A leading evangelical advisor of President Donald Trump is requesting a meeting with Pope Francis following the publication of a critical article in a Vatican-reviewed magazine.
An Islamic State secret unit that was responsible for terror attacks in Paris and Brussels is reportedly training jihadis to carry out similar attacks in Britain and other parts of Europe, according to a captured militant.
The Swedish migration board is refusing to grant asylum to an Iranian actress who risks imprisonment if she is returned to her country because of her Christian faith.
Archaeologists have unearthed what they believed to be the ancient Roman city of Julias, which was said to be the home of Jesus' apostles Peter, Andrew and Philip.
The U.S.-led coalition and its allies have reclaimed almost a third of territory from the Islamic State terror group mainly due to the changes implemented by President Donald Trump and his administration, according to a senior State Department official.
The Cambodian government ordered the closure of a Christian anti-trafficking charity last week after it was featured in a recent CNN report that highlighted the plight of young girls being sold into sexual slavery by their own mothers.
At least 11 worshippers were killed after gunmen attacked a Catholic church during Sunday Mass in Nigeria's southeastern Anambra state.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has warned that there is an effort to "de-Christianize" Europe and transform it into a "mixed, Islamicized" society.
Members of the Khartoum state parliament have blocked the Minister of Education's order to open Christian schools in Sudan's capital on Sundays.
The Cuban government has banned a pastor from working as a church leader after he was sentenced to house arrest earlier this year for homeschooling his children.
The Employment Appeals Tribunal in the U.K. has struck down the appeal of a prison worker who was prohibited from participating in chapel services after delivering a sermon about homosexuality and sin.
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.
Soaring food costs are jeopardizing the health and futures of millions of children worldwide, with families in vulnerable communities increasingly unable to afford nutritious meals, according to a new report from the Christian humanitarian organization World Vision. The report found that approximately 35.5 million children experienced acute malnutrition worldwide in 2025, including nearly 10 million who suffered from severe acute malnutrition.
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.