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African faith leaders call for debt forgiveness in 2025 Jubilee year
African faith leaders are calling for debt forgiveness as the Vatican's 2025 Jubilee year approaches to help their countries tackle growing economic crises.
African faith leaders are calling for debt forgiveness as the Vatican's 2025 Jubilee year approaches to help their countries tackle growing economic crises.
Fresh colour has been added to the black-and-white text of the Scriptures thanks to the combined efforts of researchers working together on an extensive project to identify dyes in archaeological textiles.
A newly discovered ancient structure sheds light on the historic roots of Christian communities in the Gulf region.
The French Bible Society has created a special edition of the New Testament to be distributed during the upcoming Olympics.
Meeting where one of two atomic bombs that ended World War II landed in Hiroshima, Japan, causing mass death and devastation, representatives from 11 diverse religious traditions gathered July 9-10 for a Vatican-sponsored event to address a latter-day technology also destined, many believe, to upend humanity: artificial intelligence.
At a church in the south-west of England, a young Iranian receives an easy-to-read Bible in modern Persian. He can't believe it. 'If they see you holding a Bible like this in Iran,' he says, 'they kill you.'
Paula O'Keefe's early life was perhaps a foreshadow of what it was to become as an adult: demonstrations of God's love and power amidst great difficulties and trauma.
Another election, another Prime Minister. And if you are reading this in the UK, you may well have a new MP. He or she will have a million and one things on their mind right now and plenty of people vying for their attention.
For Fiona Tweedie, a reluctant beginning has turned into a lifetime passion for running that will see her embark on her biggest race yet, following the steps of Saint Cuthbert in a journey that will allow her to support young people in Togo.
The renewal of a partnership agreement between two leading faith-based medical charities will see isolated communities across Africa receive life-changing surgical care, extending their reach further inland and across a broader spectrum of the continent's population.
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom again has recommended that the State Department designate Pakistan as a "Country of Particular Concern," citing the country's blasphemy laws as a prime source religious freedom violations.
Another Christian girl in Pakistan, this one 14 years old, has fallen victim to forced conversion and marriage by a Muslim kidnapper, sources said.
The Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem claimed Monday that the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) "compelled" it to close the Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City and evacuate all the staff and patients from the facility during its ongoing war with the terror group Hamas.