The Catholic Church in Montreal, Canada has announced that it will start fingerprinting priests and church volunteers who work with minors as part of its efforts to protect young parishioners from abuse.
The family of a Canadian pastor imprisoned in North Korea has raised concerns about his welfare and calls on the government to secure his release following the death of American student Otto Warmbier.
The United Nations has accused the Congolese government of backing a militia that was said to have stabbed pregnant women and mutilated toddlers in the Kasai region.
An elderly Christian woman traveled 10 miles from Ilford, east London to Finsbury Park on her mobility scooter to apologize to an imam for the mosque attack carried out by a 48-year-old man on Monday.
A new report released by the Pew Research Center has found that a majority of Czechs are religiously unaffiliated, and many are rejecting the belief in God.
A 10-year-old Egyptian schoolboy, who survived an attack carried out by the Islamic State terror group in May, recently recounted how the militants killed his father and dozens of other Coptic Christians.
Kenneth Bae, a Korean-American missionary who was imprisoned in North Korea for two years, has described the death of American student Otto Warmbier an "outrage."
Pakistani authorities have reportedly arrested a South Korean man who was suspected of using his language school to train Chinese nationals to conduct Christian missionary work in the country.
The European Court of Human Rights has ordered a hospital in London to continue to provide life support treatment for a terminally-ill baby for another three weeks to give judges time to consider whether the child should undergo a trial therapy.
The Vatican is reportedly considering a new doctrine for excommunicating Catholics who were convicted of corruption or mafia-related crimes.
A new study has shown that thousands of young people in Britain are converting to Christianity after visiting church buildings.
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.