The government of Queensland, Australia is reviewing religious instruction materials being used in schools in the state following a discovery in one school that a religious curriculum seems to proselytize students into Christianity.
The Roman Catholic Church had long been embroiled in complaints of molestation by priests, and bishops have been accused of covering them up. Pope Francis finally established new procedures that aims to address this longstanding issue.
U.S. President Barack Obama released a statement commemorating Ramadan, the Islamic month of prayer and fasting, but media outlets deem that he was taking a veiled swipe at presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump.
Christians in India are more likely to take their own lives than Hindus or people of other religions, and tribals and Dalits are among the castes with high rates of suicide, according to data from the Union Home Ministry.
Evangelist Franklin Graham is scheduled to visit Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota in June during the next leg of his "Decision America Tour 2016," but some say that encouraging Christians to run for office is rather pointless -- it will not change culture or the moral climate in the United ...
Former students of Accelerated Christian Education schools have raised concerns about the education system, including isolating kids from other students, teaching that women must submit to men, and claiming that evolution is "absurd." Moreover, students are reportedly not equipped with formal ...
A 65-year-old Christian grocer was killed in north-west Bangladesh on Sunday, just hours after the wife of an anti-terror official was stabbed and shot in the head at the south-east part of the predominantly Muslim country.
Last month, it was reported that there are now more people in England and Wales who do not identify with any religion than those who identify with Christianity. This was clear for some time, said Andrew Copson, the chief executive of the British Humanist Association; but now, because of the extent ...
An Iraqi woman from Mosul narrated how she was "married and divorced" several times a night. These fake marriages were held prior to raping her, a way for her captors to justify their acts.
The grandson of a founding member of a terrorist organization ran away from home as a teenager but after being threatened to be deported from Canada where he was staying, he fled to New York where he is now living without fear.
A coalition of Christian groups in Nigeria is alleging that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is attempting to Islamize the country "through the backdoor." This is in relation to a proposed amendment to the 1999 Constitution that would expand the jurisdiction of the Sharia Court of ...
LANCASTER, Pa. — Four years in the making, the production “David” opened at Sight & Sound Theatres this year and explores the journey of an unassuming shepherd boy who became a king.
The Presbyterian Church in America has voted to leave the National Association of Evangelicals due to the ...
Secular intolerance has a “chilling effect” on Christians who are having to practice “various forms of self-censorship” as they're finding it difficult to express their faith freely in society, according to a new report detailing accounts from four countries.
Gunmen suspected to be Islamic Fulani herdsmen barged into a Catholic Church in southwestern Nigeria, opened fire and detonated explosives while the congregation was celebrating Mass on Pentecost Sunday, killing at least 50 worshipers, including women and children. It's feared that some Christians were also abducted after the attack.
For more than 1,500 days, Nigerian Christian teenager Leah Sharibu has been held captive by the Boko Haram terrorist group as Christians continue to be the target of attacks in the West African nation.