Chinese officials have reportedly warned Catholics in Henan against defying the government's revised restrictions on religion if they want to keep their places of worship open.
Irish pro-life group Save the 8th has launched a campaign that aims to show unborn babies at 12 weeks gestation in a bid to encourage voters to keep the Eighth amendment.
Pope Francis has suggested during a Q&A session with children that an atheist man went to heaven because he was a "good man" who had baptized his children even though he was a nonbeliever.
A Turkish court has ended the first hearing on the case of Pastor Andrew Brunson by opting to keep him in jail as he awaits the second hearing, which is scheduled to take place in the next three weeks.
British church leaders were castigated on social media for meeting with Syrian officials and allegedly heaping praise on President Bashar al-Assad's regime just days after the gas attack in Douma.
At least two people were killed and three more were injured after armed men opened fire at a Christian neighborhood in Quetta, Pakistan.
A bishop in the Democratic Republic of Congo has decried the murder of a parish priest on Sunday shortly after he officiated mass in his parish.
Local authorities in a city in China's central Henan province has reportedly told Christians and other religious residents to register with the government.
Erik Menendez, who was convicted along with his brother Lyle of murdering their own parents, has reportedly turned to God and is now sharing the Gospel with fellow inmates.
The U.S. Navy has launched an investigation after a secularist group complained about the presence of a Bible at a display about POW/MIA at the U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa in Japan.
Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria's Middle Belt have surpassed Boko Haram this month in the number of attacks carried out against Christians.
Director Alejandro Monteverde, best known for “Sound of Freedom,” is bringing the Nativity to the big screen this Christmas season with “Zero A.D.: The Birth of Christ,” a biblical epic highlighting the courage and faith behind the birth of Jesus. Distributed by Angel Studios, the drama-thriller opens in theaters Dec. 11 and depicts Mary and Joseph’s struggle to protect the newborn Messiah amid political turmoil.
The Anglican Diocese of the Western Gulf Coast has chosen the Rev. Paul Donison as its next bishop, ending months of uncertainty following an inconclusive election in May. The Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) announced Wednesday that the Texas-based diocese elected Donison on Nov. 7.
Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice-elect Maggie Ellis has announced plans to overturn a rule protecting judges who decline to officiate same-sex weddings because of their religious beliefs.
A law that came into effect this year gives the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) increased powers to restrict religious practice even as several Christians remain imprisoned for carrying out their ministries, according to an advocacy group’s new report. In the past year freedom of religion in China has deteriorated with the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress coming into effect on July1.
Several pastors affiliated with the Calvary Chapel movement have publicly criticized Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa’s affirmation of women serving as pastors, following an announcement by Char Brodersen at the church that once served as the movement’s flagship congregation. The Calvary Chapel Association (CCA), through its Heartland Regional Team, reaffirmed its opposition to appointing women as pastors or elders.