On Holy Thursday, Pope Francis will be washing the feet of young refugees, in the way that Jesus washed the feet of his disciples. Right Reverend Rachel Treweek, the Bishop of Gloucester, will also be washing feet, but it will be those of women at the Eastwood Park Women's Prison in Falfield, ...
Easter seems to be disappearing from a number of Easter eggs being sold in the UK today, and some brands have opted to simply label their products as "chocolate egg" to completely avoid the word "Easter".
Four Bible translators were attacked and killed by unidentified assailants in the Middle East, while in Bangladesh, a 68-year-old Christian convert was attacked by at least two assailants while he was taking a walk.
Islamic State claimed responsibility for attacks on Brussels airport and a rush-hour metro train in the Belgian capital on Tuesday which killed at least 30 people, a news agency affiliated to the group said.
There are now only approximately half a million Christians in Syria compared to the almost 1.5 million prior to the civil war that started in 2011. This is according to Antoine Audo, a Chaldean Catholic bishop in Aleppo.
Some campaigners are not happy with the British government's decision to appoint David Isaac as the new Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) chairman, saying he would be biased against Christians.
A church in Camberwell, London has been ordered to pay a fine amounting to £7,740 (US$11,174) after nearby residents complained about its noisy "anti-demon" services at 3 a.m.
All 62 people aboard a passenger jet flying from Dubai to southern Russia were killed when their plane crashed on its second attempt to land at Rostov-on-Don airport on Saturday, Russian officials said.
A 26-year-old American man who was captured by Kurdish forces in Iraq earlier this week, said he had traveled from Turkey to join Islamic State before deciding to escape, according to an interview with Kurdish television on Thursday.
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.
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.