Using the term "genocide" to describe the attacks against Christians in the Middle East is "sociological reductionism," Pope Francis said during a question and answer session with students at the Villa Nazareth University College in Rome on Saturday, June 18.
The Church of England will seek to attain a compromise on the divisive issue of homosexuality in the face of a boding splinter within the church.
South African archbishop and social rights activist Desmond Tutu has nominated Marwan Barghouti, an imprisoned Palestinian, for a Nobel Peace Prize.
The Vatican brought in another batch of Syrian refugees last week, ahead of World Refugee Day to heed Pope Francis' call of standing with refugees.
Alan Wilson, the Church of England's Bishop of Buckingham, was criticized for having compared the poem "After Orlando: Gay Love" by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy to the writings of St. Paul.
The Orthodox Christian church is holding its first Holy and Great Council for the first time since 787 AD despite the delegations from Antioch, Russia, Georgia, and Bulgaria not participating.
United Nations urges collective responsibility as new report reveals world refugees at an unprecedented all-time high of 65.3 million by the end of 2015.
Human rights lawyers in China remain as the government's targets in its effort to silence critics.
Christian persecutions in Punjab continue to increase amid rising Hindu extremists under the governance of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Turkish authorities ban an annual gay pride parade schedule later this month after an ultra—nationalist youth group threatened violence during the march.
Christian armed groups in Iraq are hoping for support from the United States after the U.S. House of Representatives called for assistance to be given directly to the Middle Eastern country's local forces.
The leaders of France's two main Protestant umbrella organizations have agreed to create a standing forum for dialogue and cooperation, following a two-day meeting both described as unprecedented. Delegations from the executive boards of the Protestant Federation of France, known by its French initials FPF, and the National Council of Evangelicals in France, or CNEF, met Sept. 3-4 at the Domaine du Lazaret in Sète.
Evangelicals in the United Kingdom are “younger, more ethnically diverse, and more likely to be male than the wider population,” according to a new report from the Evangelical Alliance UK. “Adults under 35 are the age group most likely to identify as Evangelical and to hold Evangelical beliefs,” the report reads. “Approximately a third of the most committed Evangelicals come from ethnically diverse backgrounds, while an estimated 60% of Evangelicals are male.”
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.