A Singaporean member of the Islamic State terror group has appeared in a recent video challenging British royal Prince Harry to a fight and threatening to send him "to hellfire."
A Hindu woman has filed a police complaint against her own family and a charitable trust in Kerala, alleging that she was sexually abused and tortured while she was held captive at a yoga center because she married a Christian man.
Two religious prisoners were sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering a convicted double killer, believing that the act would "exorcise a demon" from the victim and "cleanse" him of his crimes.
A group of clergy and lay scholars have issued a formal "filial correction" of Pope Francis, accusing him of supporting heretical positions on several issues, including marriage, the moral life, and the reception of the sacraments.
Police have arrested a 25-year-old immigrant on Sunday after he opened fire at a Tennessee church, leaving one woman dead and at least six others wounded.
A group of North Korean defectors has launched hundreds of balloons containing 1,000 flash drives loaded with portions of the Bible across the inter-Korean border.
Students and parents recited the Lord's Prayer out loud prior to a football game in Alabama in protest of a ban on student-led prayers over the public address system.
The White House has issued a revised and expanded travel ban that restricts travel to citizens of eight countries following the expiration of the temporary ban on visitors from six Muslim-majority countries.
A numerologist who has claimed that the world would end in late September is now saying that the schedule for the apocalypse has been delayed.
A U.S. academic has claimed that a verse in 1 Corinthians that says women should be silent in church was not originally a part of the Bible, but was added later.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing the state of Michigan to challenge a law that allows faith-based adoption agencies to turn away same-sex couples who are seeking to adopt children.
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.