The Islamic State has released a new propaganda poster depicting the Washington National Cathedral erupting in flames with an armed militant standing in front of the building.
The Vatican has issued new rules banning the sales of relics of future saints, including hair strands, hands, teeth and other body parts that are often sold for high prices at online auctions.
A Hindu nationalist group has reportedly warned Christians schools in Aligarh, in India's Uttar Pradesh state, against celebrating Christmas where Hindu students are in the majority.
The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack at a Christian church in the Pakistani city of Quetta, where at least nine people were killed and more than 50 were injured.
The Kentucky Court of Appeals has overturned a lower court decision that dismissed a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood, which has been accused of performing abortions in its Louisville clinic without proper licensure.
Hindu activists have reportedly beaten up eight priests outside a police station in India's Madhya Pradesh state while they were trying to assist Christians who were detained for allegedly trying to convert non-Christians.
A U.S. judge has blocked President Donald Trump's order that exempts religious employers from covering contraceptives and abortion-inducing drugs on their employees' health insurance.
An Australian inquiry into child abuse has recommended that celibacy should be optional for Catholic priests and that members of the clergy should be prosecuted for failing to report evidence of pedophilia revealed to them in a confessional.
As many as 15.6 million abortions were performed in India in 2015, with the majority of women taking pills at home without adequate counseling, according to the latest study conducted by the Guttmacher Institute.
A school in Indiana has taken down a banner advertising a local church from a county football stadium after receiving a complaint from a Wisconsin-based secularist organization.
A Senate parliamentarian has blocked a provision that would have repealed the Johnson Amendment from the tax bill on the grounds that it violated Senate rules.
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.