A Catholic nun and priest attended the #WeAreN2016 international congress on religious freedom, which was held April 28 to 30 in New York and sought protection from the United Nations against the brutalities of persecution.
Christians in Lahore, Pakistan raised a protest against the destruction of four historically significant churches, which will reportedly be demolished to give way for the construction of an underground railway project.
Christians and non-Muslim groups in German refugee camps are being attacked and discriminated against.
Pop icon Justin Bieber who rose to fame as a child singer with the catchy song "Baby" and current hit songs "Sorry" and "What Do You Mean?" has recently made fans ask what the new inked small cross to the right side of his eye means.
A Christian group has made a call for prayer for the UK's newly elected political leaders following local elections held last week, including new London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who is the first Muslim to hold such an office in a major western capital city.
Dozens of migrants in Hamburg took part in a mass baptism and communion on May 5, sealing their conversion from Islam to Christianity. However, some expressed doubt on their motives.
Costa Rican and current United Nations (UN) Climate Change Secretariat, Christiana Figueres, is stepping down from her position in July, and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is eyeing former Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa for the said post.
UNESCO has adopted a resolution in April that apparently ignores Jewish claim to the Temple Mount and Western Wall. In response, a Christian representative to the United Nations is asking Christians to condemn the resolution.
Italian police were successful in uncovering and preventing planned terrorist attacks on the Vatican and Israeli embassy in Rome, leading to the arrest of four Morrocan individuals who are suspected to be Islamic extremists.
An arrangement between Japanese married couples wherein the husband and the wife both agree to separate in pursuit of other things is becoming more widespread.
China protested the findings of a U.S. report saying it belongs to a list of countries in which violations of religious freedom are categorized as "severe."
The Church of England has withdrawn an interfaith award from a Pakistani Muslim cleric after past comments praising Osama bin Laden resurfaced. Lambeth Palace announced Thursday that it had rescinded the Hubert Walter Award for Reconciliation and Interfaith Cooperation presented to Maulana Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi on Sept. 11.
Vice President JD Vance criticized Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and United Methodist pastor Adam Hamilton at a campaign rally in Olathe, Kansas, accusing his church of financially supporting a Pride event associated with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.Vance urged voters to back Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, who is seeking reelection against Hamilton, pastor of Resurrection, a multi-campus United Methodist congregation in Leawood.
A performance of Handel’s “Messiah” blending Western and Eastern music took place Sept. 12 at Mukawir, the hilltop fortress in Jordan traditionally associated with the beheading of John the Baptist. The concert was held under the patronage of HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal.
President John Dramani Mahama has ruled out the use of taxpayers' money to finance Ghana's National Cathedral, saying the country's Christian community should raise the funds needed to complete the stalled project.
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.