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.
Chinese authorities have detained multiple pastors and church workers from Beijing Jiaquan Church, an independent house church that has operated in the capital for more than two decades. ChinaAid founder and President Bob Fu said his organization is “urgently concerned for the safety, health and legal rights of every Jiaquan pastor and church co-worker who has been taken away.”
A planned church in East Java Province in Indonesia is facing renewed opposition from Muslim residents who argue that an address discrepancy in permit documents should halt construction. Residents in the Dukuh Kukun area of Babat Jerawat Urban Village, Pakal District, Surabaya, say the address listed on the official permit does not match the church site in the CitraLand housing complex.
National Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School may continue pursuing plans to become the nation’s first religious charter school while its legal challenge to an Oklahoma law moves forward, a federal judge ruled. According to Baptist Press, the National Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School Foundation is challenging provisions of the Oklahoma Charter Schools Act that bar religious organizations from operating publicly funded charter schools because of their religious character.
Former President Joe Biden received an award from Planned Parenthood of Delaware on Thursday and used his remarks to defend his abortion-rights record while encouraging supporters to continue their efforts. Biden spoke at Planned Parenthood of Delaware’s 22nd Annual Chocolate & Champagne Gala in Claymont, where former first lady Jill Biden presented him with the Sonia Schorr Sloan Service Award.
A bipartisan group of 10 U.S. senators called on President Donald Trump to raise China’s persecution of Christian pastors and other religious minorities during his summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Washington this week. Led by Sens. Ted Budd, R-N.C., and Tim Kaine, D-Va., the lawmakers thanked Trump for diplomatic pressure they said helped secure the July 3 release of Beijing Zion Church founder Ezra Jin after 266 days in detention.