Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop, Michael Curry, has called the recent censure of his church over allowing clergy to perform same-sex marriages a "fair" move by the wider Anglican Communion.
The UN has warned that more than 50,000 children in Somalia "face death" because of the ongoing drought.
Swedish police have arrested 14 Polish far-right activists for allegedly planning to attack an asylum center, after finding knives, iron pipes and axes in their cars.
A 29-year-old driver has been accused of ramming a car through the gates at a church, then trying to set fire to its floor.
Japan withdrew its bid for UNESCO to add churches and other Christian sites in the southwestern region to the World Heritage register.
Liam's dad filmed the youngster as he prayer for a "good journey" for his dead goldfish before popping it down the toilet.
A political bureau has told religious groups to promote Chinese culture and become more compatible with socialism, as Beijing circulated orders for retired party cadres to shun all religious activity.
Recent reports reveal that over a thousand Christian converts from Islam live in fear of retaliation against them from the Muslim community in Italy.
An atheist organization banished a 'God Bless America' banner in a Pittsburg Post Office in Wisconsin, only to see 1,500 more spread across the town.
Facing his congregation for the first time since charges were laid against him last week, Rev. Brent Hawkes said he would fight the allegations and that he was involved in a sexual assault 40 years ago in Nova Scotia.
Georgia is planning a "blasphemy bill" that will make religious insults punishable by law, prompting concerns about freedom of expression in the devoutly Orthodox Christian society.
The leaders of France's two main Protestant umbrella organizations have agreed to create a standing forum for dialogue and cooperation, following a two-day meeting both described as unprecedented. Delegations from the executive boards of the Protestant Federation of France, known by its French initials FPF, and the National Council of Evangelicals in France, or CNEF, met Sept. 3-4 at the Domaine du Lazaret in Sète.
Evangelicals in the United Kingdom are “younger, more ethnically diverse, and more likely to be male than the wider population,” according to a new report from the Evangelical Alliance UK. “Adults under 35 are the age group most likely to identify as Evangelical and to hold Evangelical beliefs,” the report reads. “Approximately a third of the most committed Evangelicals come from ethnically diverse backgrounds, while an estimated 60% of Evangelicals are male.”
President Donald Trump has nominated Cissie Graham Lynch to serve as U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, a State Department position focused on promoting religious liberty abroad. The White House announced that the nomination of Jane Lynch, better known as Cissie Graham Lynch, had been sent to the Senate for consideration.
American Bible Society research suggests that Christians who are more active in their faith and Bible reading are less likely to struggle with forgiving themselves and others. Overall, 29% of respondents said “It is really hard for me to accept myself once I’ve messed up” was “true of me,” while 56% said it was “not true of me.”
The Archbishop of Canterbury has withdrawn an interfaith award given to Pakistani Muslim cleric Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi after past remarks praising Osama bin Laden resurfaced, raising questions in Pakistan about why he was recommended for the honor by Church of Pakistan’s Moderator Bishop Azad Marshall.