In an unusual incident on Tuesday evening, Muslim and Christian residents of the town of al-Khader near Bethlehem clashed after Palestinian terrorists tried to hide from the Israel Defense Forces in
The founding is commemorated by a Chapel of the Magi.
The Vatican firmly rejected the assertions in 2010.
A top European court declined Thursday to rule in a high-profile discrimination case centered on an activist’s request to have a cake decorated with the “Sesame Street” characters Bert and Ernie and the words “Support Gay Marriage.”
After Spanish Cardinal Francisco Álvarez Martínez died at the age of 96, Pope Francis offered his condolences to the Archdiocese of Toledo.
Church leaders and faith groups have spoken out against assisted suicide legislation due to be considered in the Scottish Parliament in the coming months.
A Christian man has been sentenced to death in Pakistan a decade after he was charged with blasphemy.
Three Christians in southern Mexico were jailed on Monday (Jan. 3) for declining to help pay for the festival of a “traditionalist” mix of Catholic and indigenous religion last month, according to local news reports.
Three Christians in southern Mexico were jailed on Monday (Jan. 3) for declining to help pay for the festival of a “traditionalist” mix of Catholic and indigenous religion last month, according to local news reports.
He was offering Mass on the Solemnity of the Epiphany.
More than 400 million Christians live in countries that persecute churches — and that persecution is only worsening, according to a recent interview of the leader of a Roman Catholic human rights organization based in Italy.
