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Members of religious groups faced harassment by either governmental actors or social groups in a record number of countries and territories as a new Pew Research Center analysis finds acts of hostility against Christians are on the rise.
A Protestant church in Hesse, Germany, is under investigation after vendors were seen selling symbols associated with the terrorist organization Hamas at the church's Christmas market event.
Events that occurred this week in Christian history include the death of an Icelandic saint, Bartolomé de las Casas meets with the king of Spain, and a wave of Christmas bombings in Nigeria.
Iraq is considering a constitutional amendment that would lower the legal age of marriage for girls to 9, effectively legalizing child rape.
Ex-hostage Aviva Siegel was held for nearly two months after being captured by Hamas terrorists in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that shocked and horrified the world.
A Virginia realtor and Christian minister has been found guilty by an ethics panel after he quoted Bible verses on social media.
The death toll from a terror attack at a Christmas market in eastern Germany has risen to five after a man identified as Taleb Al, a Saudi-born psychiatrist, plowed his rented black BMW into a crowd, injuring over 200 others. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said 41 of the injured are in severely critical condition.
Many churches across the United States are offering a special worship service known as “Blue Christmas” to minister to those dealing with personal loss during the holiday season.
In the run-up to Christmas, primary schools and Sunday schools often put on Nativity plays. This custom, however, is a surprisingly modern tradition. Here is its story.
The leadership of the Global Methodist Church has condemned the killing of three members of the United Methodist Church in Nigeria, including two young children, amid reports that GMC members were responsible.
After a two-and-a-half-year legal battle that saw her imprisoned for 19 months in Nigeria, Rhoda Jatau, a Christian mother of five, has been fully acquitted of blasphemy charges.
Less than a month after suffering a "health incident, megachurch pastor T.D. Jakes has asked a California court to force Google to help him deal with misinformation posted about him on YouTube.
A judge has temporarily blocked a multisite megachurch in Pennsylvania from hosting outdoor tent services on a property due to noise complaints from members of the local community.
Despite skyrocketing violence against churches and pro-life organizations, the U.S. Department of Justice didn't prosecute anyone under the FACE Act for such crimes against churches and prosecuted only two attacks on pro-life pregnancy centers, according to a recent congressional hearing.
Authorities detained a California man and seized guns and ammunition from his home in the ongoing investigation into the shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Wisconsin.
An Ohio school district has agreed to pay $450,000 as part of a settlement with a teacher who was forced to resign for declining to affirm the “social transitions” of students seeking to identify as the opposite sex.
Jessica Ronne, founder of The Lucas Project and author of Caregiving with Grit and Grace, shares her journey from becoming a caregiver for her son with profound disabilities to advocating for parent caregivers through resources, awareness and faith.
Amid concerns that younger generations are falling away from religion, an interdenominational group is delivering the gift of the Gospel this Christmas season and filling children's hearts with the love of Jesus.
