Indian authorities have rescued 51 girls from an Islamic seminary in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh following complaints that the girls had been sexually harassed and beaten by the manager.
The United Church of Canada (UCC) has denied postponing an ecclesiastical court hearing that would determine whether a self-professed atheist minister could continue serving in the church.
Israeli archaeologists have unveiled an extremely rare seal impression that is said to belong to the biblical Governor of Jerusalem during the First Temple era.
A Christian society in Canada has filed a lawsuit against a school district, claiming that the society's school was punished over the inclusion of biblical references in its school material.
A new study has found that the Protestant church is regarded by South Koreans as the most unpopular major religious institution in the country.
Two Coptic Christians were reportedly killed after a masked gunman shot them at a liquor in Giza province on New Year's Eve.
Chile has announced that it will step up border policing to prepare for a wave of visitors from Argentina for the upcoming visit of Pope Francis.
China and India were among the top nations of concern listed in the 2018 Persecution Trends Report published by the U.K.-based group Release International, which monitors the persecution of Christians across the world.
At least eight people were killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday after security forces stormed Catholic churches across the country in an attempt to break up the protests against President Joseph Kabila.
Chinese authorities have demolished the only Catholic church in the village of Zhifang, in Shaanxi province, saying the building "illegally occupied" the ground in the scenic area of the town.
A report from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has found that the Islamist militant group Boko Haram had forced at least 135 children to conduct suicide bombings in northern Nigeria and Cameroon in 2017.
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.