Pope Francis waded into the church-state debate about virus-imposed lockdowns of religious services, calling for "prudence and obedience" to government protocols to prevent infections from surging aga...
A campaign has been launched calling for the release of a deacon who has been imprisoned in North Korea for sharing the Gospel. Korean-Chinese Christian Zhang Wen Shi, also known as Deacon Jang Jang M...
Large churches in South Korea have started reopening after the Government relaxed restrictions for places of religious worship. However, it is not business as usual as members of one church are havin...
A bishop in Mozambique has decried a spate of devastating attacks by jihadists, including the targeting of churches during Holy Week. Speaking to Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need, Bishop Lui...
A priest in America led an Uber Eats delivery driver in confession on his doorstep after receiving the food he ordered. Father Dan Beeman of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Virginia received more than ju...
Workers are refitting the construction site at fire-damaged Notre Dame Cathedral to protect staff from coronavirus and allow clean-up efforts at the Paris landmark to resume. More than a year after th...
Places of worship in Italy are preparing to adapt the way they meet together as the Prime Minister sets out plans to ease social distancing measures. Prime Minister Guiseppe Conte has said factories c...
New sales figures indicate that the Bible has experienced a dramatic surge in sales as readers search for hope amid the current coronavirus pandemic. Book sales data provider Nielsen BookScan said tha...
A controversial US pastor who has been in trouble with the law over his refusal to obey lockdown orders has once again defied his state's stay-at-home mandate by holding a busy in-person church se...
Catholic bishop Declan Lang has welcomed the emergence of new figures showing a sustained decrease in executions around the globe. Lang has been a key voice in urging the British government to lead th...
Leading human rights organisation Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) has called on countries across the globe to adhere to the rule of law and protect fundamental rights and freedoms as they adopt r...
International relief charity Christian Aid says there is currently a short window of time to help African nations prevent coronavirus spreading and causing devastation on top of underlying issues in t...
A number of prayer videos posted by US Army chaplains have been removed from Facebook following a series of complaints. The prayers, offered as a means of comfort during the coronavirus pandemic, were...
To mark the annual "Earth Day" celebration, on Wednesday Pope Francis delivered an impassioned address calling for the global population to take better care of the planet. "Let us pledge to love and ...
A Louisianna pastor who made headlines after refusing to obey statewide lockdown orders has been arrested for trying to hit someone with a bus. Tony Spell of Life Tabernacle Church in Baton Rouge was ...
International relief agency Tearfund is calling on the UK public to write to the CEOs of Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, urging them to reduce the amount of single-use plastic they sell into developing countri...
Sri Lankans commemorated the anniversary of last year's Easter Sunday bomb attacks mainly from their homes on Tuesday amid the coronavirus pandemic. More than 260 people were killed when three chu...
Pastor and theologian John Piper has released a new book looking at how God is at work through the coronavirus pandemic. In his publication entitled Coronavirus and Christ, the founder of internationa...
A Myanmar pastor who shunned government orders and continued to hold in-person meetings has tested positive for covid-19. Pastor David Lah is thought to be responsible for a number of coronavirus infe...
The humanitarian relief organisation behind a sprawling field hospital erected in New York's Central Park has been criticised for making employees sign a "Statement of Faith" that outlines their v...
