The Anglican church in Scotland is expected to face sanctions imposed by global church leaders sometime this week over its vote supporting same-sex marriage.

The Islamic State terror group has claimed responsibility for the knife attack in which two women were killed at the main train station in the southern French city of Marseille on Sunday.

A transgender man, who identifies as neither exclusively male nor female, has been appointed as the new associate pastor of a church in Britain.

The Islamic State has released a new audio message that was purportedly delivered by its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, suggesting that he is still alive despite speculations about his demise.

Members of a Catholic youth group were reportedly beaten, raped and shot while they were bringing aid to earthquake victims in south Mexico.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has suggested that Turkey could release a detained American pastor if the U.S. hands over Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, who is currently living in Pennsylvania.

Children in Uganda are reportedly being mutilated and killed in human sacrifice rituals conducted by witch doctors who are counting on miracles to end the drought in the country.

Ireland will holding a referendum on its constitutional ban on abortion May or June next year, just months before Pope Francis' planned visit to the country for an international event celebrating marriage and life.

Christians in Jerusalem are lamenting the lack of legal action regarding the wave of church desecrations that has occurred in the city in the past few years.

Denmark's immigration minister drew controversy after she posted a screenshot of her iPad on Facebook featuring a satirical drawing of the Islamic prophet Muhammad that sparked riots across the Muslim world more than a decade ago.

Around 5,000 Christians gathered on the streets in India's Jharkhand state on Monday to protest the jailing of six Pentecostals who were accused of offering money to villagers to convert them to Christianity.