Egypt's Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar has ordered the security level to be raised to maximum alert in preparation for Coptic Christmas which will begin later this month and continue until Jan. 7.Read More
The Vatican has issued new rules banning the sales of relics of future saints, including hair strands, hands, teeth and other body parts that are often sold for high prices at online auctions.Read More
A Hindu nationalist group has reportedly warned Christians schools in Aligarh, in India's Uttar Pradesh state, against celebrating Christmas where Hindu students are in the majority.Read More
The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack at a Christian church in the Pakistani city of Quetta, where at least nine people were killed and more than 50 were injured.Read More
Hindu activists have reportedly beaten up eight priests outside a police station in India's Madhya Pradesh state while they were trying to assist Christians who were detained for allegedly trying to convert non-Christians.Read More
An Australian inquiry into child abuse has recommended that celibacy should be optional for Catholic priests and that members of the clergy should be prosecuted for failing to report evidence of pedophilia revealed to them in a confessional.Read More
As many as 15.6 million abortions were performed in India in 2015, with the majority of women taking pills at home without adequate counseling, according to the latest study conducted by the Guttmacher Institute.Read More
British Prime Minister Theresa May received a Bible that was found at a shrine in the Iraqi town of Karamles after the Islamic State was ousted from the Nineveh Plains region last year.Read More
A Muslim man holding the key to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre has stated that he will not welcome Vice President Mike Pence when he visits Jerusalem's Old City this month.Read More
A representative of the British government in the House of Lords has refused to say whether proclaiming the Christian faith could be considered a hate crime.Read More
Pro-life leaders from across the world have accused Pope Francis and other Church leaders of failing to uphold Catholic teachings on sexual morality, contraception, sex education, marriage, and other life and family issues.Read More
As more than 1,300 civilians have been killed in Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, evangelist Franklin Graham is urging Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to agree on a ceasefire during the 10 days of Easter observances.
Suspected Fulani herdsmen shot to death four people, including a pastor and two women in two separate attacks in Benue State on Tuesday, according to Nigerian media reports.