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 ...
An Islamic leader in Italy argued that polygamy should also be legally recognized as a civil right after the country approved the union among same-sex couples.
State Department spokesman John Kirby admitted on Thursday that the U.S. government released $400 million in cash to Iran for the release of four American prisoners including Pastor Saeed Abedini.
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.
The Presbyterian Church in America has voted to leave the National Association of Evangelicals due to the ...
Secular intolerance has a “chilling effect” on Christians who are having to practice “various forms of self-censorship” as they're finding it difficult to express their faith freely in society, according to a new report detailing accounts from four countries.
Gunmen suspected to be Islamic Fulani herdsmen barged into a Catholic Church in southwestern Nigeria, opened fire and detonated explosives while the congregation was celebrating Mass on Pentecost Sunday, killing at least 50 worshipers, including women and children. It's feared that some Christians were also abducted after the attack.
For more than 1,500 days, Nigerian Christian teenager Leah Sharibu has been held captive by the Boko Haram terrorist group as Christians continue to be the target of attacks in the West African nation.