The leader of Iraq's largest Christian community is joining calls for people across the world to join in prayer for the country today. Patriarch Raphael I, who is president of the assembly of Catholi...
Most Rev Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury has joined Pope Francis in urging people to pray and fast for war-torn parts of Africa on Friday. They asked Christians to pray for South Sudan and the...
One of the world's largest comic book firms has halted the publication of a controversial strip which portrayed Jesus as the side-kick of a cape-wearing superhe 'Second Coming', which suggests Christ...
84,272 people have signed an online petition protesting against DC's decision to include Jesus as a character in a 'blasphemous' new comic. The comic, called the 'Second Coming', is written by Mark...
A Coptic Orthodox bishop was the victim of a "brutal murder" northwest of the Egyptian capital Cairo, reports suggest. Church leaders confirmed the death of Bishop Epiphanius but the circumstances ar...
What is believed to be the oldest complete copy of the Ten Commandments is going on show, however the scroll is so fragile it can only be displayed for four wee According to the Daily Mail the 2,000 ...
The deadline to pay a ransom to save the life of a Japanese Christian being held hostage by Islamic State has passed with no sign of a breakthrough. Journalist Kenji Goto converted to Christianity in...
A spate of deadly attacks on indigenous Christian communities in northern Nigeria last year has continued into 2017. Muslim herdsmen from the Hausa and Fulani tribes are being blamed for numerous att...
Christian humanitarian workers are rushing to provide food and other supplies to families affected by a deadly storm which wrought havoc in southern Africa. The UK Catholic Agency for Overseas Develo...
Two strong earthquakes hours apart have hit a group of sparsely populated islands in the Luzon Strait in the northern Philippines, killing at least eight people The quakes collapsed houses built of s...
It's reported to be one of the most powerful typhoons ever recorded. Three quarters of a million people have been told to leave their homes in the Philippines. At least four people have been killed f...
The Nigerian government says it has agreed a deal with militants Boko Haram that will see the release of 219 kidnapped girls. The girls, most of them Christians, were taken from their classroom in t...
It is being reported that almost 80% of the ancient temples at Palmyra in Syria are still intact. Islamic State (IS) had previously taken control of the region that features a number of sites impor...
The death of Nelson Mandela has brought his family 'closer to each other', says the Bishop of Pretoria, the Rt Revd Dr Johannes Thomas Seoka. Bishop Johannes was one of four bishops who were invited ...
Death penalty to be the only punishment given to those charged with blasphemy in Pakistan if President approves recommendation. There's growing fears over the safety of Christians in Pakistan, after ...
A Pakistani court has upheld death sentences for three Muslims for the 2014 mob killing of a Christian couple accused of blasphemy in the eastern city of Lahore They also acquitted two others. Thurs...
Leaflets have been handed out in a Kenyan beach resort with threats to kill Christians. The messages, which warn western tourists to keep away from Lamu, are thought to have been sent by an extremist...
The South African President says 67 people from his country died after a Pentecostal church in Nigeria collapsed last week. Authorities in Lagos had previously said that the death toll was 61 and th...
Ireland's highest court will deliver judgment later on a landmark case on the rights of the unborn. The Supreme Court will rule on the extent of protections conferred by the state's constitution, wit...
A new government report has given more insight into the persecution of Christians in North Korea as a defector said the faith is spreading in the communist coun The US State Department released the a...
