About a thousand Islamic State fighters have voluntarily surrendered to Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq after the terror group lost control of its last major territory in the war-torn country.
Libyan authorities have found a mass grave that contains the bodies of the 21 Coptic Christians beheaded by Islamic State militants in 2015.
Amnesty International has warned European governments about the risks being faced by Afghan Christian converts and other asylum seekers who are being deported back to their country.
Most Christians in Britain believe that everyone should be involved in evangelism, not just the professional missionaries, a new survey has found.
Pope Francis has condemned the proliferation of "extreme pornography" that is increasingly being accessed by children on the internet as the Vatican faces its own cross-border child porn investigation involving a top papal envoy.
Thousands of Russians are traveling to southern Siberia to meet a man who claims to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ.
A lawyer representing the Chaldean Archdiocese of Erbil has accused the United Nations and the U.S. State Department of squandering money that was supposed to be used to rebuild Christian and Yazidi communities in Iraq.
Turkish archaeologists have discovered what may be the actual tomb of St. Nicholas, who became the basis for the popular Christmas character Santa Claus, under an ancient church in Turkey's southern Antalya province.
Ontario's Attorney General Yasir Naqvi has introduced a bill that is aimed at banning pro-life protesters from standing in front of abortion clinics across the province.
Chinese authorities have taken two women and a three-year-old boy into custody for conducting missionary work in the city of Xianning, Hubei.
An all-girl Catholic school in Britain has written a letter to parents informing them that students must use the "preferred pronoun" of their transgender classmates.
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.