The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, France has rejected a plea made by British parents to continue the life support of their terminally-ill baby.
The Islamic State is reportedly handing out "passports to paradise" to its fighters to encourage them to carry out suicide attacks as the terror group tries to maintain control of its self-declared capital in the Syrian city of Raqqa.
U.S. Senators have urged President Donald Trump to bring up the issue of religious repression in India during his meeting with the country's Prime Minister on Monday.
The Islamic State terrorists in the Philippines are reportedly forcing women to become sex slaves and are using 100 Christians as human shields as government forces continue the offensive to retake Marawi City.
A Swedish municipality has forbidden children at a Christian preschool from praying at mealtimes, talking about the Bible and saying "Amen" because the said activities allegedly violate the country's educational policies.
The results of Australia's 2016 census has indicated that the number of people who identify as having "no religion" has increased in 2016, while those who identify Christians have dropped significantly.
Doctors at the British Medical Association (BMA) have voted in favor of a motion to decriminalize abortion up to birth, following a heated debate about the issue.
Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey has resigned from his role in the Church of England after a recent inquiry found that he had colluded in concealing evidence to protect a bishop who was accused of committing sex offenses against teenagers.
The Swedish government has recently announced that it is considering to amend its existing hate crime legislation to include "gender expression and identity" as criteria in protecting individuals against discrimination.
Some churches in the U.K. will be abandoning the use of traditional collection baskets in favor of contactless card readers to collect donations from parishioners.
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.