The Vatican's Pontifical Academy for Life has drawn criticisms for its statement regarding the withdrawal of life support of Charlie Gard, a 10-month-old baby who suffers from a rare genetic disease.
A Russian Orthodox Christian TV channel has offered to give one-way tickets to homosexuals to emigrate out of the country for good.
The number of religiously unaffiliated Scots has reached a record high, with nearly six out of 10 describing themselves as having no religion.
Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, has appeared in a new video, claiming responsibility for new terrorist attacks in Nigeria and declaring that there is no way that Muslims and Christians can work together in peace.
The German Parliament has voted to legalize same-sex marriage despite opposition from the Bavaria-based Christian Social Union (CSU) party.
A public school board in Alberta, Canada has announced that it will terminate its agreement with a Christian school because it refused to remove Bible verses from its student handbook.
Several evangelical groups have written a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, calling on him to take notice of Christians who are suffering severe forms of persecution in Sudan.
Iraqi security forces announced the end of the Islamic State's caliphate on Thursday after capturing the historic mosque that symbolized the terror group's power in Mosul.
The U.K. government has announced that pregnant women from Northern Ireland will now be able to obtain free abortions in England.
An appeals court in the U.K. has overturned the conviction of two Christian preachers who were previously found guilty of religiously-aggravated public order offenses for preaching at a mall in Bristol.
Eritrea has stepped up its crackdown on unregistered Christian denominations in the country, with some human rights groups reporting as many as 170 people arrested in house-to-house raids.
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.