At least 75 people were found dead after a series of recent attacks carried out by Fulani herdsmen on the predominantly Christian community of Miango in Nigeria's Plateau state.
The Ohio Supreme Court has upheld a 2014 state order to shut down Toledo's last remaining abortion clinic for failing to comply with state laws.
A high-ranking Vatican prelate has asserted that China's current communist regime is the "best [at] implementing the social doctrine of the Church."
A conservative student group at Georgetown University has recently learned that some of the donations that it had received had either gone missing or passed on to pro-LGBT groups on the campus.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan went to the Vatican on Monday for a 50-minute meeting with Pope Francis to discuss several issues, including the relations between the Catholic Church and Turkey, the migrant crisis and the status of Jerusalem.
The West Virginia House of Delegates has held a public hearing on a bill that would eliminate Medicaid funding for abortions.
The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, has decided to keep its "Crusaders" nickname despite concerns from some students and staff that the name could be offensive to Muslims.
A prison chaplain has claimed that he was removed from his job at Brixton prison in south London after an Islamic Imam accused him of promoting "extreme" Christian views.
Four U.N. human rights experts have issued a joint statement calling on the Iranian government to ensure a "fair and transparent final hearing" for three Christians who are appealing their conviction for "conducting evangelism" and "illegal house church activities."
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles has said that he plans to become a pastor when he retires from his football career.
The parents of a terminally-ill child in Liverpool, U.K. are fighting a legal battle to take their son for treatment at Vatican-linked Bambino Gesu Pediatric Hospital in Rome.
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.