Ahead of his upcoming visit to Armenia, Azerbaijan has urged Pope Francis to call upon the Armenian government to end its illegal occupation parts of the countr It wants the pontiff to condemn the oc...
Two Azerbaijani church leaders have been fined £665 each for holding "illegal" prayer meetings. Gamid Shabanov and Mehman Agamemdov received the fine after a prayer meeting attended by 30 people was...
It's emerged a baby daughter dying from a heart defect received a life-saving transplant match within hours of her church praying for her. According to WBTV, Ella Leitner was suffering from a large g...
A church in the US has voiced its opposition to an immigration policy introduced during the Trump administration by placing figurines of baby Jesus, Mary and Jo Leaders erected fencing around the sta...
Members of Germany's conservative party are upset after the country's interior minister has called for the nation to introduce Muslim public holidays. German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere, who...
An Iraqi councillor has said almost 70 percent of homes belonging to Christians in the capital Baghdad have been illegally taken since they left. Mohammad al-Rubai made the comment to local televisio...
Dorian has become an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 hurricane, forecasters said. The storm's winds rose to 130mph as Dorian gained new strength while crossing warm Atlantic waters.The sto...
The Vatican has lifted a ban on married men joining the priesthood in Eastern Catholic churches outside their traditional territories. It means they can now serve in areas such as the United States, ...
A US teacher that was ordered by the school's principal not to attend a church event because two students from the school would be as well has had the decision The non-profit Liberty Counsel represe...
Fears are being raised for Christians in the region after two bishops in Bangladesh receive death threats in the run up to Christmas. 37 Christian leaders have reported receiving death threats ...
Bangladeshi police have revealed they foiled a planned suicide bombings at a church on Christmas Day. According to Asia News, the Islamist extremist group New Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (NJMB) pl...
Concern is growing among Christians in Bangladesh after the country's PM said she would not tolerate people offending Islam. There's been widespread protests in Pakistan following the release of Chri...
A church security guard is in hospital after being attacked by a group of men in Bangladesh. Gilbert De Cotsa, 65, was hacked with sharp weapons outside the Mathurapur Catholic Church at approximatel...
A pastor in Bangladesh has survived an attack by three men who came to his home pretending to want to learn about Christianity, according to the victi The attack follows a further two incid...
Two excommunicated bishops are trying to create a new Catholic church, because they believe the current one has gone in the wrong direction. Jean-Michel Faure, 73, says Pope Francis has devised a "ne...
A photograph of a child being baptised in Georgia has been nominated for a top international prize. The photo, called 'Georgian baptism', was taken at a church in the country's capital Tbilisi.It was...
A Baptist minister has been forced to address a claim that he is a "religious bigot", hours before leading prayers at the new US embassy in Jerusalem. Robert Jeffress, a prominent American church fig...
A Baptist minister only suffered cuts and bruises in a plane crash he says would have killed him without divine intervention. Paul White had to be rescued in Queensland, Australia when his two-seater...
Anti-persecution charity Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) is raising concern over the arrest of a Baptist pastor in Cuba just hours before President Barack Revd Mario Felix Lleonart Barroso was ta...
A Baptist from Jamaica has become the oldest person in the world at the age of 117. Mother of six Violet Mosse-Brown has attended the same church on the Caribbean island for decades, according to loc...
