A Ku Klux Klan (KKK) member convicted over a church bombing in Alabama that killed four black girls more than 50 years ago will not be released. A parole board has decided against freeing a Thomas Ed...
A lay Catholic order at the centre of a public row involving Pope Francis and the handing out of condoms says it is focused on returning to "normality". The Knights of Malta has been outlining its pl...
Pastor Terry Jones of the group Stand Up America Now is set to burn more copies of the Islamic holy book. The Florida church leader has announced he will set fire to 2,998 copies - one for every pers...
Jinwook Kim, a Christian evangelist, was killed on Tuesday after suffering from stab wounds in hospital. According to International Christian Concern, he was the pastor of a small community and the lo...
A Kosovan court has refused to extradite a British priest accused of child sex abuse for a second time, saying his alleged crimes were committed too long ago. According to Reuters, a court ruling in ...
Hundreds of laid-off workers have demonstrated outside a church which received millions of pounds in donations from the Wrightbus manufacturer. Wrightbus went into administration last week with the l...
Lakewood Church has said its worship leader Israel Houghton is now on "indefinite leave". America's biggest church in Houston, Texas, which is led by pastor Joel Osteen, released a statement revealin...
A Christian anti-persecution charity is calling on a local state governor in Mexico to "act urgently" to protect 30 Protestant families whose land has confiscat Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) h...
A man from Laos who was jailed for praying has died after he was refused vital treatment in prison. According to the Human Rights Watcher for Lao Religious Freedom (HRWLRF) group, Tiang Kwentianthong...
Three missionaries reportedly arrested while distributing tracts and other Christian material in south-east Asia have been deported. The trio, who had been volunteering with the US-based evangelical ...
They were taken into custody by authorities in February for copying a DVD of a Christian film. Three pastors in Laos who were arrested on charges of spreading Christianity have been released from pri...
The level of refugees is at its highest since the second world war. Figures from the UN released on World Refugee Day show 51.2 million people fled their homes in 2013 and are now living in camps.Tha...
A man who was caught in the Las Vegas massacre said the tragic incident on Sunday turned him from an agnostic to a "firm believer". Taylor Benge was speaking during a CNN interview with Rick Berman.H...
The final funeral has been held for the last of the nine victims of Charleston church shooting in South Carolina. Nine people were shot dead at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal church by a white...
The remaining four captives in a mass-abduction at a Christian school in Cameroon have been released, according to a local church leader. Two students, the principal and a second staff member are now...
Authorities in Sudan have demolished the last church standing in a part of the country's capitol. Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) said the sanctuary, two offices and a centre used for Sunday s...
The only Catholic Church in Somaliland has closed again due to "public pressures", just one week after being officially re-opened. The restored church, St Anthony of Padua, in the Shaab area of Harge...
French presidential candidate and Christian Francois Fillon is holding what's been dubbed as a last-ditch attempt to garner support for his candidacy, as he fac Francois Fillon held a rally at the Ei...
Latin Catholic leaders have expressed concern at the latest refusal by Israel's military to return control of land it seized from the Church almost 40 years ago Seventy acres, located at the northern...
A Nepali bill on 'hurting religious feelings' and conversion has come into force . The law was passed a year ago but at the time, human rights concerns were voiced about the law limiting freedom of...
