In his first Christmas message as head of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV issued a call for "peace and consolation for the ...

Pope Leo XIV has appointed a new bishop with outspoken pro-migrant beliefs — right on President Donald Trump's patch.

Five communist nations are severely restricting the flow of funding into Christian churches and implementing stringent ...

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Jerry Pillay has told a Global Refugee Forum Progress Review 2025 plenary ...

Pope Leo XIV has joined world church leaders in condemning a lethal attack on the Jewish community in Sydney, Australia, gathered for Hanukkah or the Feast of Lights.

Pope Leo XIV has welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the papal residence at Castel Gandolfo to discuss the ...

Both warring partners have consistently targeted Sudan's Christian community since the beginning of the Sudan war in acts that can be considered war crimes and crimes against humanity. Since April 15, ...

Pope Leo XIV, the 69-year-old Chicago-born cardinal elected as the Catholic Church's 267th pontiff, spent many years as a missionary in Peru and is the first North American to hold the papacy. "Peace ...

WCC File photo: Neighborhood in rubbles near as-Shifa hospital in Gaza, April 2024. Patriarch Theophilos III, Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All of Palestine and Jordan, has noted fears ...

The Catholic Church in Kenya has started using a new brand of altar wine after discovering that a previous one was being sold in local bars, liquor stores, and nightclubs, raising concerns about the ...

Pope Leo XIV is in Turkiye and will be joined by the World Council of Churches general secretary, Rev. Jerry Pillay and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew for a special anniversary in the Christian ...

The Southern Baptist Convention is still the largest Protestant denomination in the United States, despite losing more than a quarter of a million members from 2023 to 2024, statistics compiled by ...