A maintenance worker has discovered bone fragments believed to belong to St. Peter during a routine restoration of a nearly 1,000-year-old church in Rome.

The Belgian Brothers of Charity has announced that it will continue to offer euthanasia to psychiatric patients at its hospitals despite being ordered by the Vatican to stop.

Indian priest Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil, who was kidnapped by suspected Islamic State militants in Yemen last year, has been freed after 18 months in captivity.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has rejected a rumored offer from Islamic State-linked militants to release dozens of hostages, including a Catholic priest, in exchange for safe passage out of the war-torn city of Marawi.

At least 20 Christians were killed in their sleep after suspected Fulani herdsmen carried out an attack on a village in Nigeria's Plateau state in the early hours of Friday.

Spanish tourism officials are worried that a historical church located in Basque might eventually be damaged by the influx of tourists following its appearance on the TV show "Game of Thrones."

An inquest has confirmed that a Church of England vicar, who is being investigated for historic sex offenses, has died after incinerating himself with a can of petrol.

Chinese Christians have now resorted to meeting in smaller groups in person and online as the government intensifies its crackdown on underground churches.

A Christian couple is threatening to sue a primary school run by the Church of England because a boy in their son's class was allowed to wear a dress.

Nearly 3,000 Christian families have been repatriated since Iraqi forces liberated Nineveh from the Islamic State terror group, according to a local official.

A man has been charged with attempted murder after he stormed a church in Birmingham and attacked three worshippers with a "large kitchen knife" on Sunday.