The UN deemed that the Irish government's abortion laws are cruel and inhuman after an Irish woman in 2011, who couldn't get abortion in her own country, was forced to travel "while carrying a dying fetus at her own expense."
A Christian human rights lawyer considered by Chinese authorities as "more dangerous than Bin Laden" is remembered by his colleague a year after his disappearance in a political crackdown.
Mpho Tutu van Furth , the reverend daughter of the South African Nobel peace prize winner and rights champion, Desmond Tutu, was well-aware that she could be losing her priesthood license if she married her woman partner. She decided to marry her, anyway.
A pastor from South Africa decided to show a demonstration of God's power by telling church members to sleep before driving a car over their bodies.
Justin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury, has taken as swipe at Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for U.S. president, intimating that he is not Christian.
A Yazidi woman who managed to escape from the clutches of the Islamic militants share the harrowing tale of how she and her children were physically and psychologically abused, tortured, and sold as sex slaves.
Li Jiamei is a six-year-old who wants to rescue her missing dad, Li Heping, a Christian human rights lawyer whom Chinese authorities took away from his family almost a year ago on July 10 as part of the government's crackdown against activists.
The United Kingdom's Home Office has received criticism following allegations that some of its interpreters are deliberately jeopardizing cases of some asylum seekers due to personal reasons.
Pastor Saeed Abedini says that Maryam (Nasim) Naghash Zargaran, the jailed Christian woman in Iran's Evin prison who went on hunger strike on May 25 as protest to the medical treatment authorities withheld from her, has been temporarily discharged on health grounds Monday, June 6 but already she ...
The Islamic State terror group reportedly burned to death 19 girls who had refused to sleep with its members.
Greece had expressed its disapproval of Turkey's decision to use a former Greek Orthodox Christian basilica as a place for daily Quran reading during the Ramadan, the Islalmic month of prayer and fasting.
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.