An 80-year-old Catholic bishop has been detained after speaking about religious persecution, in the latest sign of Nicaragua's growing crackdown on the Church. Bishop Juan Abelardo Mata Guevara, 8...
A mother, whose daughter was pulled alive from earthquake rubble in Venezuela, said she "surrendered to God for strength" before the extraordinary rescue. Karina Blanco's daughter, Fabiana, has be...
A priest from a Catholic splinter sect that was excommunicated earlier this week told worshippers on Sunday that the breakaway group would be welcomed back to the Church under a different pope. The So...
An emergency field hospital run by the Christian aid organisation Samaritan’s Purse has treated more than 300 patients following devastating earthquakes in Venezuela. Last month, back-to-back quakes s...
A 17-year-old son of church leaders has been released from prison in Cuba after spending more than three months in detention, according to watchdog charity Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW). Jonath...
ChinaAid, a Christian NGO, said on Sunday it welcomed the release of Zion Church Pastor Jin Mingri, who had been held in detention centres in the southern Chinese city of Beihai since last October and...
Pope Leo marked the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence on Saturday with an appeal to Americans to welcome and protect immigrants, in a letter sent to his home country as he visited Italy's mig...
A North Carolina man has been arrested outside a church after police allegedly discovered weapons including flamethrowers, crossbows and hundreds of rounds of ammunition in his vehicle during a Sunday...
A US judge has allowed a lawsuit alleging forced labour and human trafficking at a Massachusetts religious community to proceed. On 26 June, Judge Leo Sorokin of the US District Court in Boston denied...
Gospel artist Kirk Franklin has been caught on camera in a heated exchange with a street preacher who told him that he was going to hell. The incident took place outside the Wawa Welcome America fest...
A California pastor has died and his wife has been seriously injured after twin earthquakes struck Venezuela during a visit to celebrate his birthday, according to his family. Pastor Romildo Batista d...
A pastor has been abducted by armed men in Nigeria. Rev Dr Samuel Gbinde and two members of his congregation were seized from his church residence in Benue State in the early hours of 30 June. The loc...
The Trump administration has unveiled plans to strengthen religious freedom and conscience protections across US health programmes, prompting praise from supporters and concern from critics who fear t...
Four new bishops from a breakaway Catholic group dedicated to the old Latin mass were ordained in southwestern Switzerland on Wednesday, in defiance of an appeal against the unauthorized move by Pope ...
A pastor in the US state of Kentucky has publicly responded after a video of adults acting out a shooting scenario in a church during a kids Bible school session was posted to social media 28 June wen...
A priest has been murdered by gunmen in the Central African Republic. Fr Crépin Martial Monga, who was vicar of St John the Baptist church in Zemio in the east of the country, was killed on 29 June. S...
A court in Egypt has postponed the trial of a Christian convert facing terrorism-related charges until September. Saeid Mansour Abdulraziq has been in detention since July 2025, after applying for off...
On Wednesday, July 1, the first wave of what may be a tsunami of clergy sex abuse lawsuits against the Catholic Church will hit Rhode Island Superior Court. And July 1 is just the first day in a two-y...
A Catholic nun who was detained by US immigration officers while walking to Mass in Texas has been released from custody following intervention by local politicians and church leaders. Sister Leticia ...
Rescue teams continue to search through rubble in Venezuela after twin earthquakes hit last week, with survivors now beginning to share stories of survival, faith and loss. So far, 33 people have been...
