Catholic, Greek and Armenian Orthodox monks are working in cooperation to restore holy sites in Jerusalem including the Church of the Nativity. Members of different denominations are known to have fought over the use of the shared churches in Bethlehem and Jerusalem.
Twelve same-sex married couples signed an open letter to the Church of England and urged the Anglican leaders to allow gay marriage. The soon-to-be-published letter was authored by a clergyman who married his gay partner.
A show of unity was the ultimate goal for the interfaith service held in St. John's Parish in London. Leaders of the city's Muslim community and its members congregated with the Christian Church for a Eucharistic service last Sunday.
A 2007 "strictly confidential" documented distributed to senior bishops of the Church of England contained clear-cut instructions on the kind of apologies they can give to victims of sexual abuse.
In a disturbing development, it has been reported that ISIS is increasingly looking to use children, putting them in front line roles, and even going as far as pushing to use them as child suicide bombers. In one of the group's most recent terror attacks, a Kurdish wedding was targeted in ...
The trial of three Sudanese and one Czech pastor in Khartoum had begun on Sunday. Czech pastor Petr Jasek was charged with illegal entry to Sudan and spreading false information. The other three defendants, Rev. Hassan Abdelrahim Kodi, Rev. Kuwa Shemaal and activist Abdelmoneim Abdelmoula are being ...
A Jewish entrepreneur and a Christian missionary's shared passion to help the poorest of the poor in dire need of healthcare led to a historic $500,000 award for outstanding Christian medical missionary service.
Around 15,000 Norwegians made the choice to leave the Norwegian evangelical Lutheran Church after a site was launched allowing members to cancel their membership. The church website reported 10,854 resignations and only 240 new enrollments on the launch of the new system.
An independent report revealed that India already documented 134 cases of Christian persecutions for the first half of 2016, doubling down on cases reported in previous years.
The Church of England's thrust to aid in the resettlement of refugees spikes a 20 percent church growth, not in England, but in Finland.
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) claimed full responsibility for an attack near a Moscow traffic police outpost where two jihadists attacked unsuspecting officers.
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.