Fr. Luciano Feloni, a priest from Argentina, has started a program called "Healing, not killing" to rehabilitate drug users and prevent unnecessary deaths resulting from the Philippine government's war against drugs.
A Christian convert has been sentenced three years in prison for allegedly insulting Islam on social media. Slimane Bouhafs' sentence was lowered by Algeria's appeals court from the original five-year sentence given by a lower court last August.
An Iranian Christian recorded a video before his execution, declaring that he is not afraid of his impending death. The man identified as Ali Asadi warned corrupt Iranian leaders who execute people to fear the judgment of God.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in scheduled to speak at the National Baptist Convention (NBC, USA, Inc.) in Kansas, Missouri, on Thursday, Sept. 8. The convention is the largest African-American religious organization in the U.S. with an estimated 7.5 million members.
Perry Noble, the former senior pastor of NewSpring Church, announced that he recently completed a 30-day treatment for his alcoholism. He stated that he will not be posting or responding to any comments on social media for the time being.
The Obama administration admitted to lawmakers this week that an additional $1.3 billion was transferred to Iran apart from the initial payment of $400 million on Jan. 17. The $1.3 billion in cash was reportedly delivered via planes in two installments on Jan. 22 and Feb. 5.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland will not allow pastors to officiate same-sex weddings regardless of the new gender-neutral marriage law that will take effect in March 2017.
Franklin Graham, son of famed evangelist Billy Graham, has encouraged Christians to vote in this year's U.S. presidential elections, because he considers the coming election as the "most critical in our lifetime."
A mob attacked and burned Sebastian Kolowa Memorial University (SEKOMU) in Tanzania last Saturday, Sept. 2, resulting in the death of a security guard and the serious injury of two others.
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.
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.