John Bradburne, a wandering English pilgrim, settled among a group of lepers in what is now Zimbabwe. The story of his life and as the strange events surrounding his death spread, more and more people started visiting Mutemwa, a site of pilgrimage. The man who dedicated much of his life to caring for people with a disease that evoked much prejudice could now become a Catholic saint.
The UK government's "rule of six," which bans social gatherings of more than six people, comes into force on Sept. 21, but will not apply to public worship in churches as a leading national and international church leader weighs in the effect of national regulations aimed at COVID-19.
American teenagers and their parents tend to have a lot in common – though not quite as much as the parents may think as they share a religious identity, though not as much as the parents may think, a new analysis of a Pew Research Center survey shows.
Asia Bibi, who spent a decade on death row in Pakistan after being falsely accused of blasphemy, has urged the country's prime minister to campaign for the release of Christian girls kidnapped and forced into Islamic marriage.
Conflict has ingrained itself in the people of Mozambique for many decades from the days of Portuguese colonial rule, to the ensuing civil war which only ended this century, and now Daesh along with the unseen enemy of COVID-19.
There were dozens of prosecutions for "missionary activity" in the first half of 2020 in Russia, says a Norway-based Christian group that monitors violations of freedom of thought, conscience and belief mainly in former Soviet Union countries.
The UN human rights chief is deeply concerned over the recent death threats directed at the Congolese human rights defender and Nobel Prize laureate Dr. Denis Mukwege, who bases his work on his Christian faith.
Corruption bedeviling South Africa recently has entered the fight against the novel-coronavirus, and church leaders are furious about it.
Jerry Falwell Jr. has resigned as Liberty University president after a sex scandal involving his wife and a swimming pool attendant.
