Jardine Malado

Speaker Paul D. Ryan has sparked backlash from Republican and Democratic lawmakers over his decision to fire the House of Representatives chaplain, the Rev. Patrick J. Conroy.

Nearly 2,000 people have turned up at meetings in support of Ashers Baking Company as the owners prepare to present their case at the U.K. Supreme Court later this week.

The Roman Catholic Church in Ontario has been ordered to pay a total of $2.57 million in damages to a man who was sexually molested by a priest 50 years ago.

The German state of Bavaria is reportedly requiring the display of Christian crosses at the entrances of all public buildings to reflect the state's "cultural identity and Christian-western influence."

The Louisiana Senate had approved a bill aiming to ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy but not before adding an amendment to avoid a legal challenge in court.

At least 18 people, including two priests, were killed after suspected herdsmen carried out an attack on a church in Nigeria's Benue state.

The Mexican bishops' conference has issued a call for an end to the violence in the country after two priests were killed near their respective parishes in less than a week.

A woman has expressed plans to file a lawsuit against Ealing Council after it enacted a "buffer zone" outside the Marie Stopes abortion clinic in the London borough, preventing pro-life advocates from organizing vigils near the facility.

A judge in the U.K.'s High Court has refused a request to take the terminally-ill Alfie Evans to a hospital in Italy, where he could continue receiving life-support treatment.

GQ Magazine has sparked backlash for including the Bible in the list of books that people do not have to read, despite being rated highly by many people.

Church leaders in Chicago are seeking an end to a lawsuit filed by an atheist group to dissolve the housing tax exemption for clergy members.