A village priest who introduced a loyalty card for his congregation in central Italy says the scheme has been a success, adding that pews were full for his rece Fr Gianfranco Formenton in the Umbrian...
Eighteen months after claiming he couldn't wait to go to heaven, Luis Palau has returned to overseas ministry with a mission to Madrid, Spain. The evangelist, who has travelled the world sharing the ...
A lavish funeral for a Mafia mob boss is being defended by the Catholic Church in Rome, saying the Church did not know it would be 'mafia propaganda'. The press in Italy have been reporting outrage a...
GQ has included the Bible on its list of 21 classics you don't have to read. In a piece by the editors of the magazine, the Holy book is said to be "rated very highly by all the people who supposedly...
The main suspect in the theft of royal funeral artefacts from a Swedish cathedral has confessed to stealing them after his DNA was found on items that were pull Swedish broadcaster SVT, reporting fro...
A major conference trying to eradicate human trafficking is being by held by the Vatican at the United Nations headquarters in New York, today. Keynote speakers include the president of the UN Genera...
A popular Australian department store has apologised after words relating to the Christian faith were banned at its photo-printing kiosks. Kmart customers were outraged after 'Bible', 'church', and '...
Following an earthquake in Ecuador families have begun burying loved ones in makeshift churches because many structures are unsafe. A 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the Roman Catholic nation on Sa...
The makers of the drug say it has proved successful in trials in Africa igniting hope the vaccine could be in widespread use within the next two years. A Christian charity's urging the international ...
Four missionaries arrested last week for allegedly distributing Christian material have been deported by Malaysia and barred from returning. The two men and two women, aged between 27 and 60, were de...
Malaysia's most senior court has dismissed an appeal by four people seeking to have their conversion from Islam to Christianity officially recognised. Five judges sitting in the Malaysian Federal Cou...
In a landmark religious ruling, a court in Malaysia has upheld the rights of a man to convert to Christianity from Islam. This judgement has now established a precedent in Malaysia, a country where...
A Christian NGO wants men to spearhead a campaign to stop of violence against women, as the first of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence drive gets unde The campaign hopes to raise awareness ...
A man accidentally shot himself and his wife during a discussion on gun safety at a Tennessee church. Members of the First United Methodist Church in Tellico Plains, were talking about recent shootin...
The man accused of shooting nine black parishioners at a South Carolina church will act as his own lawyer in his death penalty trial. Dylann Roof ignored his legal team's advice and asked the judge i...
An Italian man has apologised after hanging up on Pope Francis twice, because he thought it was a prank-call. The Daily Mail has reported that Franco Rabuffi hung up after the Pope called to comfort ...
A man, who has been living in the attic of a church in the USA, has been arrested. Arlington County Police confirmed that 42-year old William Barker will face charges of unlawful entry.It is claimed ...
A Christian Iranian woman has been stabbed to death in her home in Australia. Nasrin Abek, 35, was discovered in her apartment in Sydney with multiple stab wounds. Her husband Amir Darbanou, 42, wa...
An elderly Christian man has been attacked on a train in New York for sharing the gospel. According to witnesses, the 79-year-old man was holding a Bible and preaching during a train journey near Tim...
Eugene Peterson, most famous for his Bible version The Message, has died after going into a hospice.  Author Winn Collier first wrote the news on facebook. He wrote on twitter: "My dear friend an...
