Catholic News
Pope Leo XIV has done something no pope in modern memory has ever done. On 25 May 2026, he personally presented his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas (Magnificent Humanity), "on the protection of the human person in the age of artificial intelligence," and seated alongside the...
Protestant News
Approximately 9,000 German Christians gathered in Karlsruhe, southwestern Germany, on 14 to 16 May 2026 for the annual Open Doors prayer event for persecuted believers. The three day gathering featured firsthand testimonies from believers across some of the world's most persecuted...
Protestant News
Franklin Graham and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association just pulled off what no other evangelical event has ever managed in Belarus. The two day Festival of Hope at Chizhovka Arena in Minsk on 18 to 19 May 2026 drew almost 31,000 people: 15,200 on opening night and roughly 15,500...
Protestant News
The German missions organisation Deutsche Missionsgemeinschaft (DMG) marked its 75th anniversary with an "Experience Day" at Buchenauerhof near Sinsheim in southwest Germany on 10 May 2026. Over 3,000 visitors attended. The next morning DMG commissioned 10 new missionaries.
Religious Liberty
The deeper logic behind Finland's 3 to 2 conviction of MP Päivi Räsänen is even more chilling than the verdict itself. According to a new analysis by Martin Davie published on 10 May 2026, the Finnish Supreme Court convicted Räsänen because her 2004 pamphlet contained statements the court...
Europe
European governmental restrictions on religious freedom have reached their highest level in two decades, according to a new report from Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF). The watchdog has coined a chilling new term to describe the trend: "managerial secularism."
Persecution
The Council of Europe stands accused of systematic neglect of Christian persecution after refusing to recognise anti Christian prejudice in its protective frameworks. The European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ) and the Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination Against Christians in...
UK
Robert Albon, a U.S. born sperm donor who operates under the alias "Joe Donor," has lost his legal bid to be recognized as the father of a child conceived through his unregulated sperm donation business. Sir Andrew McFarlane, the top judge in England's Family Court, dismissed Albon's...
UK
New research from Whitestone Insight shows that support for assisted suicide legislation is crumbling among Members of Parliament in Westminster, with only 40 percent of those surveyed saying they would back the measure if it were reintroduced to the House of Commons.
Africa
A sweeping new report from Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary's Center for the Study of Global Christianity has laid bare the critical challenges facing the worldwide Church in 2026, even as the faith continues to expand in key regions.
Europe
Pastor Steve Maile, a 66 year old senior pastor of Oasis City Church in Watford, Hertfordshire, was arrested on Saturday, April 18, 2026, while street preaching in Watford town centre. Video footage of the arrest has since gone viral, sparking outrage across social media and raising...
UK
Malvern St James, a Christian private school with over a century of history in the English countryside, has announced it is proposing to close at the end of the current academic year.