At least 547 members of a choir once run by the brother of Pope emeritus Benedict XVI were reportedly abused by Catholic clergy in Germany over a period of sixty years, according to a report released on Tuesday.
A U.S. House committee has advanced a measure to grant permanent residence to Charlie Gard, an 11-month-old critically ill baby whose parents are fighting a court battle over his medical care.
Abune Antonios, the patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Church, made his first public appearance in a decade at a mass in St. Mary's Cathedral in Asmara on Sunday.
Christian refugees were reportedly prevented from seeking asylum on the Greek mainland after they fled from camps in the Greek Isles due to persecution at the hands of Muslim migrants.
A document found in the newly liberated Iraqi city of Mosul appears to show how women in the city were traded as sex slaves by members of the Islamic State terror group.
An opinion poll conducted by ComRes has found that almost a third of people in the U.K. believe that Jesus Christ was an "extremist."
Archaeologists working at Shiloh in the West Bank have found ancient clues that could help them determine whether the site really held the Ark of the Covenant and the Tabernacle.
Christian forces battling against the Islamic State in the Syrian city of Raqqa have reported that while a significant number of terrorists have already fled from the city, the remaining militants are now turning to drones to drop bombs on coalition forces.
A Pakistani Christian family has fled from their home in Punjab province after their 16-year-old son was charged with blasphemy last week for talking with a colleague about his faith.
A new survey conducted by Premier Christian Communications has indicated that more than nine out of 10 Christians feel that their faith is being marginalized in British society.
Researchers have discovered that the Shroud of Turin, which is believed by some to be the burial cloth of Jesus Christ, contains the blood of a torture victim.
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.