23+ hour, 59+ min ago  (616+ words) Chinese authorities are increasingly putting pressure on Christian leaders who do not comply with state control. One instance cited by The Wall Street Journal'on March 20 cited the case of nearly 20 people associated with Zion Church, a large, long-running Protestant congregation…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago  (372+ words) A group of 25, 000 Christians in Islamabad, Pakistan, are being asked suddenly to leave their homes by the nation's Islamic authorities, some years after a teenage Christian had been falsely accused some time ago of blasphemy. Christian families living in the…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago  (373+ words) In his first "urbi et orbi" Easter Sunday address, Pope Leo XIV used the words of his predecessor and warned of the globalization of indifference to growing conflicts, urging those fighting to lay down their weapons. "We are growing accustomed…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (690+ words) Pope Leo XIV led the Catholic faithful at the 2026 Good Friday Way of the Cross by carrying the Cross throughout the Colosseum in Rome. Leo became the second pope to carry the Cross for the entire Via Crucis on Good…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (534+ words) The general secretary of the World Council of Churches has warned at the church service in the Cuban capital that reliance on war, violence, and military force as instruments of peace continues to undermine global stability. The WCC said'on Jan....

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (555+ words) The Israeli Police have prevented the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, head of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land, from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, as they made their way to celebrate the…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago  (493+ words) The Church of England'has installed Sarah Mullally as the 106th archbishop of Canterbury, the first woman to take on the role in the nearly 1, 500-year history of the church, becoming the de facto head of the Anglican communion. Mullally was installed…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (423+ words) Churches are claiming a moral victory after members of the Scottish Parliament rejected the chance to make Scotland the first part of the UK to legalise assisted dying. The proposals, tabled by Liberal Democrat Liam Mc Arthur, would have allowed…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (641+ words) Lebanon's Foreign Minister has appealed to the Holy See for diplomatic support to preserve the Christian presence in border villages near Israel in the south of the country as the country faces renewed conflict and upheaval. Vatican News reports that…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (575+ words) Not all churches concur on the issues around assisted dying as the Scottish Parliament debates a change to the law, where it will come up for a final vote on March 17, but they do not back the new law. The…...