Oscar Pistorius has started serving his five-year sentence for the killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Recently it was reported that the South African Paralympic athlete was training along with a well known detainee in jail.
Pope Francis announced on Monday that he would visit the United States for the first time in September 2015. The visit is considered a pivotal one since it would take place just days before bishops from all over the world gather at a Vatican summit to finalize the Roman Catholic Church's stance on controversial issues including acceptance of gays and divorced and remarried Catholics.
For the first time, the US Navy has revealed that it has deployed combat-ready futuristic laser weapons aboard a warship patrolling the Persian Gulf not far from Iran.
Pope Francis will bring the "joy of Gospel personally" to the people of Asia when he begins an eight-day mission to Colombo, Sri Lanka, and then to Manila and typhoon-devastated Tacloban City in the Philippines, Asia's largest Roman Catholic nation, on Jan. 12, 2015, the Vatican and other church officials have announced.
The Christian minority in Iraq has successfully reclaimed the village of Bakufa from the Islamic State terrorist group.
Great Britain\'s Prime Minister David Cameron announced this week that Britain will implement a new policy that seizes the passports of jihadist fighters, thus preventing them from returning home after aiding terrorist organizations like the Islamic State in the Middle East.
An American doctor diagnosed with Ebola while working in Sierra Leone will reportedly be transported to a hospital in Omaha, Nebraska for treatment.
A recent report indicates that an al-Qaeda affiliate and the Islamic State have agreed to form an allegiance and battle U.S.-backed rebels in Syria.
Experimental trials for the treatment of Ebola are set to begin in West Africa next month, Doctors without Borders announced this week.
An official in Qatar recently addressed the question of how homosexual soccer fans will be treated if they attend the 2022 World Cup in the country.
The Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton has recently been photographed with a growing baby bump after announcing over the summer that she is expecting her second child with Prince William.
Religious freedom advocates told a gathering in Texas that armed conflict and state surveillance are undermining the methods Christians have used to defend persecuted believers. They said a divided global church is poorly placed to respond.
The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) marked its 180th anniversary with online gatherings. Founded in London in 1846, the WEA represents more than 650 million evangelicals through nine regional alliances spanning 160 countries. Hundreds of participants from more than 20 countries joined two Zoom events on Sept. 23, scheduled at different times to accommodate multiple time zones.
A public forum titled “Seeking the Essence of the Church” was held on the 25th at Queens Central United Methodist ...
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.