The 'Pope Francis effect' is helping counter negative images of the Catholic Church, according to new research. A new study has found that Catholic charities are being asked to do more with less fund...
Police in Pakistan are being accused of not properly investigating the alleged rape and murder of a teenager because he's a Christian. Zeeshan Masih, 14, was found hanging from a tree in August and p...
Police in Paris have stormed a church near to an apartment where an armed siege had been taking place. Officers forced entry to St Denys de l'Estrée Church in the Saint Denis area of the French capi...
Brazil police have used a church as a vantage point to shoot anti-austerity protesters. Security forces in Rio de Janeiro used a Catholic church in the city to shoot rubber bullets and fire tear gas ...
Bishops across Poland are due to meet on May, 22 to discuss better protection for minors following a recent documentary about a paedophilia in Poland's Catholic The crowd-funded documentary presents ...
As Poland prepares to celebrate more than 1,000 years of Catholicism in the country, the bishops there are reiterating their call for a total ban on abortion.&n Speaking in a statement ahead of the a...
A popular Polish cardinal who replaced Pope John Paul II when he left for the Vatican has died. Cardinal Franciszek Macharski was 89 and died at hospital.He had been visted by Pope Francis five days ...
Tens of thousands of Catholics in Poland gathered at locations along the country's 2,000-mile border on Saturday to pray for the salvation of the country and th While the church leaders who organised...
The chairman of Poland's ruling party has called the LGBT rights movement a 'foreign import' that threatens the Polish nation. Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the leader of Poland's Law and Justice Party (Prawo ...
Poland's prime minister has insisted her government is not working on a proposal to tighten abortion legislation that the Church has been pushing for. Beata Szydlo has been distancing herself from ...
Public outcry has led to a promise that politicians salaries will be reduced and bonuses recently paid to ministers given to a Christian charity in Poland. The head of Poland's ruling party Jaroslaw ...
The Polish president has appealed to UK Church leaders to protect Poles that are living in the UK from racism. Andrzej Duda made the comments after a rise in xenophobic attacks in the UK after it d...
A polish priest has revealed he is gay and in a relationship the day before the Vatican synod on the family in Rome. Krysztof Charamsa, 43, strongly criticised the Catholic Church's position on homos...
A Polish priest who was sacked after revealing he is gay has now been defrocked by the Vatican for breaking his vow of celibacy. Krzystof Charamsa, 43, was dismissed from his role as a senior Vatican...
Parents in Poland have received a stark warning about the dangers of letting their children play with Lego from a priest. Parents in Poland have received a stark warning about the dangers of letting ...
A number of Polish women have walked out of church in protest against the proposed tightening of abortion laws in the country. Poland, a Catholic country, already has some of the most restrictive abo...
The Brooklyn Borough President in New York has revealed he plans to attend his church armed following Saturday's synagogue mass shooting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylv Eric Adams, a Democratic politician, a...
Hundreds of Roman Catholic churches in France have been attacked by vandals and thieves in the last year. Opposition politicians have called for a parliamentary investigation amid claims it's linked ...
Politicians from almost 50 countries around the world have signed an agreement in New York working to advance religious freedom. The Panel of Parliamentarians for Freedom of Religion or Belief (IPP F...
In a rare move, Gallup has described as "notable" the absence of Rev Billy Graham from its latest list of most admired living men, following his death earlier t Pollsters at the Washington DC-based c...
