The Catholic Church in France has agreed to buy the statue of the late St. John Paul II after an administrative court had ordered the removal of a cross from the 25-foot monument.
Aaron and Melissa Klein, the owners of Sweetcakes by Melissa, have filed an appeal to the Oregon Supreme Court to challenge the state's imposition of a $135,000 fine for their refusal to make a cake for a same-sex wedding in 2013.
Harvard University has reportedly put a Christian student group on a year-long probation after it asked a lesbian member to step down from her role as a Bible study leader.
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court ruling that ordered the removal of a 40-foot veterans cross memorial from an intersection in Maryland.
Facebook has reportedly flagged Christian satire site Babylon Bee as "fake news" after it published an article stating that CNN had purchased an "industrial-sized washing machine to spin news before publication."
More than 200 Catholics have taken part in an all-night prayer vigil in Hong Kong to oppose the proposed deal between the Vatican and China on the appointment of bishops.
The Church of Sweden is facing the possibility of losing more than one million of its members within a 10-year period as fewer people are attending services.
The parents of a 17-year-old teenage girl have asked an Ohio family court to issue an order to stop transgender hormone treatments for their daughter.
Christian churches in Australia are calling for a new law that would limit and override anti-discrimination laws, including in the matter of hiring and firing employees.
Vice President Mike Pence has hit back at ABC's "The View" after one host reportedly compared his Christian faith to a mental illness.
An evangelical leader in Ethiopia has been sent to jail for offending members of the Orthodox Church after he reportedly got into a heated theological discussion with them.
The United Methodist Church (UMC) will convene its 2028 General Conference at two locations simultaneously for the first time in the denomination’s history, bringing together delegates in the United States and Africa for its highest legislative assembly. The UMC Commission on the General Conference announced Tuesday that Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Harare, Zimbabwe, will jointly host the gathering.
Christian persecution has worsened in more than half of 18 countries surveyed by a Catholic watchdog, raising concerns about the future of Christian communities in the Middle East. The Middle East has emerged as an area of particular concern, where prolonged instability threatens Christianity’s presence in its historic birthplace.
Multisite churches are expanding rapidly across the United States, attracting nearly one in 10 Protestant churchgoers, but their growth is increasingly outpacing the development of qualified leaders, according to a new national study. The report identified more than 1,800 multisite churches operating over 6,000 campuses nationwide, highlighting the growing influence of congregations that maintain multiple worship locations under a unified organizational structure.
New York Times bestselling author and BlazeTV host Allie Beth Stuckey has drawn mixed reactions from Christians after questioning whether believers should embrace Halloween festivities and consume horror-themed entertainment. During the Oct. 19 episode of her “Relatable” podcast, Stuckey addressed the different ways Christians approach Halloween, acknowledging that the subject involves personal convictions and differing interpretations of Christian freedom.
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.