MADRID (AP) — The first comprehensive internal inquiry on sex abuse allegations by a religious order in Spain has identified […]
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Christian girl, 12, who was ‘kidnapped, raped and chained up in a cattle pen for five months by Muslim man, 45, who forced her to marry him’, is rescued in Pakistan and taken into care
A 12-year-old Christian girl who was allegedly abducted, raped and forced to marry a man who kept her chained up […]
Pope to Skip New Year’s Events Due to ‘Painful Sciatica’
ROME – On Thursday the Vatican announced that due to a “painful sciatica,” Pope Francis, who has long struggled with […]
1,000 Pakistani Girls Are Forcibly Converted to Islam Every Year
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Neha loved the hymns that filled her church with music. But she lost the chance to […]
The Global Church’s Mission for the Coronavirus Plague Vaccine Rollout
This Advent, Christian global health professionals feel deeply the longing and expectation characteristic of the season amid the preparation for […]
Boko Haram Militants Attack a Christian Village and Burn Down a Church in Nigeria on Christmas Eve, Killing 11
Boko Haram jihadists killed at least 11 people, burnt a church and seized a priest on Christmas Eve in Nigeria’s […]
How Christians Around the World Are Celebrating Christmas Under the Coronavirus Pandemic
Christians across the world celebrated Christmas today under unusual circumstances due to the coronavirus pandemic. Streams of drummers marched through […]
Pope Francis Urges Countries to Strive for Peace as He Leads Just 200 Masked Faithful at an Early Evening Coronavirus-Restricted Mass in St Peter’s Basilica
Pope Francis has led a smaller midnight mass than in previous years as he urged peace to masked believers. The […]
Pope Francis Says God Is Always With Us in Christmas Eve Mass Shadowed by Coronavirus Plague
Even at the worst of times, Christians should have faith in God, Pope Francis said in a sombre pandemic-era Christmas […]
With choir in hard hats, fire-ravaged Notre-Dame rings in Christmas
PARIS (Reuters) – For the first time since a fire that nearly destroyed it, the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris played […]
There’s a devil loose: Nuns pimped out boys to priests and politicians who would rape the children as other men watched at German children’s home, it emerges, as victim wins compensation battle
Catholic nuns running a children’s home in Germany pimped out boys to priests, politicians and businessmen who would rape the […]
Two Cardinals Close to the Pope Test Positive for Coronavirus a Day After Francis Exchanged Christmas Greetings With Senior Staff
Two cardinals close to Pope Francis have tested positive for Covid-19, a day after the pontiff exchanged Christmas greetings with […]
117 Witnesses Detail North Korea’s Persecution of Christians
Two North Korean families prayed silently on the prison floor—making certain to keep their eyes open. Another detainee, a veteran […]
Christmas Unites a Divided Iraq
Seventeen years since the fall of Saddam Hussein, the fractious Iraqi nation—divided mostly between Sunni, Shiite, and Kurdish Muslims—remains unable […]
Douglas Estes on Why We Keep Asking About the Christmas Star
Douglas Estes is associate professor of New Testament and practical theology at South University. He is the editor of Didaktikos, and […]
Advocates Ask About Nigerian Christians Still Held Captive by Jihadists After 330 Schoolboys Are Freed From Boko Haram
Bleary, barefoot, apparently numbed by a week of captivity, more than 300 Nigerian schoolboys, freed after being kidnapped in an […]
Christians in Israel Face Bleak Christmas Season Due to Coronavirus
JERUSALEM (RNS) — Like most Holy Land Christians, Hagop Karakashian’s ceramic shop in the Old City here has always relied […]
LifeWay Donates Nearly 30,000 Spanish Bibles to Struggling Venezuelan Communities
NASHVILLE (BP) – Somewhere in a Venezuelan prison, Luis*, a 26-year-old inmate, recently received new life after placing His trust […]
