A North Korean defector has told of her experience in a labour camp that led her to faith in Jesus Christ. Esther, whose name has been changed for safety reasons, was sentenced to a few months detent...
Christians in North Korea were ordered to celebrate the life of their brutal dictator's Gran rather than Christmas this year. Kim Jong Un ordered the 24th and 25th to be days of celebration for the l...
A Northern Irish couple have made the journey from the USA to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary at the church where they were wed, back in 1966. Laurence and Cecelia McCann were married ...
Former prime minister Tony Blair has visited the Holy Land to try and find a way to boost tourism. He was on a trip to Bethlehem which is still torn between Palestine and Israel and currently sufferi...
The Catholic Church in Norway may stop performing civil weddings in a bid to distance itself from the Lutheran Church, which is now performing same-sex marriage Bishop Bernt Eidsvig of Oslo (below), ...
The Catholic Diocese of Oslo, Norway, has admitted changing its attendance figures so it would receive more subsidies from the government. Census figures were inflated "at least a thousand, maybe man...
After 500 years of partnership, the state and the Church of Norway are set to formally split on New Year's Day. Parliament voted to create the break eight years ago but only now is the legislation co...
The ruling body of Norway's Lutheran Church has voted in favour of allowing gay and lesbian people to get married. A meeting of delegates passed the bill which will see gay weddings take place in the...
The Norwegian Catholic Church has been fined 1 million Krone (£94,000) for embellishing membership figures in order to receive more state aid. The Diocese of Oslo is accused of going through telepho...
Pope Francis is suffering from flu but there is "nothing to worry about", the Vatican has said. The pontiff confirmed he was feeling unwell as he was forced to sit down during his Christmas speech.Fr...
Notre Dame Cathedral has held its first Mass since the devastating April 15 blaze, although only 30 people were allowed to attend and the archbishop had to wear Exactly two months after a fire engulf...
A man has been shot and injured by police in Paris after attempting to attack an officer near the Notre-Dame Cathedral. Police said the officer used his weapon to shoot the attacker, who was then tak...
A modern restoration of Notre Dame would be the best use of the hundreds of millions of euros pledged for the immense project, rather than being "stuck with the Professor Stephen Murray, who co-led a...
The Notre Dame Cathedral is opening its doors to worshipers today, marking the first time since a devastating fire tore through its halls in April. The diocese of Paris announced that a mass will be ...
Paris' regional health agency is recommending that children under seven and pregnant women who live near Notre Dame Cathedral take a blood test amid concerns th The April 15 blaze sent tons of toxic ...
Religious statues which sit atop Notre Dame Cathedral have come down for the first time in more than a century as part of a restoration of the Paris c A 100-metre high crane lowered the cop...
Specialists shoring up fire-damaged Notre Dame Cathedral have returned to the Paris site for the first time in nearly a month. This time the workers were wearing disposable underwear and other protec...
Notre Dame's melted roof has left very high lead levels in the plaza outside the cathedral and in adjacent roads. Police in Paris said lead levels were found to be between 32 and 65 times the recomme...
The Vatican's representative to the United Nations has warned that the process of world nuclear disarmament is 'in crisis'. Archbishop Bernardito Auza told a UN session on nuclear weapons the 'incalc...
The number of hotels providing Bibles on bedstands has decreased dramatically over the past decade, a US survey has found. The survey, conducted by analytics company STR, found that the percentage of...
