French Presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has advanced to the second round of the elections after calling for the expulsion of "Islamic preachers of hate" and the closure of their mosques.
A student who was suspected of being involved in the lynching of another student in a Pakistani university claimed that the school officials asked him to testify that the victim had committed blasphemy.
The Supreme Court in Russia has labeled Jehovah's Witnesses as an "extremist" group and has banned all of its activities in the country.
Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama, Jakarta's first Christian governor in half a century, has conceded defeat to his Muslim contender, Anies Baswedanand, and called on his supporters to move on from the election.
Persecution watchdog group Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) will now be able to attend meetings and conferences at the Human Rights Council after it received accreditation from the U.N.
Chinese authorities have detained a Taiwanese pastor for singing the worship song "Jesus Loves You," which has been declared by officials as an illegal religious activity.
The Islamic State has taken credit for the attack that killed one policeman and wounded four others at an Egyptian police checkpoint near the Saint Catherine's Monastery in Sinai on Tuesday.
A pastor who runs an underground ministry in the Middle East has claimed that a pride of lions prevented Islamic militants from attacking him and other believers.
A pastor has teamed up with a geneticist in a "groundbreaking" search for Jesus' DNA to see if any of his living descendants can be found today.
The number of reported cases of assisted suicide in the Netherlands has increased by 10 percent in 2016, and it now represents four percent of all the deaths in the country, according to a report by the regional monitoring boards.
Evangelist Franklin Graham has claimed that there are only about seven families currently living in what was once the largest Christian town in Iraq.
Multisite churches are expanding rapidly across the United States, attracting nearly one in 10 Protestant churchgoers, but their growth is increasingly outpacing the development of qualified leaders, according to a new national study. The report identified more than 1,800 multisite churches operating over 6,000 campuses nationwide, highlighting the growing influence of congregations that maintain multiple worship locations under a unified organizational structure.
New York Times bestselling author and BlazeTV host Allie Beth Stuckey has drawn mixed reactions from Christians after questioning whether believers should embrace Halloween festivities and consume horror-themed entertainment. During the Oct. 19 episode of her “Relatable” podcast, Stuckey addressed the different ways Christians approach Halloween, acknowledging that the subject involves personal convictions and differing interpretations of Christian freedom.
A federal appeals court has handed a legal victory to churches, synagogues and other religious organizations challenging the Trump administration’s decision to permit immigration enforcement operations at places of worship. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit reversed a lower court’s decision rejecting the religious groups’ request for a preliminary injunction.
Soaring food costs are jeopardizing the health and futures of millions of children worldwide, with families in vulnerable communities increasingly unable to afford nutritious meals, according to a new report from the Christian humanitarian organization World Vision. The report found that approximately 35.5 million children experienced acute malnutrition worldwide in 2025, including nearly 10 million who suffered from severe acute malnutrition.
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.