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US
Vice President JD Vance has announced a new memoir titled Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith, set for release on June 16, 2026. The 304 page book, published by HarperCollins, will chronicle his deeply personal spiritual journey from evangelical Christianity through atheism and...
Middle East
For the first time in centuries, Israeli police prevented senior Catholic Church leaders from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem to celebrate Palm Sunday Mass on March 29, 2026.
Europe
The Vatican is making headlines in 2026 for its openness to the Augsburg Confession, the foundational 1530 Lutheran document penned by Philip Melanchthon, as a potential bridge toward Christian unity. Cardinal Kurt Koch, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, has...
Middle East
The traditional Palm Sunday procession in Jerusalem has been cancelled for the first time due to war, as the escalating conflict in the Middle East forces unprecedented disruptions to Christian Easter celebrations in the Holy City.
Europe
Three presenters from Belgium's publicly funded youth radio station, Studio Brussel (VRT), destroyed statues of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary with hammers during a live broadcast in January 2026.
Asia
Hostilities against Christians in India surged to unprecedented levels in 2025, with 747 verified incidents of violence, intimidation, and discrimination recorded by the Religious Liberty Commission of the Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFIRLC).
Europe
The Vatican has officially declared that Catholics may receive organ transplants from animals, releasing an 88 page document that provides a comprehensive ethical framework for xenotransplantation.
US
The White House erected a 13 foot, one ton marble statue of Christopher Columbus outside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building over the weekend, replacing a monument that was destroyed during the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests in Baltimore.
Featured
Armed Muslim Fulani Ethnic Militia (FEM) have established what local residents describe as a "Terrorist Triangle" across three counties in Nigeria's Benue State, systematically driving Christian communities from their ancestral lands through coordinated violence, murder, and territorial...
Europe
This week in Christian history marks three extraordinary moments that shaped the faith across centuries and continents, from Tudor England to Nazi occupied Greece to modern day Alabama.
UK
Scotland's Parliament has rejected the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults Bill by a decisive vote of 69 to 57, marking the third time assisted suicide legislation has been defeated at Holyrood.
US
The ancient Christian confession "Christ is King" has been co opted by extremist figures online and turned into an antisemitic taunt, sparking a national debate over where faith ends and hatred begins.