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The UK government remains "deeply concerned" about the case of Asia Bibi, according to a Foreign Office Minister. Baroness Anelay of St John's was responding to question by Christian peer Lord Alton ...

A claim that police abducted missing Christian pastor Raymond Koh will be investigated, the Malaysian government has said. Mr Koh was kidnapped by masked men in the capital, Kuala Lumpur, in February...

A growing number of Christian organistations are calling on the Nigerian government to ensure that a kidnapped Christian schoolgirl is released from a terrorist Leah Sharibu has been held captive by ...

The Government says the only way to stopping the suffering of Christians in Iraq and Syria is to defeat Islamic State. Foreign Office Minister Tobias Ellwood has been responding to a written question...

Governments all over the world need to do more to solve the migrant crisis, according to the Italian Evangelical Alliance.  It's Director, Leonardo DiChirico, has been speaking after least 20 re...

A number of Christian organisations are calling on the international community to hold Mexico to account on religious freedom issues.  British based anti-persecution charity Christian Solidarity...

The detention of Pastor Wang Yi and his wife, as well as the closure of several churches in China, has been raised in parliament.  In a series of questions directed at the Foreign Office, Lord A...

A life-size painting of the pope and a Swiss guard has been removed from a wall near the Vatican in Rome.  The mural showed Pope Francis as a graffiti artist on a step ladder, painting peace sig...

Grammy-winner Miguel has admitted that he used to help his mother preach in church before his music career took off. The American 'Coffee in the Morning' star, known for his raunchy lyrics said he gr...

The most senior Sunni cleric in the Middle East has urged against further military intervention by Western allies against Islamic State. Ahmed al-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar made the comments f...

The Grand Mufti of Lebanon has said he's totally against anyone exiling Christians from their homes in the Middle East. In an exclusive interview with Premier, Sheikh Abdel Latif Deryan, who's the mo...

A grandfather has travelled to Iraq to join a group of Christians and fight against the self-proclaimed Islamic State. Jim Atherton, 53, from Washington, Tyne and Wear, flew to the Middle East to rep...

There are grave concerns for the wellbeing of an elderly Orthodox Church leader in Eritrea held under house arrest for ten years. The weekend marked a decade since His Holiness Abune Antonios, the le...

Greece has voiced its anger after a Muslim service took place in Instanbul's famous Hagia Sophia cathedral.  The United National world heritage site had been the world's largest Greek Orthodox C...

Greece's parliament has passed a new law that makes it easier for citizens to change their legal gender, amid strong condemnation from the Orthodox Church. The bill, with the backing of Prime Ministe...

An Athens based Anglican vicar claims has said he has observed a "strong sense of anti-German' feeling in the city as critical talks on the future of Greece's E Eurozone finance ministers are meeting...

Clergy have been taken off the government payroll and will no longer be paid as civil servants. Although they will still be paid by a state subsidy fund, Tuesday's decision marks a significant shift ...

The Greek Orthodox Church says it's taking new legal action over what it describes as the illegal sale of some of its properties. Earlier this year Israel's Supreme Court ruled against the Church in ...

The Greek Orthodox Church said it has encouraged church members to stop buying products from Lidl after it removed crosses from its food packaging. A spokesman for the Greek Orthodox Church in Athens...

The leader of the Greek Orthodox Church is encouraging Pope Francis to use his influence to make a lasting difference when he visits an island at the centre of The Pope will visit the island of Lesb...