The president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Reverend Supo Ayokunle, criticized John Kerry for stirring state divisions during his visit to Nigeria on Monday. Kerry was hosted by the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa'ad Abubakar III, while he was in the country.
Nuns cannot wear their habits on the beaches of Nice anymore after the city's ban on the burkini. Rudy Salles, the deputy mayor of Nice, cited the separation of religion and state as the reason behind this decision.
A Catholic priest who survived the massive earthquake that rocked Italy in the early hours of Wednesday morning and killed more than 240 people has testified he believes his survival was a miracle.
The Catholic Church in South Korea is establishing committees dedicated to the reconciliation and reunification of the Korean peninsula.
The Communist regime of Cuba intensified its anti-Christian crackdown by taking on more than a thousand churches among more than a thousand documented violations on religious freedom.
A kindhearted Muslim man volunteered to help a Christian student who was mobbed for alleged blasphemy in Zamfara State, Nigeria. Radical Muslims ran amok and set the man's home on fire, killing eight people.
Many Muslims in Lebanon turned to Christ as they discovered His presence despite the dangers that face them as they minister to displaced Syrian refugees.
The Islamic State keeps a detailed store-like price list for its Yazidi and Christian sex slaves and enforced market regulations after dip in demand, revealed a report.
Patriarchs of three different denominations in Damascus recently made a plea to the international community to lift the sanctions on Syria. The appeal stated that the impact of the sanctions have been increasingly felt by the Syrian citizens, especially the poor.
A teenage Yazidi girl said she was so terrified at the thought of being captured and raped again by the Islamic State fighters that she set herself on fire.
Hindus have stopped the construction of a church in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh. A mob erected a concrete wall that blocked the entrance to the compound where the church was being built.
President Donald Trump has nominated Cissie Graham Lynch to serve as U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, a State Department position focused on promoting religious liberty abroad. The White House announced that the nomination of Jane Lynch, better known as Cissie Graham Lynch, had been sent to the Senate for consideration.
American Bible Society research suggests that Christians who are more active in their faith and Bible reading are less likely to struggle with forgiving themselves and others. Overall, 29% of respondents said “It is really hard for me to accept myself once I’ve messed up” was “true of me,” while 56% said it was “not true of me.”
The Archbishop of Canterbury has withdrawn an interfaith award given to Pakistani Muslim cleric Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi after past remarks praising Osama bin Laden resurfaced, raising questions in Pakistan about why he was recommended for the honor by Church of Pakistan’s Moderator Bishop Azad Marshall.
The Costa Rican Evangelical Alliance Federation (Federación Alianza Evangélica Costarricense, FAEC) has asked opposition lawmaker Abril Gordienko to identify the Christian pastor who, she said publicly, offered her 42,000 votes in exchange for 420 million colones (about $940,000) during the most recent election campaign.
LANCASTER, Pa. — Four years in the making, the production “David” opened at Sight & Sound Theatres this year and explores the journey of an unassuming shepherd boy who became a king.