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 Christian mother of five children in Nigeria who spent 19 months in jail on baseless blasphemy charges was acquitted last week, according to legal advocacy group ADF International.
"Many people throughout Germany and around the world are feeling the horror, grief and sympathy today."
King Charles attended a special Advent service on Tuesday that was held to honour the courage and perseverance of Christian communities suffering for their faith around the world.
The motive behind a deadly shooting at a Christian school in Wisconsin appears to stem from "a combination of factors", authorities said on Tuesday.
Described as a "Christmas miracle" by his family, American citizen Travis Timmerman has been found in Syria after being unexpectedly detained for seven months while making a pilgrimage in an effort to deepen his Christian faith.
A bill to introduce assisted dying in Ireland lapsed in the previous Dáil on Nov. 8, just before the general election took place.
After the display raised a few eyebrows, the Vatican appears to have removed a Nativity scene that showed baby Jesus lying on a keffiyeh, the traditional scarf used as a national symbol by Palestinians that anti-Israel activists have donned at their protests.
Most people today have a visual image of Christ. Long haired and bearded, simply dressed in homespun cloth, portrayed with varying degrees of Middle Eastern appearance (sometimes not), often with an intense gaze. These images have a back-story and historic portrayals have settled on this iconic image.
Leaders of churches and ecclesial communities in Syria met with representatives of the armed Islamic-led rebel groups that seized control of the country amid fears that Christians could face persecution or strict regulations that could disrupt their faith life.
Archaeologists in Germany have confirmed the discovery of a 1,750-year-old amulet containing a silver scroll, now recognised as the oldest physical evidence of Christianity north of the Alps.
Will this really be a new era of peace and freedom for Syria after years of oppression and conflict?
Fulani herdsmen killed 48 Christians in central Nigeria's Benue state between Nov. 24 and Dec. 1, sources said.
