Church
Indonesia: 10 churches to be shut, yielding to hardline Muslim demands
Authorities in Aceh, Indonesia have shut down several churches days after churches were burned down by a mob of extremist Muslims.
Conservative evangelicals celebrate election of 'living out' leaders to CofE synod
All three Living Out leaders admit to same-sex attraction but live out a lifestyle in which they consciously "help Christian brothers and sisters who experience same-sex attraction stay faithful to biblical teaching."
Christians criticise South African Church for allowing gay marriages, ordination of openly homosexual ministers
The Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) in South Africa is drawing sharp criticisms from Christians and Roman Catholics for its recent decision to recognize gay marriages, and to allow the ordination of openly homosexual ministers without requiring them to be celibate.
Pope Francis proclaims new saints, calls for humble Church leadership
Pope Francis, proclaiming four new Catholic saints who lived simple and generous lives, told priests and bishops on Sunday that service, and not careerism, was the way to exercise authority in the Church.
Why has Martha Collison been baking non-stop for 21 hours?
Why has Martha Collison been baking for 21 hours straight?
What God does when we pray: How quantum theory helps us understand intercession
We all wonder sometimes exactly what prayer achieves.
Pope says Church needs more decentralisation, changes to papacy
Pope Francis called on Saturday for "healthy decentralisation" of power in the Roman Catholic Church, including changes in the papacy and greater decision-making authority for local bishops.
US Archbishops disagree over divorce and remarriage
The Pope will speak "authoritatively" from the "tradition" of the Catholic Church at the end of the Synod on the Family, he pledged today.
Five ways to do accountability well
Accountability is so often talked about but rarely done well. Here are 5 tips to help you do accountability well.
Could we really re-evangelise the country by shutting down most churches?
It's one radical solution to the monumental task facing the Church if it is to survive, let alone thrive
ISIS fighter enters refugee camp planning to kill Christians, meets Jesus
An ISIS militant, who had pretended to be a refugee in order to kill people, converted to Christianity after seeing the "love of Christians" at the camps, according to Christian Aid Mission.
If you don't have to go to church to be a Christian, why bother?
People today are deeply individualistic, reluctant to commit, prize personal freedom above everything and don't join things.
Catholic hospital denies lifesaving surgery to pregnant woman on 'religious grounds'
A woman has been denied a potentially life-saving medical procedure on religious grounds by her Catholic hospital, weeks before she gives birth.
11 year church vigil branded as trespassing
An 11 year long, 24 hour-a-day vigil inside a closed Roman Catholic Church in Massachusetts has been ruled to be trespassing.
Catholics vow to defy court order asking them to end 11-year US church occupation
Catholic parishioners of Massachusetts are up in arms against their own church leadershipâthe Archdiocese of Bostonâbacked by the state's supreme court as they vowed to defy a court ruling asking them to end their 11-year occupation of the St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Church in Scituate.
Teen beaten to death in New York church during 'counselling session' to force confession of sins
A controversial reclusive church in New York was transformed into a virtual torture chamber by some members of its own congregation recently, resulting in the brutal beating of two teenage brothers, one of whom later died from his injuries.