The top Christian and Muslim clerics in Russia have signed a petition calling for a total ban on abortions, assisted reproduction and the use of contraceptives with abortifacent effects.
A church in Sichuan province has been ordered to stop Christians from performing religious activities such as singing hymns, praying and chanting inside the church building.
The plans to establish separate provinces for Christians and Yazidis have been rejected by The Iraqi Parliament when it voted in favor of maintaining the administrative border of Nineveh province on Monday.
Egyptian authorities have arrested 37 men in connection to a riot between Muslims and Christians in the village of Asem on the outskirts of Minya city in Egypt.
A woman who attended a church service was beaten unconscious by her husband on Sept. 18 in a village in Eastern Uganda's Budaka District.
Authorities in Saudi Arabia have deported 27 Lebanese Maronite Christians, including women and children, for participating in an "un-Islamic" prayer and for possessing the Gospel.
Thousands of Mexicans marched on the streets of Mexico City last week to protest against the proposed amendment to legalize gay marriage. Marchers were also protesting the planned implementation of sex education inspired by gender ideology.
The body of a priest was found on the side of a highway in western Mexico a few days after his abduction. Fr. José Alfredo López Guillén, pastor of Janamuato in the state of Michoacan, was the third priest that was slain in Mexico in the past week.
A transgender man gave birth to a baby that was conceived with his transgender partner. Neither of them had gender reassignment surgery so the pregnancy did not require any medical intervention.
Advocacy group Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) has released a report slamming the religious freedom violations taking place in North Korea, concluding that the violations in the isolated regime "are among the very worst in the world."
A new study revealed that Europeans were more likely to favor Christian asylum seekers over Muslims. The results also showed that European citizens from 15 different countries were more accepting of refugees with high employability and those who experienced persecution in their homeland.
The United Methodist Church (UMC) will convene its 2028 General Conference at two locations simultaneously for the first time in the denomination’s history, bringing together delegates in the United States and Africa for its highest legislative assembly. The UMC Commission on the General Conference announced Tuesday that Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Harare, Zimbabwe, will jointly host the gathering.
Christian persecution has worsened in more than half of 18 countries surveyed by a Catholic watchdog, raising concerns about the future of Christian communities in the Middle East. The Middle East has emerged as an area of particular concern, where prolonged instability threatens Christianity’s presence in its historic birthplace.
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.