The St. Thomas Mar Thoma Syrian Church in Chunakkara, India, has celebrated its 125th anniversary, marking a long history of spiritual service and community involvement by a church tracing its origins back to the early times of Christianity.
The World Council of Churches general secretary, Rev. Jerry Pillay, has called for the resumption of dialogue to support peace in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where conflict has escalated following an incursion of Rwandan troops into Congolese sovereign territory on the Goma/Rubavu border, raising fears of the conflict spreading regionally.
The Vatican has published an ethical framework on artificial intelligence (AI), urging Catholics to be mindful of its potential misuses and speaking out against its use as a weapon of war.
Christian Solidary Worldwide has called on the international community to take decisive action as Myanmar marks four years under military rule following the coup of Feb. 1, 2021.
The Gospel must not be instrumentalized by politics – and churches should never apologize for reading the Bible or for preaching the Gospel, the World Council of Churches moderator Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm has said at a prayer service.
Amid a surging conflict in the east, Christian denominations in the Democratic Republic of Congo have launched a strategy to help churches confront prolonged violence and humanitarian crises in the central African country.
Church leaders in Zimbabwe have called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to respect the country's constitutional term limits amid increasing pressure from some lawmakers and political activists advocating for an extension of his presidency beyond 2028.
Pope Francis has denounced the provisional plans of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump to carry out a massive deportation of migrants as a "disgrace," if true.
The Texas Supreme Court is hearing a case over church control of Southern Methodist University (SMU) regarding a dispute with the institution on social issues such as strengthened restrictive policies toward LGBTQ people, ordinations, and marriages.
