How a Moscow monastery that saw Soviet-era martyrdoms has become a place of prayer again
In 1925 the monastery was closed down and most of its buildings were destroyed.
In 1925 the monastery was closed down and most of its buildings were destroyed.
A Spanish priest has been murdered by suspected jihadists in Burkina Faso.
A year after the abduction of Nigerian Christian schoolgirl Leah Sharibu, her mother Rebecca renewed her appeal to the government to keep its promise to rescue her.
The unprecedented four-day meeting, starting on Thursday, brings together presidents of national Roman Catholic bishops conferences, Vatican officials, experts and heads of male and female religious orders.
Until recently, the crisis in the Catholic Church has been focused on the abuse of children. But now Pope Francis has admitted – for the first time – sexual abuse by priests against religious women exists and must be acknowledged.
Former US Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has been defrocked after a Church investigation found him guilty of sexually abusing both minors and adults.
The Archbishop of York has questioned the decision by Communities Secretary James Brokenshire to turn down the One Yorkshire devolution deal.
Exactly four years ago, on a beach in Libya on February 15, 2015, 21 orange-clad men were beheaded by fighters of Islamic State.
Customs authorities in Tajikistan have confirmed they have confiscated and burned 5,000 Christian calendars ordered by a Baptist church in the Central Asian country.
Five Roman Catholic dioceses in New Jersey on Wednesday released the names of 188 clergy members who have been accused of sexually abusing children.
o many of us have been doing it for so long we have forgotten why we gather – the purpose, the power and the impact the gathered community of Christians can have to bring lasting kingdom change.'
The family of Malaysian pastor Raymond Koh has asked the country's prime minister to order a new investigation into his kidnapping.
Anthony Idris Jata'u, a priest in the Diocese of Sokoto, was kidnapped last Thursday with his wife, three children and two sisters-in-law. His body was found on Saturday.