A nun has recently told a child abuse inquiry that she had beaten children who were deemed naughty when she had worked in orphanages in Scotland.

Christian residents of a Muslim-majority village in Pakistan are being pressured to sign an agreement to sell off a church building just months after they agreed to stop holding services.

Nearly 100 churches have been forced to close in China's Henan province following the implementation of the revised Religious Affairs Regulations back in February.

Two official Catholic bodies in China have launched a plan to eliminate "foreign influence" from the Catholic Church and ensure that all religious activities fall under the control of the Communist Party.

Pope Francis will be meeting with representatives of the world's top oil companies to discuss the issue of climate change, a Vatican source revealed.

Egyptian police have arrested nine Copts in an apparent attempt to persuade a priest to drop charges against a mob involved in vandalizing a church and other properties belonging to Christians.

The Church of England has issued guidance instructing clergy to tell parishioners that information divulged about sex abuse during confession will have to be reported to the police.

A Catholic bishop in Ireland has suggested that those who voted in favor of repealing the ban on abortion should go to confession if they want to continue receiving Holy Communion.

Two pastors were arrested in China's Jiangsu province last week for allegedly operating a school without proper documents.

Suspected Fulani herdsmen have carried out an attack on a Catholic minor seminary in Nigeria's "Middle Belt" region, injuring the priests and some of the students.

A pro-life group that campaigned to preserve Ireland's Eight Amendment has described the landslide vote to repeal the measure that bans abortions in the country as a "tragedy of historic proportions."