A Christian charity has expressed concern for two boys in Pakistan that have been arrested under the blasphemy law for allegedly burning swept papers containing According to Centre for Legal Aid, Ass...
The couple were arrested by Chinese authorities on suspicion of intelligence-gathering and stealing military secrets. The Communist State's Foreign Ministry has claimed Kevin Garratt and Julia Dawn G...
The Finnish female nationals were shot dead in the western Afghan city of Herat. Two female aid workers who were both Christian have been killed in the western city of Herat in Afghanistan.The Finnis...
Christians attending a church service on Sunday have reportedly been attacked by hundreds of radical Hindus in India. According to International Christian Concern, 300 people are said by witnesses to...
Two Christians arrested for anti-government activities have been released after 4 years in prison in Vietnam. Catholic blogger, Paulus Le Van Son and Protestant leader, Nguyen Van Oai were arrested ...
A grenade has been thrown at a church in the Philippines. Police in the country say two people are in a critical condition after the attack in North Cotabato province late on Wednesday.Four other par...
Two women have reportedly died defending crosses in China after a typhoon swept through the area. Typhoon Soudelor caused flash floods when it hit China's Zhejiang province in the east of the country...
Two Ebola patients that left a treatment centre in the Democratic Republic of Congo to attend a church prayer meeting have died. According to aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), three patients ...
A date has been set for the trial of two former monks in Egypt who have been accused of the murder of a Coptic Orthodox bishop. Bishop Epiphanius was found dead in front of his own monastic cell at t...
null Two Indian priests have been accused of being among four clergymen who raped a woman in South India.The 34-year-old woman was allegedly raped and blackmailed in Kerala in India. She told one pri...
The decision to erect a "gay" nativity scene featuring two Josephs in a front garden has been branded "sacrilege" by a bishop. The display was also branded "sad" by the Catholic Bishop of Providence ...
Two Italian journalists will face trial along with three others accused of leaking details of what they claim to be the Vatican's corrupt financial dealings. The pair wrote books that detailed allege...
The number of Iraqis forced to flee their homes in fear of Islamic State militants has now reached nearly two million. The UN and several aid agencies are said to be racing against time to finish bui...
Pope Francis has accepted the resignations of two more Chilean bishops as part of the fallout from a sex abuse scandal. Last month all of Chile's active bishops offered to quit for collectively faili...
Pope Francis (pictured) has accepted the resignations of two more bishops in Chile, amid widespread sex abuse scandals there. The Vatican said the latest to leave their posts were the bishops of San ...
Two Christian pastors have been detained in Sudan for nearly two months despite not having any charges filed against them, an advocacy organisation has claimed. Revd Telahoon Nogosi Kassa Rata, a lea...
Revd Kwa Shamal and Revd Hassan Abduraheem of the Sudan Church of Christ were arrested at their homes in Khartoum North and Omdurman respectively. They add to t The whereabouts of all three detainees...
A police officer and a church caretaker have been injured in an explosion as they investigated a suspicious package outside a church in central Athens. Police said the blast occurred at around 7am ou...
A new film about Popes Benedict and Francis originally contained much more material about the sex abuse scandal but was cut down for fear of it over-powering th The Brazilian filmmaker, who is respon...
A call for peace has been made by the bishops of Mexico after two Catholic priests were murdered in different dioceses in the same week. Fr Rubén Alcántara DÃaz, 50, judicial vicar at the church of N...
