A device to stop mobile phones receiving a signal has been installed at a church by a priest furious at constant interruptions to his services. Mass at Santa Maria di Montesanto in Naples, Italy, was...
The head of Vatican security has said he is not aware of any specific terrorist plan to target the Vatican or the Pope. But Domenico Giani said the Holy See was on alert in case of an attack by Islam...
A Christian boat builder says "it only makes sense" to one day sail a life-size replica he built of Noah's Ark to Israel. But Johan Huibers from The Netherlands estimates renting tugboats to transpor...
The Baptist World Alliance (BWA) has put forth its pick for the next general secretary. Elijah Brown from Texas has been chosen. He was formally approved by the BWA Executive Committee in Bangkok, Th...
An alleged recruiter for Islamic State suspected of helping orchestrate the killing of a priest in northern France over the summer is being investigated by poli Rachid Kassim is believed to have intr...
Pope Francis has hinted a Catholic priest killed in northern France by Islamic State in July could be made a saint. Fr Jacques Hamel, 85, was holding morning Mass at his church in Saint-Étienne-du-R...
It's feared Christians in North Korea are facing a fresh wave of persecution after a charity which supports defectors said authorities are blaming a damning UN Seoul USA said that North Korea claims...
The Christian Council of Korea's decision to put up a Christmas tree near the border with the North is an "intolerable insult", North Korea's state-run media ha South Korean officials gave permission...
Items with crosses on them are being confiscated across North Korea as the secretive state begins its latest crackdown on Christianity. The dictatorship has banned crucifixes and crosses, according t...
North Korea has denied cruelly treating or torturing Otto Warmbier, a church-going student who died days following his release from the country where he had bee Pyongyang says it has been the target ...
North Korea has imprisoned a Canadian pastor who helps to run a nursery, nursing home and orphanage there. Hyeon Soo Lim, 60, has been the head pastor of Light Korean Presbyterian Church in Toronto, ...
Amid reports North Korea has fired another ballistic missile, Christians are being urged to pray that the secretative state to halt its tests and co-operates di A Christian peer who founded a parliam...
North Korea has released an American Christian serving a 15-year prison term for alleged anti-state acts, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said. "At the direction of the President, the Departm...
North Korea says it has released a Canadian pastor who was serving a life sentence since 2015 for anti-state activities over health reasons. Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency said that ...
North Korea has topped a new ranking of countries where persecution against Christians is worst for the 16th consecutive year. Releasing its latest World Watch List, Open Doors said it believes 70,00...
Officials in South Korea have requested their North neighbours to send a number of Catholics to a mass celebrated by Pope Francis during his tour of the country Catholic bosses in the state asked Kim...
As President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un meet for their second summit in Vietnam, a Christian charity says human rights abuses are being ignored. Open Doors, who serve persecuted Christi...
North Korean Christians have warned the lack of food is stunting children's growth in the country. The secretive state determines what food rations its citizens will receive.A source wishing to remai...
Christians in North Korea have told Christian charity Open Doors that they expect to face even more persecution in 2019. This comes as US President Donald Trump announced in his State of the Union Sp...
A Christian who fled North Korea's been telling Premier of the brutal reality of being a believer in his homeland. Kim Joo-il escaped his job as an Army captain in 2007 and now lives in Britain campa...
