Catholic News
Erika Kirk revealed she had been "praying to God" she was pregnant at the time her husband, Christian activist Charlie Kirk, was assassinated in September. Charlie, who was 31 years old, was shot dead while speaking at Utah Valley University during a Turning Point USA event on September
Asia
Extremist Hindu nationalists in India are so hostile towards Christianity that they seem determined to persecute even the dead, latest reports from the country suggest. A Christian man from the Indian state of Chhattisgarh died on November 5. What followed was a protracted struggle between Christians seeking to lay one
Africa
A renewed surge of extremist violence has torn through northern Mozambique, leaving several Christians dead, entire communities uprooted, and local church leaders warning that the humanitarian crisis is entering a dangerous new phase. Bishop Alberto Vera of Nacala confirmed to the Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need that
Battle Lines
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Pope Leo XIV issued an appeal for the liberation of students, clergy, and worshippers abducted in violent attacks across Nigeria and Cameroon. Speaking to pilgrims in St Peter's Square after Sunday Mass, the Pope said he felt "immense sadness" over reports of mass abductions and wanted
ARCHBISHOP OF YORK CONDEMNS ISRAEL WHILE IGNORING HAMAS TERRORISM AND WAR CRIMES THE NEWS Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell told The Church Times that Israel had committed "genocidal acts" in Gaza and was responsible for instituting "apartheid" and "ethnic cleansing." He claimed Israel runs
A jury at Swindon Crown Court unanimously acquitted Christian street preacher Shaun O'Sullivan on November 25, 2025, after a six-day trial costing an estimated £20,000 in taxpayer funds. The 36-year-old pastor at Awaken Church in Swindon faced charges of religiously aggravated intentional harassment under
Oceania
Hundreds of thousands of Australians, particularly those over 55, have quietly returned to Christianity, according to a 2025 report by McCrindle Research titled "An Undercurrent of Faith." Nearly 785,000 Australians who identified as having no religion in the 2016 Census listed Christianity in 2021, the study revealed.
Oceania
A recent report highlights how migrant and overseas Christians are helping to keep churches in Australia and New Zealand viable amidst a general decline in traditional church attendance. Almost all clergy ordained in the Methodist Church of Aotearoa New Zealand are Pacific Islanders, according to the World Council of Churches.
USA
Reality star Kim Kardashian revealed she was the anonymous buyer who spent $80,276 to purchase her late father Robert Kardashian's Bible, which had been gifted to former NFL player O.J. Simpson. The transaction was featured on a recent episode of Hulu's "The Kardashians.
Africa
A pastor in North Darfur recounted how he and 80 people sheltering at his church survived on one meal a day from July to September while hiding under plastic chairs when the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group attacked, according to Christianity Today. Darmali Ismail of Episcopal Church El Fasher in
Africa
Muslim Fulani terrorists killed 15 Christians in central Nigeria on Thursday, November 6th, in coordinated attacks across Nasarawa and Plateau states, according to Morning Star News reports. In Nasarawa state's predominantly Christian Sarkin Noma village, Keana County, terrorists invaded at about 11 PM while residents were sleeping in