The number of people turning their backs on organized religion in Switzerland has surged in recent years, diminishing in importance for the nine million population in the country where the Protestant Reformation played an important part.
Cardinal William Goh in Singapore has called for religious and racial unity after a priest was stabbed in the face during a Catholic Mass, sending shockwaves across the southeast Asian nation with its complex ethnic and religious mosaic.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has announced he will step down after facing pressure to quit over his handling of an abuse scandal.
Prayers for Armenia rang worldwide when the World Council of Churches called for the unconditional release of 23 Armenian war hostages, as well as defenders of human rights and journalists detained in Azeri jails.
The Vatican has wished Donald Trump "much wisdom" after he was elected to be the 47th president of the United States, while one evangelical leader claimed his win was ordained by God, offering "a divine mandate" in his second term
The World Council of Churches, the Lutheran World Federation, and the ACT Alliance, have issued a joint 'Call to Action for Biodiversity and Climate Justice at COP16' in Cali, Colombia.
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 for conflict dynamics, talking to friends and foes in the process.
Around 3,000 Christians from various denominations have demonstrated near the Indian parliament in New Delhi, expressing concern against intensifying incidents of persecution across the mainly Hindu country.
The ecumenicals and the Pentecostals, representing two significant strands of Christianity, have not joined forces in a new move toward greater Christian unity in one group, but they are talking to each other.
