World Council of Churches' general secretary Rev. Jerry Pillay has expressed "deep alarm" over escalating violence in areas ...

Bishop Sarah Mullally has become the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury, at her Confirmation of Election at St Paul's Cathedral, and she is the first woman to hold the office in the 1,400-year history of ...

The Roman Catholic share of the population in several Latin American countries has shrunk over the last 10 years, while a ...

When the U.S. Congress convened for its 119th session on Jan. 3, it had marginally fewer Christians than it did in the previous session (2023-25), continuing a gradual, 10-year decline. Christians ...

Around 388 million Christians around the world face some form of intense persecution or discrimination for following Jesus Christ, the 2026 World Watch List, recently released by Open Doors U.S. has ...

(Photo: Courtesy International Christian Concern)Pastor Ezra Jin, an imprisoned Chinese pastor, among persons detained detained during a Zion Church raid in October conducted in China. Five communist ...

Artificial intelligence–generated video has rapidly moved from novelty to omnipresence across social media platforms, but religious groups are divided on the issue, according to a Story Radius survey.

Pope Leo XIV, the 69-year-old Chicago-born cardinal elected as the Catholic Church's 267th pontiff, spent many years as a missionary in Peru and is the first North American to hold the papacy. "Peace ...

Geneva -- The fall of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria in December 2024 was hailed worldwide, but has been replaced by jihadists, who are delivering the same cruelty, only with different colours ...

Prayers for Armenia rang worldwide when the World Council of Churches called for the unconditional release of 23 Armenian war hostages, as well as defenders of human rights and journalists detained in ...

Some lawmakers in the United Kingdom have demanded that prayers in Parliament be scrapped, saying the tradition has no place in the 21st century. The government is facing calls to abolish prayers at ...

Both warring partners have consistently targeted Sudan's Christian community since the beginning of the Sudan war in acts that can be considered war crimes and crimes against humanity. Since April 15, ...