Presbyterian Church in Taiwan celebrates 160 years

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Jerry Pillay has commemorated the 160th anniversary of the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan with special greetings.
Police in South Africa have rescued kidnapped U.S. pastor Josh Sullivan following a "high-intensity shootout" that left three of his suspected captors dead in the Eastern Cape Province.
World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Jerry Pillay has commemorated the 160th anniversary of the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan with special greetings.
Pope Francis, a voice for the poor, died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta, Vatican News posted on X.
Pope Francis visited Rome's Regina Coeli prison on Holy Thursday, marking a return to the historic penitentiary where he celebrated liturgy in 2018.
Ukraine's Foreign Ministry has denounced "religious persecution" carried out by Russia in the occupied Ukrainian territories, saying Moscow has killed dozens of clergy members, while damaging or destroying hundreds of churches.
Harvard Divinity School has said it is pausing its Religion, Conflict, and Peace Initiative, a program focused on Israel-Palestine as a case study.
Albania's Orthodox Church has enthroned new Archbishop Ioannis of Tirana, Durrës, and All Albania, the newly elected primate of the Orthodox Church of Albania, a church that withstood attempts to decimate it during the communist era.
A new study by Barna Group and Aspen Group has revealed that most Americans prefer traditional church architecture that reflects the beauty of God.
In many of the world's countries, 20 percent or more of all adults have left the religious group in which they were raised, a recent Pew Research survey has found.