Pope Leo XIV has appointed a new bishop with outspoken pro-migrant beliefs — right on President Donald Trump's patch.

Five communist nations are severely restricting the flow of funding into Christian churches and implementing stringent ...

Pope Leo XIV has welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the papal residence at Castel Gandolfo to discuss the ...

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Jerry Pillay has told a Global Refugee Forum Progress Review 2025 plenary ...

Pope Leo XIV has joined world church leaders in condemning a lethal attack on the Jewish community in Sydney, Australia, gathered for Hanukkah or the Feast of Lights.

Pope Leo XIV is in Turkiye and will be joined by the World Council of Churches general secretary, Rev. Jerry Pillay and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew for a special anniversary in the Christian ...

India's Christian community had a year marked by increasing challenges and persecution in 2024, data from various research shows. Data from various organizations paint a sobering picture of the ...

The new Ecumenical Centre—where the World Council of Churches will spend at least the next three years—is in Kyoto adjacent to the old one but is sparkling and new. Kyoto isn't in Japan—it's in the ...

Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, has removed Metropolitan Nestor of Korsun and Western Europe from his position, ostensibly for being an avid poker player. The church announced ...

Geneva -- The fall of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria in December 2024 was hailed worldwide, but has been replaced by jihadists, who are delivering the same cruelty, only with different colours ...

The Evangelical Alliance of Kenya (EAK) has joined other religious leaders, including the Pentecostal Voice of Kenya (PVK), in rejecting the Religious Organisations Bill, 2024, proposed by a former ...

Thousands of Palestinian Christians and Muslims gathered in Bethlehem's Manger Square, in front of the Church of the Nativity at the weekend for the Christmas tree lighting ceremony - the first one in ...