UK Girl Guides told to avoid thanking God before meals
Girlguiding groups in the U.K. have been told to avoid thanking God before meals in an apparent attempt to boost inclusivity within the organization.
Girlguiding groups in the U.K. have been told to avoid thanking God before meals in an apparent attempt to boost inclusivity within the organization.
Israel has canceled an exhibit of the Dead Sea Scrolls in Frankfurt after the German government stated that it cannot guarantee the return of the manuscripts if claimed by Jordanians or Palestinians.
The French Catholic Church has introduced a new version of the Lord's Prayer in an effort to clear a misunderstanding among some parishioners that God has a direct hand in tempting people to commit sins.
An influential Rabbi in Israel has issued a controversial ruling that prohibits religious people from looking at the country's 50-shekel banknote because it features the image of a renowned Hebrew poet who married a Christian woman.
An Ipsos MORI survey has found that the British public's trust in priests have declined to an all-time low, although the clergy still score higher than politicians.
Pope Francis defended his decision to avoid using the term "Rohingya" from his speech in Myanmar, saying he believed that he got his message across without shutting down dialogue with the country's leaders.
A Norwegian court has ruled in favor of a pro-life doctor who sued the health authority in the municipality of Sauerhad after she was fired for refusing to prescribe contraceptives to patients.
A bomb blast outside the gates of a Christian colony in the Pakistani province of Balochistan has left a 7-year-old child dead and two others injured.
City officials in India's Madhya Pradesh state have issued a notice telling a Christian family to stop worship gatherings in their own home.
The Coptic community in Egypt's southern rural Minya governorate has finally been granted permission to restore, expand and rebuild their churches after waiting several years for the governor's approval.
A Spanish court has stripped a subsidiary of Planned Parenthood of government benefits for allegedly hiding income from authorities.
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.