A bishop in India’s conflict torn north-east Manipur region says continuing communal violence in the state is part of a larger plan “to destabilise interreligious harmony” and raise support for ...
Pope Francis skipped reading a planned speech at a conference on Thursday, saying he still had breathing problems following a hernia operation this month. "I am still under the effects of anaesthesia,...
Germany’s top court for disputes between citizens and the state has ruled in favour of a pro-life group that had been banned from praying near an abortion clinic. In their decision, the Leipzig-base...
Meeting in Geneva today, the UN Human Rights Council has received a report that recommends member states push back on freedom of religion, as a basis of objection to demands from LGBT+ and abortion ac...
The Bishop of Birkenhead says the Church of England ‘seems less safe’ after its Independent Safeguarding Board (ISB) was disbanded. Rt Rev Julie Conalty made her feelings known via Twitter after t...
A group of Christians from Jamaica is visiting the UK to meet fellow church leaders to discuss restorative justice. For them, the church denominations involved in the transatlantic slave trade should ...
A pastor suspended from the Korean Methodist Church (KMC) for two years for blessing LGBTQ+ people at a pride festival, now faces further disciplinary action. Rev. Lee Dong-hwan has been accused of �...
Dozens of U.S. President Joe Biden's fellow Democrats have urged him to raise human rights issues with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Washington this week, as Manipur’s ...
The Bishop of Truro has told Premier there will be no limit on the amount the Church of England is prepared to spend on its redress scheme for survivors of church-related abuse. Rt Rev Philip Mounstep...
The Vatican’s “Instrumentum laboris” – documentation to guide the upcoming General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops – has been published. The sixty-page working document released on Tuesday ...
A missionary priest abducted in Nigeria’s Archdiocese of Jos earlier this month has been released. Father Marcellus Nwaohuocha - a member of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) - was kid...
There are fears Jerusalem’s Armenian community is under threat, following the controversial sale of a quarter of its land. 25 percent of the Holy Land’s Armenian quarter – which is home to appro...
Grieving families in Uganda have been burying students killed in the massacre at Mpondwe Lhubiriha Secondary School, which lies close to the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. Twenty-one of...
A ‘complete collapse of the constitutional machinery in the State’ has happened in India’s troubled north-eastern region of Manipur, according to an assessment produced by Roman Catholic authori...
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Saturday that he will invite Pope Francis to visit the Catholic festival of the Cirio de Nazare, which takes place annually in October in the nort...
Lebanon’s top Christian cleric said on Sunday the constitution and democratic system had been violated in "cold blood", during a failed attempt to elect a new president last week, and warned that di...
Christian teaching assistant Kristie Higgs, who was sacked after sharing two Facebook posts that raised concerns about how transgenderism and compulsory sex education was to be taught at her son’s C...
An isolated community in Angola is celebrating after a plane landed there for the first time thanks to the completion of an airstrip. The complex 16 year project to build the airstrip at Cavango was f...
The founder and CEO of national Christian charity Transforming Lives for Good (TLG), Tim Morfin, has been awarded OBE in the King's Birthday Honours List. It's in recognition of his services t...
The Church of England has appointed its first transgender archdeacon. Rev Canon Rachel Mann has been made Archdeacon of Bolton and Salford, having ministered in the Diocese of Manchester for the last ...
