Pope Francis has stated on Thursday that priests who have been found guilty of sexually abusing minors will have no right to appeal and he will never grant a papal pardon.

The United Nations Security Council unanimously voted to create an investigative team that will collect evidence of genocide and war crimes committed by the Islamic State terror group against civilians in Iraq.

A London-area church drew controversy earlier this week after its building was used for a fashion show that incorporated heavy occult and satanic symbolism.

A new study has found that the U.S. and the U.K. are among the top consumers of propaganda produced by the Islamic State terror group.

The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has announced that the battle to liberate Raqqa from the Islamic State has now reached its final stages and its fighters have captured 80 percent of the city.

Church officials in Somerset, England are defending their decision to allow the filming of "Hellboy" at the Wells Cathedral following criticisms from some parishioners.

A Canberra-based entertainment company has fired a Christian woman after she publicly indicated that she would vote no in Australia's same-sex marriage postal survey.

An evangelical church in Brisbane, Australia has received numerous threats, including one that urged people to set the building on fire, after it displayed a billboard declaring, "God designed marriage between a man and a woman."

An Australian tribunal has found that a Christian school in Melbourne discriminated against a 5-year-old Sikh boy when it refused to admit him because he wore a turban.

A Christian-run academy in China's central Henan province was closed down by the authorities following allegations that it was "brainwashing" its students.

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said that religious freedom will be protected in the country regardless of the outcome of the postal survey on the legalization of same-sex marriage.