It is one of the world's smallest armies and is said to be the oldest operating in the tiniest state on the planet. Now the ...

It is not always easy to be a Christian in Pakistan, where prisoners who are followers of the faith and adherents of other ...

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Jerry Pillay has welcomed the news of the release of Israeli hostages and ...

Denzel Washington, Academy Award-winning actor, is in the headlines again, not for his latest film, but for the way he has openly spoken about his Christian faith to the media. Washington, who is an ...

A senior American Orthodox archbishop has drawn condemnation after meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, a move Christian leaders say undermines the Gospel's call to justice and ...

A Roman Catholic priest from Nigeria, Father Lawrence Iwuamadi, is the new academic dean of the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Institute at Bossey, just outside Geneva. It is not the first time ...

Brazil is the world's largest Roman Catholic country, but its Catholic population continues to decline while evangelical Christians and those with no religion carry on rising, news census data reveals ...

Geneva professor Achim Wennmann says it is essential for churches and networks of churches striving for peace to be as close as possible to individuals on the ground and listen intently to what makes ...

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 ...

A UN-hosted high-level event has provided a platform to come together to examine how to prevent and address violations against children swept into armed conflict, with worldwide religious ...

For the first time in 500 years, women could be allowed to join the iconic Swiss Guards who protect the Pope at the Vatican. Reports suggest the idea has emerged as the barracks are being upgraded, ...

The Swiss Peace Initiative for Nagorno-Karabakh was highlighted at the September session of the Human Rights Council and during a side event at the UN in Geneva, during the week ending Oct. 4, ...