Authorities in Cuba have reportedly invoked the name of Fidel Castro as their god while arresting a Christian man for being a member of a dissident group.
Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards has reportedly expressed plans to resign from her post after overseeing the organization's operations for over a decade.
An Alabama House panel in has approved a bill that would eliminate the requirement for a marriage license and wedding ceremonies in Alabama.
The Manchester City Council has voted to ban pro-life protests outside abortion clinics, making it the second local authority in England to approve such a measure.
The Holy See has reportedly asked two underground bishops in China to retire and make way for church leaders that are backed by the Communist government.
The Virginia Senate has approved a measure that would allow firearms in churches in response to a deadly church shooting in Texas last year.
Vice President Mike Pence raced to the Capitol to break a Senate vote tie on Wednesday to finally confirm the appointment of Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback as the Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom.
Americans born between 1999 and 2015, also known as Generation Z, are the least religious generation in the country's history, with many of them increasingly identifying as agnostic, atheist or not religiously unaffiliated.
More than 80 Christians have been killed by Fulani militants in Nigeria's Benue State since Jan. 1, less than two months after the state approved a bill aiming to prevent further violence in the region.
The Church of England bishops blocked a proposal to create a new service to celebrate an individual's gender transition and suggested that the occasion should be marked instead with the existing baptism rite.
A Christian couple from Minnesota is asking the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals to reinstate their lawsuit challenging a state law that forces them to film same-sex wedding despite their religious objections.
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.