While the Catholic Church is struggling to address the shortage of priests across the world, seminaries in America are seeing a resurgence as millennials express more interest in joining the priesthood.
A street preacher in Atlanta has sued Georgia authorities after he was banned from spreading the Gospel on public sidewalks in May.
The abortion rate in Pennsylvania has dropped by around three percent, with 1,000 fewer terminations in 2016 compared to the previous year.
The Oregon Court of Appeals had upheld a ruling against Christian bakers who turned down an order for a same-sex wedding cake due to their religious convictions.
A judge has rejected a lawsuit that was aimed at blocking a new legislation that would expand taxpayer funding of abortions in Illinois.
The bishop of Liverpool has criticized Christians who support Donald Trump, saying they have been "uncritically accepting" of the positions taken by the U.S. president and his allies.
Pastor Greg Laurie of Harvest Christian Fellowship in California has hailed 2017 as an "epic" year, saying 25,000 people have decided to follow Jesus Christ through his ministry during the time period.
The Indiana House of Representatives has approved a legislation that is aimed at strengthening parental notification requirements for minors seeking abortion.
Employees who were working on Christmas Eve at a Waffle House in Ohio got a pleasant surprise when a local church left them with a generous $3,577 tip.
Federal agents have reportedly found four unborn babies in a Michigan warehouse that was owned by a businessman who sold human body parts.
A Swedish-based company has stated that it had to stop the construction work that was being carried out at a Greek Orthodox church that was destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks.
Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice-elect Maggie Ellis has announced plans to overturn a rule protecting judges who decline to officiate same-sex weddings because of their religious beliefs.
A law that came into effect this year gives the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) increased powers to restrict religious practice even as several Christians remain imprisoned for carrying out their ministries, according to an advocacy group’s new report. In the past year freedom of religion in China has deteriorated with the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress coming into effect on July1.
Several pastors affiliated with the Calvary Chapel movement have publicly criticized Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa’s affirmation of women serving as pastors, following an announcement by Char Brodersen at the church that once served as the movement’s flagship congregation. The Calvary Chapel Association (CCA), through its Heartland Regional Team, reaffirmed its opposition to appointing women as pastors or elders.
A 20-year-old Egyptian Christian was reportedly killed by Islamic State (ISIS) militants in Libya after resisting repeated demands to abandon his Christian faith and embrace Islam while in captivity. Milad Malak, a Coptic Christian, was the only Christian among a group of Egyptian workers abducted by ISIS fighters, according to Open Doors, which cited accounts from two Muslim companions who were later released.
Three students were killed and six others injured when Myanmar's military launched an airstrike and drone assault on a Christian Bible school in Karen State. The attack occurred Tuesday in Day Bu Noh village in Hpapun District, an area largely populated by Christian Karen communities. Military aircraft reportedly dropped bombs before armed drones struck the village, with one exploding directly above the Bible school.