A delegation from the World Council of Churches has made a solidarity visit to Ukraine, which it said is "walking in hope and praying with churches and communities for an end to the war" started by the Russian invasion four years ago.
Leaders of major churches say that Israeli authorities are launching a "coordinated attack" on the Christian presence in the Holy Land by introducing tax measures against them.
Concerns are growing that the oldest Protestant church in Iran, and its surrounding buildings, may be demolished, after residents were ordered to evacuate by July 11.
Chinese authorities have released Jin Mingri, an underground church leader, from prison, and he has travelled to the United States, less than two months after his incarceration was raised directly by President Donald Trump.
The first North American-born pope, Leo XIV, has used a symbolic visit to Lampedusa, Italy's migrant gateway, to urge the United States and Europe to show greater compassion towards migrants and refugees.
Pope Leo XIV has called on the Society of St Pius X, a group that has been at odds with the Vatican, urging it to abandon its planned episcopal consecrations in Switzerland without a papal mandate and warning of grave consequences should they proceed.
The idea of separating Church and State often seemed the norm in the United States, but a new report by an administration commission during the Donald Trump presidency suggests replacing it with a focus on building bridges between them.
Deaths are mounting in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, and a Nashville-based nonprofit is mobilising faith communities, animation, and local language messaging to save lives before fear and misinformation claim more victims than the virus itself.
Pope Leo XIV has called on the Society of St Pius X, a group that has been at odds with the Vatican, urging it to abandon its planned episcopal consecrations in Switzerland without a papal mandate and warning of grave consequences should they proceed.
The idea of separating Church and State often seemed the norm in the United States, but a new report by an administration commission during the Donald Trump presidency suggests replacing it with a focus on building bridges between them.
Deaths are mounting in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, and a Nashville-based nonprofit is mobilising faith communities, animation, and local language messaging to save lives before fear and misinformation claim more victims than the virus itself.
Pope Leo XIV has used a visit honoring St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, viewed as the first American saint and patron saint of immigrants, to deliver his latest appeal on behalf of them.
