San Francisco's Catholic archbishop, Salvatore Cordileone, has said U.S, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may no longer receive the holy sacrament of Communion in the archdiocese, because she supports abortion rights.
Recent events in Palestine and Israel have, tragically, again underscored the critical need for a just peace in the region, for both Palestinians and Israelis, the World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Ioan Sauca has said.
One of the most senior Catholic clerics in Asia, Cardinal Joseph Zen and three others who helped run a now-disbanded Hong Kong fund for protesters who were arrested on charges of "collusion with foreign forces," were later released on bail.
The mayor of England's Liverpool metro region, Steve Rotheram, is calling for the removal of bus ads promoting an upcoming evangelistic event featuring U.S. pastor Franklin Graham, who opposes same-sex marriage, accusing him of being a "hate preacher," but a Christian Today writer asks who is stirring up the pot of intolerance.
As the smallest army and one the world's oldest standing armies May 6 is always a special day because the force welcomes in new recruits from Switzerland to serve the Roman Catholic pope.
Churches in South Africa responded strongly to the flood disaster in South Africa's KwaZulu Natal province, in which at least 440 people are known to have died.
A 72-year-old religious sister has received praised from politicians and her parish for her "extraordinary courage" after she intervened to disarm a man stabbing a priest at a Catholic church in Nice, southeastern France.
Pope Francis has issued yet another appeal for a truce in war-torn Ukraine over the Orthodox Easter weekend celebrated in Russia and the country it invaded for what the pontiff said is "to ease the suffering of exhausted people."
A court in Uxbridge, in the British capital, has acquitted Pastor John Sherwood who was arrested in London last April "hate speech" charges for his preaching a public message on biblical marriage and described by one of his backers as a "victory for free speech."
