrose Church in Kerala recently showed off...
Two gunmen have killed a Roman Catholic priest as he prepared to celebrate Mass at the altar of a chapel in the northern Philippines. The killing is the latest deadly attack on a priest in Asia's lar...
A priest was murdered while celebrating mass on Sunday morning in Gattaran town in the Philippines' province of Cagayan. Officials said Fr Mark Ventura, 37, was shot in the head and chest by a gunman...
A priest has been shot and killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo by "bandits". Fr Joseph Mulimbi Nguli, 52 and from the Katuba area, was left for dead in the attack. Police say he was shot at so...
A Catholic priest has displayed an aborted baby in his church to encourage people to vote for Donald Trump in the US election because of his anti-abortion stanc The service was streamed to thousands ...
A priest has condemned the "cold blooded murder" of a "selfless" and "much loved" Irish police officer who was shot dead. The funeral of Garda Tony Golden has been taking place at St Oliver Plunkett ...
A priest has died in hospital after being attacked with a cleaver in a poor district of Cairo, the Coptic Orthodox Church said. The clergyman, named as Fr Samaan Shehta, was struck on the head with t...
A priest in Belgium has been stabbed by an asylum seeker he let into his home to use the shower, prosecutors claim. Fr Jos Vanderlee, 65, agreed to let the man use the bathroom to clean himself on Su...
A priest stole more than $95,000 from collection plates from the church he served in Santa Rosa, California, according to the diocese in northern California. It was discovered after a car crash invol...
A priest who managed a home for the elderly in northern Italy has been suspended after residents were discovered with their arms and legs bound. Police removed the 60 year old from his post at the Sa...
A Roman Catholic priest has received a rapturous applause after revealing to his congregation that he is gay. Rev Gregory Greiten was praised after making the personal omission at St Bernadette churc...
A Russian Orthodox priest is attempting to break the world record for circling the globe in a hot air balloon. Fedor Konyukhov, 64, set off from Western Australia on Tuesday after waiting more than a...
A priest in Italy is urging his government and the Romanian one to act over the continuing exploitation of migrant workers in Sicily. According to The Observer, Fr Beniamino Sacco made the call after...
A priest has called for prayer following the suspected terror attack in Paris on Wednesday morning when a man in a car rammed into a group of soldiers. The French prime minister's confirmed the suspe...
A Nicaraguan Catholic priest and politician who defied Pope John Paul II to help teach more than half a million Nicaraguans how to read has died aged 82. Fr Fernando Cardenal was a Jesuit priest who ...
A priest who helped North Korean defectors flee their homeland has been found dead in China. Fr Han Choong-ryul, an ethnic Korean with Chinese citizenship, was found in the north-east of the country,...
A priest has been placed on administrative leave after a video of him kicking out mourners from his Maryland church before a funeral went viral. Last week family and friends of Agnes Hicks, 54, were ...
A Catholic priest in France who slapped a baby while he performed an infant baptism has apologised to the child's family and announced his retirement. Video footage capturing the moment Fr Jacques La...
A priest in Switzerland, who organises help for migrants who get into trouble whilst crossing the Mediterranean, has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Fr Mussie Zerai, who's originally from E...
