Iran's Revolutionary Guard has recently published photographs that showed large quantities of confiscated Christian material in an apparent attempt to curb Christian gatherings in the country.
A cross caught fire while Chinese officials were attempting to remove it from the top of a church in Henan province earlier this month.
A Muslim mob reportedly attacked the Coptic Christian community in the village of Tawa in Minya Egypt earlier this month as a reprisal to a Facebook post that criticized some well-known Islamic leaders.
Zimbabwe protest pastor Evan Mawarire appeared at a Harare court on Monday to face multiple subversion charges stemming from protests last year against President Robert Mugabe's regime.
A Singaporean member of the Islamic State terror group has appeared in a recent video challenging British royal Prince Harry to a fight and threatening to send him "to hellfire."
A Hindu woman has filed a police complaint against her own family and a charitable trust in Kerala, alleging that she was sexually abused and tortured while she was held captive at a yoga center because she married a Christian man.
Two religious prisoners were sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering a convicted double killer, believing that the act would "exorcise a demon" from the victim and "cleanse" him of his crimes.
A group of clergy and lay scholars have issued a formal "filial correction" of Pope Francis, accusing him of supporting heretical positions on several issues, including marriage, the moral life, and the reception of the sacraments.
A group of North Korean defectors has launched hundreds of balloons containing 1,000 flash drives loaded with portions of the Bible across the inter-Korean border.
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) voted in favor of relaxing Britain's abortion laws, despite a recent protest letter signed by more than 650 doctors.
An organization with ties to the Chinese Communist Party has unveiled new plans on how the government can enforce its restrictions on churches, including forced registration with state-run Christian institutions.
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.