Leaders of the Catholic Church and Evangelical churches in the Philippines have expressed their objection to President Rodrigo Duterte's support for the legalization of same-sex marriage in Catholic-majority country.
As many as 50,000 Iraqi Christians have already returned to their homes in the Nineveh Plains following the defeat of the Islamic State, but 80,000 remain displaced inside the country, a prominent Assyrian humanitarian revealed.
A pastor who found a 709-carat diamond in Sierra Leone has pledged to give money from the sale of the precious stone to help the poor in his village.
The Christian owner of one of the largest toy store chains in the U.K. has decided to keep all of its 149 branches closed on Christmas Eve this year so the staff can spend time with their families.
Leaders of the Catholic Church in Australia have rejected a key recommendation of a landmark inquiry into child sexual abuse that the Vatican change the Church's policy to make celibacy voluntary for priests.
Four Iranian converts to Christianity were arrested last week after Iranian security forces raided six houses that were being used as home churches in the city of Karaj, about an hour drive from Tehran.
Prosecutors in the U.K. have decided to drop charges against a Nigerian pastor who was accused of using "threatening and abusive language" in London earlier this year for preaching a sermon that linked terrorism to Islam.
Archaeologists have found the Biblical city of Corinth which was thought to be destroyed by a massive earthquake in the sixth or early seventh century A.D.
Social media giant Facebook has banned a photo of this year's Vatican nativity scene, citing its policy that prohibits "sexually suggestive or provocative" images.
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.
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.
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.