Pope Francis plans to meet with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill, in September at an interreligious meeting in Kazakhstan as many in the world live in hope that the confidante of Vladimir Putin can play a role in getting Moscow to cease its war in Ukraine.
South African theologian and academic Rev. Jerry Pillay will take over as general secretary of the World Council of Churches in January 2023, the WCC has announced.
Pastor Rick Warren, considered one of the most influential Evangelical Christians in the United States as leader of the Saddleback Church, has announced his successor when he retires in September.
The world faces a global crisis on food exacerbated and brought to the fore by the war in Ukraine, but humanity can and must take remedial steps in economic and climate justice, a World Council of Churches-led meeting has heard.
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.
Pope Francis has warned the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church not to be "Putin's altar boy" after the patriarch justified the Russian president's invasion of Ukraine.
In Belarus when Christians take responsibility to stand up for justice as individuals when their churches remain silent, they take on consequences for their own lives says the Orthodox moderator of an ecumenical group.
In Belarus when Christians take responsibility to stand up for justice as individuals when their churches remain silent, they take on consequences for their own lives says the Orthodox moderator of an ecumenical group.
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."
