A group of bishops condemned the collaboration of Nigeria's health minister with foreign groups and their plans to encourage Nigerian women to consider contraception, citing that it is anti-life and leads to abortion.
Pope Francis urged Christians to follow Jesus Christ's example by sharing compassion with other people.
The number of priests in Germany is at its lowest with only 58 newly ordained men in 2015 for the whole country. This was announced during the German Bishops' Conference that was held in Bonn this August.
Pope Francis lamented the recent and one of the worst massacres in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), whose people suffered the indifference of the world.
Sources confirmed the death of the older brother of the five-year-old Syrian boy in Aleppo, whose dazed image while covered in dust and blood on his face, circulated online.
Christian social activists together with jail officials, opened a chapel for Christian inmates at the Landhi Jail in Karachi on Aug. 5. The chapel now provides a separate place of worship to some 100 Christians who are serving their sentences and awaiting their trials in the city jail.
An Eritrean Christian woman described her life as an Islamic State captive sold to sex slavery and how she converted to Islam just to save her life.
An Indian pastor identified as Mallipeddi James was arrested on Thursday, Aug. 18, for forcing to beg on the streets of Hyderabad, India. James ran the Brahmaputra Orphanage in Ameenpur village in Telangana, promising to provide better education for children.
Fr. Sebastiano D'Ambra, an Italian missionary in Mindanao, Philippines, says that Catholics are afraid to attend mass because of constant extremist threats. Aside from terrorism, D'Ambra also mentioned that there are "geopolitical and military interests" that are making the situation in the region ...
Religious activities such as praying and preaching are now forbidden in hospitals in Zhejiang province, a region known as China's Jerusalem for having a high number of practicing Christians. Patients and visitors at the Central Hospital in Wenzhou were made aware of the ban through a public notice ...
A controversial pastor in Ghana is being criticized by the public on social media for flogging a teenage couple with a belt during a church service. A Youtube video circulated on social media showing Bishop Daniel Obinim whipping the couple and chastising them for fornication in front of a cheering ...
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.