Since 2016 kicked off Chinese authorities have already brought down 18 crosses across Zhejiang province.

The first known case of Zika virus transmission in the United States was reported in Texas on Tuesday by local health officials, who said it likely was contracted through sex and not a mosquito bite.

A Christian couple from the UK, who were fined in 2015 for refusing to bake a cake for a same-sex couple's wedding, have insisted that they do not hate gay people, but refused to make the cake "out of love for God."

Experts say that the Zika virus outbreak, which has been linked to birth defects, is exploding in part because Christian doctrine against contraception and abortion.

Masses of Filipino Catholics joined together and saw the culmination of the week-long International Eucharistic Congress in the Philippines last week.

American gospel singer and choir conductor Kirk Franklin has once again shared his goal for his latest album, Losing My Religion, which was released last year.

The U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State aims this year to recapture Iraq's second city Mosul, working with Iraqi government forces, and drive the jihadis out of Raqqa, their stronghold in northeast Syria, Arab and Western officials say.

Just 10 days after being dismissed as the leader of the Chongyi Church in China, Pastor Gu "Joseph" Yuese has reportedly been taken by the authorities to an undisclosed location.

A Canadian missionary who works at a coffee shop in China was recently accused of espionage after being detained for 18 months.

Boko Haram has reportedly murdered 86 people, some children, by burning them alive in their huts, Sunday.

New Mexico residents descended from Jewish families who fled Spain during the Inquisition can claim Spanish citizenship. The new law was administered by Spanish Ministry of Justice.