Pope Francis has called on local politicians to be honest and to hear the pleas of the poor, in his speech on Friday after his courtesy call to Philippine President Benigno Aquino.
A Muslim employee of a kosher grocery store in Paris is set to receive French citizenship next week in recognition of his heroic act after he helped protect customers from an attack by an Islamist gunman.
Saudi Arabia has reportedly halted the public flogging of a liberal blogger following international outcry.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry paid his respects to those killed in the recent terrorist attacks in Paris by visiting Paris\' City Hall on Friday.
Two Italian women working for an aid group have finally returned home after being taken hostage in Syria for more than five months ago.
Pope Francis is set to accord sainthood later this year to the Blessed Junipero Serra, the 18th century Spanish Franciscan who founded nine mission towns in California.
A hostage situation at a Paris post office ended quickly on Friday when the suspect surrendered himself to police.
The leader of the Roman Catholic Church has joined the debate over freedom of expression in the wake of the unspeakable killing of 12 cartoonists, editors, and a police officer at the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris recently.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be invited in the G7 summit in Germany this year as punishment for his decision to annex Crimea last year.
Speaking frankly, Pope Francis told Philippine President Benigno Aquino III on Friday to end corruption in his government and to hear the cries of the poor suffering from "scandalous social inequalities." At the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila during an official welcoming ceremony on the ...
A prominent Saudi cleric has declared that building a snowman with facial features is anti-Islamic.
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.
The Presbyterian Church in America has voted to leave the National Association of Evangelicals due to the ...
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.