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.
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.
Algerian authorities have allowed three churches to reopen last Sunday following the recent closure of non-Muslim places of worship in several parts of the country.
A Catholic bishop has denounced a new law that requires Catholic priests in Australia to report cases of child abuse, including those heard in the confessional.
Indian police issue lookout notice against Hindu helpline worker for assaulting pastor
The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis accepted the resignation of three Chilean bishops who were said to be involved in the cover-up of sexual abuse committed by Catholic priests.
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.
Christian hip-hop artist Hulvey canceled a sold-out concert in Amsterdam just an hour before he was scheduled to perform, citing sexually explicit images and objects displayed inside the venue that he said were inappropriate for his audience, particularly young children. The rapper said he made the decision after learning that venue officials would not fully cover the graphic material, despite requests from his team.
Myanmar’s military has been accused of violating international humanitarian law following separate attacks that destroyed two churches in the predominantly Christian regions of Chin and Kachin states earlier this month. According to Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), two military aircraft departing from an air base in Magway carried out airstrikes on the town of Mindat in southern Chin State at approximately 2:30 p.m. on Oct. 9.