Two Franciscan friars are the only remaining clergy in Idlib, Syria, and the details of their lives ministering in one of the last bastions of jihadist rule in the country, including the daily threat of being killed, tortured or attacked are revealed by Catholic aid group.
Taiwan has highlighted concern for religious freedom and human rights following the Oct. 22 announcement of the renewal of the Vatican-China provisional agreement on the appointment of bishops.
World Council of Churches interim head Rev. Ioan Sauca has joined global Christians and the United Nations in expressing horror at the news of a brutal attack on schoolchildren in Cameron in which assailants slaughtered at least eight students with firearms and machetes.
A broad spectrum of churches and a major Buddhist group have hailed the ratification of Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which seeks for the first time to establish a comprehensive ban on atomic weapons.
Donald Trump has continued to be White Christians' preferred candidate for the November election. Still, support among voters in three major traditions – White Catholics, White Protestants who are not evangelical, and even White evangelical Protestants – has slipped since August, according to a recent Pew Research Center poll.
Churches on both sides of the Anglo-American divide have called for debt relief for those who have fallen into difficulties after months of restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Two commissioners on the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom-- Gary Bauer and Nury Turkel -- say religious freedom is under assault in Belarus in action it has taken concerning Catholic Church officials in the country
The Holy See says it has denied a request from U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for an audience with Pope Francis, and accused him of trying to drag the Catholic Church into the U.S. presidential election by denouncing the Holy See's relations with China.
Many are asking how many churches around the world are facing financial ruin or massive difficulties due to the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic like the Church of Scotland.
