Pope Francis has urged Myanmar's leaders to respect the human rights of all ethnic groups in the country, but he avoided using the term "Rohingya" in his addresses to officials.
The U.S. Supreme court has refused to consider an appeal filed by the Westboro Baptist Church, which is challenging a Nebraska law that prohibits picketing near funerals.
Just weeks after the Sutherland Springs church shooting in Texas, a faith-based filmmaker is promoting the upcoming movie "The Reliant" by giving away an AR-15 rifle on Christmas day.
An Egyptian TV host has been suspended after she suggested that it was more understandable for terrorists to carry out attacks on Christian churches than on mosques.
The Vatican's top astronomer has said that some scientists appear in public proclaiming themselves to be atheists in order to gain credibility, but there is a surprising number of people in the field who actually attend church.
A school board in Maine has reportedly withdrawn threats to fire an employee who was reprimanded last year for offering to pray for a co-worker.
A prominent secularist group has called on an Indiana school district to conduct an investigation into its high school football program after a head coach was seen praying with team members.
A former confidante of the Pope John Paul II has claimed that the late pontiff had a prophetic vision that Europe will be invaded by Islamists.
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said that he could not comprehend why so many Christians in the U.S. support President Donald Trump.
A youth pastor in Virginia has been charged with first-degree murder for shooting down three people in his family on Thanksgiving Day.
A British missionary who was kidnapped in Nigeria last month had been killed by his captors after he sang the hymn "Amazing Grace," his fellow captives revealed.
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.