The Church of England is dealing with more than 3,000 cases of sexual abuse in the forms of concerns and allegations, prompting concerns that it would have to pay millions in compensation even if only a fraction of the complaints were upheld.
A Cinema in Central London, U.K. has decided to cancel a scheduled premiere of a film about ex-gays and ex-lesbians after a petition claimed that it was promoting a "gay cure."
A Catholic lawyer has raised questions about the need for "buffer zones" around abortion clinics in several localities in Britain despite the lack of evidence that patients are being harassed outside the facilities.
The parents of a 20-month-old baby suffering from an unidentified degenerative neurological condition have told a British court that they want they want their child to die at home if he cannot be transferred to a Vatican-owned hospital in Rome.
The Church Investors Group (CIG), which backs investment policies based on Christian ethical principles, has threatened to cut ties with British companies that fail to tackle issues such as excessive executive pay, climate change or gender diversity.
Planned Parenthood was reportedly one of four international organizations that have refused to comply with a new policy required charities to stop promoting or providing abortions overseas in order to continue receiving U.S. tax dollars.
A California judge has ruled in favor of a Christian baker who faced discrimination charges after she refused to bake a cake for a same-sex couple.
A Sudanese court has ordered seven church leaders to pay fines of 2,500 Sudanese pounds (US$137) each for resisting the takeover of their school in Omdurman.
At least 75 people were found dead after a series of recent attacks carried out by Fulani herdsmen on the predominantly Christian community of Miango in Nigeria's Plateau state.
A high-ranking Vatican prelate has asserted that China's current communist regime is the "best [at] implementing the social doctrine of the Church."
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan went to the Vatican on Monday for a 50-minute meeting with Pope Francis to discuss several issues, including the relations between the Catholic Church and Turkey, the migrant crisis and the status of Jerusalem.
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.