A priest who has been on retreat was found dead in the outskirts of Rome.

U.S. President Barack Obama spoke out Thursday in regard to the two hostages being held by Al Qaeda who were accidentally killed in January following a counterterrorism drone strike.

The U.S. announced Thursday that two hostages being kept by Al Qaeda were accidentally killed in a recent U.S.-led counterterrorism operation, while two more Americans voluntarily working with the terrorist group were also killed.

A Greek Orthodox Church leader has bemoaned the global apathy shown toward the two missing Syrian bishops, one of whom is his brother.

A man has been arrested by French authorities after he called for an ambulance, only to be found with weapons, ammunition, and evidence of plans to attack churches following orders from someone in Syria.

American watchdog groups have called on the U.S. government to do more to help Christians abroad after a recent video uploaded by the Islamic State shows dozens of Ethiopian Christians being executed.

The Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue to Buddhists has encouraged Buddhists and Christians to work together to end modern slavery, maintaining that it is an affront to human dignity and basic rights.

Bishop Angaelos, General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom, has urged Christians to "forgive and pray" Islamic State militants who were behind the execution of Ethiopian Christians in Libya.

Pope Francis has called on Christians to stand united with Jews to defend themselves against discrimination and persecution, in a meeting with a 30-member delegation from the Conference of European Rabbis on Monday at the Vatican.

Pope Francis and other world leaders have spoken out condemning the recent killing of dozens of Ethiopian Christians at the hands of the Islamic State.

Pope Francis this week accepted the resignation of a U.S. Bishop who reportedly failed to report sexual abuse happening within the Catholic Church back in 2012.