The French secularist group behind the complaint against a cross on the statue of the Pope John Paul II in Brittany is now fighting to save a mosque in a Parisian suburb.
A media group allied with the Islamic State has released a new poster depicting a beheaded Pope Francis, just days after it disseminated an image featuring a masked man driving towards Vatican City's St. Peter's Basilica.
A Christian charity has decided to omit references to the Bible in its simplified nativity booklet this Christmas in an effort to avoid confusing children who do not attend church.
A group of nuns in Seville, Spain have been fined $199,000 (170,000 euros) after they carried out restoration work on a priceless church organ without the state's permission.
The National Graphic Museum in Washington, D.C. has launched a new 3-D exhibit called "Tomb of Christ: The Church of the Holy Sepulchre Experience" to allow visitors to catch a glimpse of one of Christianity's holiest sites in Jerusalem.
A university chaplain who is undergoing a transitioning process to become a woman has become the first transgender minister to be ordained by the Methodist Church in the U.K.
Chinese officials reportedly broke into a house church in southern Guangdong province earlier this month and took 13 Christians to the police station for holding unapproved religious services.
A new report produced by Amnesty International has found that a majority of the victims of the Islamic State-allied militants in Marawi were Christians, some of whom were used by the group as human shields or sex slaves.
The Dean of Christ Church in Oxford has pleaded with bishops to stop acting like CEO's who are chasing growth targets as the practice can lead to "clergy self-harm."
Jacqueline Furnari, the daughter of imprisoned American pastor Andrew Brunson, has called on lawmakers to help secure the release of her father so that he could attend her wedding and walk her down the aisle.
The Swedish government has reportedly refused to grant a temporary work permit to a Christian refugee who is facing a dangerous deportation back to Iran.
Director Alejandro Monteverde, best known for “Sound of Freedom,” is bringing the Nativity to the big screen this Christmas season with “Zero A.D.: The Birth of Christ,” a biblical epic highlighting the courage and faith behind the birth of Jesus. Distributed by Angel Studios, the drama-thriller opens in theaters Dec. 11 and depicts Mary and Joseph’s struggle to protect the newborn Messiah amid political turmoil.
The Anglican Diocese of the Western Gulf Coast has chosen the Rev. Paul Donison as its next bishop, ending months of uncertainty following an inconclusive election in May. The Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) announced Wednesday that the Texas-based diocese elected Donison on Nov. 7.
Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice-elect Maggie Ellis has announced plans to overturn a rule protecting judges who decline to officiate same-sex weddings because of their religious beliefs.
A law that came into effect this year gives the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) increased powers to restrict religious practice even as several Christians remain imprisoned for carrying out their ministries, according to an advocacy group’s new report. In the past year freedom of religion in China has deteriorated with the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress coming into effect on July1.
Several pastors affiliated with the Calvary Chapel movement have publicly criticized Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa’s affirmation of women serving as pastors, following an announcement by Char Brodersen at the church that once served as the movement’s flagship congregation. The Calvary Chapel Association (CCA), through its Heartland Regional Team, reaffirmed its opposition to appointing women as pastors or elders.