Pope Francis did not signal a major shift in the Catholic church's doctrine when he declared that evolution and the Big Bang theory were not contradictory to the divine act of creation. Time Magazine pointed this out as it analyzed the statements made by the Pope in his address to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences on Monday.
British media outlets are reporting that Duchess Kate Middleton and the Duke of Cambridge William have taken a private vacation with their son, George, ahead of the arrival of their second child next year.
Fox News Channel is set to reveal the identity of the man who fired the shot that killed Osama Bin Laden. This revelation will be made in a special titled "The Man Who Killed Osama Bin Laden" that will air on Nov. 11 and 12 at 10-11 p.m./ET.
Another Dallas nurse, 29-year old Amber Vinson, was declared Ebola-free after being diagnosed with the deadly virus. Vinson acquired the disease after caring for the very first Ebola patient in the U.S., Thomas Eric Duncan, who later died from Ebola.
A Kurdish convoy made its way to the Syria border town of Kobani this week to combat the Islamic State, according to witnesses in Turkey.
Following the absence of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un from the public for over a month, a South Korean spy agency has reported that the leader reportedly had surgery on his ankle to remove a cyst.
A top U.S. official recently that prior to U.S.-led airstrikes that began a month ago, the Islamic State was making $1 million a day through oil sales.
27 Shi\'ite fighters were killed by a suicide bomber in the Iraqi town of Jurf al-Sakhar on Monday.
A monitoring group tracking violence in Syria says U.S.-led airstrikes have killed 521 militants and 32 civilians since the airstrikes began a month ago.
The United Nations announced Thursday that it believes North Korea should be investigated for human rights violations.
A jihadist associated with al-Qaeda has reportedly asked the Islamic State to spare the life of an American captive.
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.