Turkish archaeologists have discovered what may be the actual tomb of St. Nicholas, who became the basis for the popular Christmas character Santa Claus, under an ancient church in Turkey's southern Antalya province.
Ontario's Attorney General Yasir Naqvi has introduced a bill that is aimed at banning pro-life protesters from standing in front of abortion clinics across the province.
Chinese authorities have taken two women and a three-year-old boy into custody for conducting missionary work in the city of Xianning, Hubei.
A Republican congressman who claims to be pro-life has resigned after he was accused of pressuring his mistress to have an abortion.
An all-girl Catholic school in Britain has written a letter to parents informing them that students must use the "preferred pronoun" of their transgender classmates.
A Catholic priest in Catalonia celebrated a fake mass on Sunday in order to provide cover for the ballot counting in the independence vote that has been deemed illegal by Spanish authorities.
Egyptian authorities have charged a Coptic Christian woman of murdering her newborn baby, but she claims that her daughter was killed by intruders.
An Iowa judge has turned down a request for a permanent injunction to block a law that requires pregnant women to wait 72 hours before undergoing an abortion in the state.
A study by the Pew Research Center has found that Islam is the most popular state religion, but Christianity is favored by governments across the world even though it is not often named in a country's documents.
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved the legislation known as the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which aims to ban abortions after 20 weeks into pregnancy.
The Archbishop of Canterbury Most Rev. Justin Welby said that he felt "very sad" to enforce consequences against the Scottish Episcopal Church (SEC) over its decision to allow same-sex marriage.
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.