Two Christians who were jailed in eastern India earlier this year were reportedly beaten by other inmates after it was discovered that they were accused of defiling Hinduism.

Four Christians were reportedly killed by suspected Fulani militants while they were holding Christmas carols in Southern Kaduna, Nigeria.

A school in the French city of Langon had reportedly suspended the showing of the Christmas film "The Star" because it was deemed not secular enough.

A group of pro-choice activists in Spain was sentenced to prison for disrupting a Catholic Mass to protest against the Catholic church's stance on abortion.

Pope Francis has stated on Tuesday that the story of St. Stephen, who was the first Christian martyr, demonstrates that the message of Jesus is often "upsetting," but it is an invitation for people to convert and change their way of thinking.

A landlord has refused to renew the lease of a church in China's Hubei province, prompting the parishioners to conduct their meetings on the streets and in the homes of church members.

Christianity has rapidly grown in Nepal over the last two decades despite the mainly Hindu country's strict laws against religious conversions.

Pope Francis has warned against the "winds of war" blowing around the world in his traditional Christmas message on Monday, and expressed hope for a peaceful solution in the conflict in the Middle East as well as the brewing confrontation in the Korean Peninsula.

A member of the Kurdistan parliament has expressed alarm over the sharp reduction in the number of Christians that remain in Iraq.

The former senior pastor of China's largest official church has been released from prison after prosecutors dropped the corruption charges leveled against him.

Callista Gingrich has presented her letters of credentials to Pope Francis on Friday, officially marking the beginning of her duties as the new U.S. ambassador to the Holy See.