After a pamphlet about the Catholic views on the same-sex marriage debate was distributed throughout Tasmania, Julian Porteous, the archbishop of Hobart, has been accused of discrimination and causing offense for explaining the teaching of the Catholic Church on the subject.
A missionary nurse in Kenya has been given honorary admittance into an international nursing society two decades after giving up a comfortable job in order to care for the medical needs of the region\'s desperately poor. Driven by her Christian commitment to care for those in need, Robinson has now ...
In the Middle East where the threat of terror from Islamic radicals looms large in some regions where Christian believers have been persecuted and tortured for their beliefs – a resilient remnant is thanking God today for \"new souls\" being added to the church in numbers never before seen.
Queen Elizabeth II praised the unity of the Church of England and its ecumenical outreach during an address to the church\'s general synod Nov. 24, but the British monarch – who is also the official head of the church – called for prayer as church leaders prepare to discuss \"difficult issues\" in ...
A Swedish district court ruled on Nov. 11 against midwife Ellinor Grimmark\'s request not to be forced to assist in abortions in her workplace.
Canon Andrew White, the Emeritus Vicar of Baghdad, says ISIS is different from other militant groups he\'s seen in the Middle East.
Morocco\'s ruling Muslim scholars renounce the Islamic State and claim coercion and violence against innocent civilians is forbidden in Islam. Morocco\'s Christians, however, must still worship in secret for fear of Muslim authorities.
Iran\'s volunteer forces conduct a war game focused on recapturing the Al-Aqsa mosque, but someone goofed when they built its model. A photo of the event featured only a model of the Dome of the Rock. An Israeli paper called the error a \"common mistake\" of Iranian propaganda.
A week after terrorists attacked Paris, gunmen armed with AK47s poured into the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako, shouting \"Allahu Akbar\" before opening fire on guards and guests.
ISIS-affiliated Boko Haram is believed to be responsible for a Nov. 19 bomb terror attack that killed 32 and wounded 80 in a marketplace in Yola, a Nigerian town it previously targeted one month ago.
Is more secularism the answer to Islamic terror? Certainly not, a retired Anglican bishop who works on behalf of the persecuted church says. The only force he says is capable of unifying Europe and preserving western civilization is Christianity.
After Muslim hard-liners burned churches in Aceh Singkil on the island of Sumatra, over 8,000 people fled religious violence that has been building in Aceh province since a 2006 law discriminated against religious minorities.