At least 18 Albinos in Malawi have been killed since 2014 in a surge of violence where people with albinism are hunted down for their body parts believed to bring wealth and good luck and sold to witchdoctors for quick money.
Steve Double, a British Conservative Party politician and a Member of Parliament, had expressed his regret for having "behaved inappropriately." The statement he issued came amid rumors of him having an affair with his assistant, Sarah Bunt.
The government of Queensland, Australia is reviewing religious instruction materials being used in schools in the state following a discovery in one school that a religious curriculum seems to proselytize students into Christianity.
The father of two teenage boys living in Lidingo, Sweden said he received a notification that he and his family are being evicted because their home will be given to migrants arriving from the Middle East.
Christians in India are more likely to take their own lives than Hindus or people of other religions, and tribals and Dalits are among the castes with high rates of suicide, according to data from the Union Home Ministry.
A conservative blog reveals how media coverage on the death of Harambe the gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo on May 28 was featured six times more than the 21 Coptic Christians beheaded by masked militants in Libya last year.
A 65-year-old Christian grocer was killed in north-west Bangladesh on Sunday, just hours after the wife of an anti-terror official was stabbed and shot in the head at the south-east part of the predominantly Muslim country.
As more Christian converts seek asylum in Britain, officials try to determine if their faith is genuine by asking them to recite the Ten Commandments from memory.
Ramadan, the holy month for Muslims, officially started on June 6. What is Ramadan and how is it observed?
The gender gap is closing between men and women church attendees, and this is because women are leaving the church, according to a study.
Last month, it was reported that there are now more people in England and Wales who do not identify with any religion than those who identify with Christianity. This was clear for some time, said Andrew Copson, the chief executive of the British Humanist Association; but now, because of the extent ...
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.