Pastor Yang Hua of Living Stone Church in China's Guizhou Province was released from prison earlier this week after completing a two-and-a-half-year sentence, but he is now suffering from several health problems due to the lack of medical care during his incarceration.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has reportedly blocked the public release of a report on sexual abuse and misconduct involving priests in six Roman Catholic dioceses.
More than 600 members of United Methodist Church have filed a formal complaint accusing Attorney General Jeff Sessions of violating church rules over his role in implementing the government's "zero-tolerance" policy on immigration.
Bishops in Nigeria have sent a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari to ask for pardon for five men who were sentenced to death for killing a Fulani herdsman.
Three major churches in Jerusalem have urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to block a legislation that would allow the government to expropriate church properties.
Pope Francis has recently rejected a proposal to allow Protestant spouses of Catholics to receive Holy Communion in certain circumstances.
Telecommunications company Vodafone U.K. has claimed that the Church of England is charging too much money for the use of spires to boost mobile connectivity in rural areas.
Catholic bishops in Argentina have denounced the recent vote by the parliament to legalize abortion in the country.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has drawn criticism from Christian leaders for using the Bible as justification for the government's policy of separating immigrant children from their families at the border.
The government of Ireland has approved plans to hold a referendum to remove the ban on blasphemy from the nation's constitution.
Two separate offices of the Catholic Church in Chile have been raided by police and prosecutors on Wednesday as part of the investigation on allegations of child sexual abuse by priests.
A federal appeals court has handed a legal victory to churches, synagogues and other religious organizations challenging the Trump administration’s decision to permit immigration enforcement operations at places of worship. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit reversed a lower court’s decision rejecting the religious groups’ request for a preliminary injunction.
Soaring food costs are jeopardizing the health and futures of millions of children worldwide, with families in vulnerable communities increasingly unable to afford nutritious meals, according to a new report from the Christian humanitarian organization World Vision. The report found that approximately 35.5 million children experienced acute malnutrition worldwide in 2025, including nearly 10 million who suffered from severe acute malnutrition.
ChatGPT receives approximately 70 million religion-related requests every week, with questions about Islam accounting for the largest share, followed by Christianity, according to a recent analysis released by OpenAI, the developer of the artificial intelligence chatbot.
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to review a religious freedom dispute involving an Orthodox Jewish man in Ohio who alleges that local officials violated his constitutional rights by requiring a permit for prayer gatherings at his residence. Daniel Grand filed a lawsuit against the City of University Heights after officials sought to prevent him from holding religious meetings at home.
The Episcopal Church continued to experience declining membership in 2025, with its total number of members falling by nearly half a million over the past decade, according to newly released denominational statistics. An analysis of the denomination’s 2025 Parochial Report showed that membership stood at approximately 1.425 million in 2025, compared with 1.917 million in 2015.