Theology students at Oxford University will no longer be required to take up Christianity, but can opt to study other subjects during their second year.
Donald Trump has retracted his comments supporting punishment for women who have abortions, after igniting the fury of both pro-life and pro-choice groups.
Susan Sarandon has revealed that she struggled with her Catholic faith when she was still young and later on lost her faith in the Church.
Pastor Saeed Abedini, the American minister who was jailed in Iran for three and a half years for his Christian faith, said Islam is not a peaceful religion.
The Senate has passed the Mississippi Church Protection Act which will allow security staff to carry concealed weapons in church and also nullify gun limits.
"Batman" star Jeremy Irons has slammed abortion and said the Catholic Church is right to say that it is a sin.
Pakistani Christians have called for increased protection and unity among religious minorities just days after the deadly Easter bombing in Lahore.
Social conservatives have spoken out against Georgia's Gov. Nathan Deal's move to veto House Bill 757, calling it cowardly and discriminatory toward Christians.
The Bible contains a number of apparent contradictions, but Christian apologist Michael Brown has come forward to give some advice about how people should handle them.
"God's Club" star Stephen Baldwin is linking up with a church in New York City and will begin a Bible study for young people in the city who are lost or depressed.
"God's Not Dead 2" lead star Melissa Joan Hart has talked about faith issues in the movie and said Christian persecution at present has reached a whole new level.
The Church of England has withdrawn an interfaith award from a Pakistani Muslim cleric after past comments praising Osama bin Laden resurfaced. Lambeth Palace announced Thursday that it had rescinded the Hubert Walter Award for Reconciliation and Interfaith Cooperation presented to Maulana Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi on Sept. 11.
Vice President JD Vance criticized Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and United Methodist pastor Adam Hamilton at a campaign rally in Olathe, Kansas, accusing his church of financially supporting a Pride event associated with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.Vance urged voters to back Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, who is seeking reelection against Hamilton, pastor of Resurrection, a multi-campus United Methodist congregation in Leawood.
A performance of Handel’s “Messiah” blending Western and Eastern music took place Sept. 12 at Mukawir, the hilltop fortress in Jordan traditionally associated with the beheading of John the Baptist. The concert was held under the patronage of HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal.
President John Dramani Mahama has ruled out the use of taxpayers' money to finance Ghana's National Cathedral, saying the country's Christian community should raise the funds needed to complete the stalled project.
The leaders of France's two main Protestant umbrella organizations have agreed to create a standing forum for dialogue and cooperation, following a two-day meeting both described as unprecedented. Delegations from the executive boards of the Protestant Federation of France, known by its French initials FPF, and the National Council of Evangelicals in France, or CNEF, met Sept. 3-4 at the Domaine du Lazaret in Sète.