“Arise, shine, Bethlehem, for the light of peace has dawned anew.” With these words, Bethlehem celebrated the traditional lighting of its Christmas tree on a packed Manger Square on Dec. 6, 2025, following a two-year hiatus.
Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday told a gathering of about 400 international clergy that bishops must remain celibate for the sake of the Kingdom of God. Leo added that church leaders must have chaste hearts...
NASHVILLE (BP) – Many Christians have taken a posture of prayer during the recent weeks as tensions have escalated to rocket blasts by Israel, Iran and the United States.
From left, Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, France's President Emmanuel Macron, and Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tus...
Police stand guard next to a polling station during elections in Caracas, Venezuela, May 25, 2025. Associated Press / Photo by Ariana Cubillos The Venezuelan ch...
The Supreme Court of Pakistan today (June 25) ordered the acquittal of an elderly Christian on death row for 24 years on a blasphemy conviction, declaring that a person of unsound mind could not be held liable for such a crime.
The Supreme Court of Pakistan today (June 25) ordered the acquittal of an elderly Christian on death row for 23 years on a blasphemy conviction, declaring that a person of unsound mind could not be held liable for such a crime.
A Christian girl who this month escaped the Muslim who kidnapped her said he forcibly converted her to Islam and repeatedly sexually assaulted her as his “wife.”
“Every day is a little bit different.” That’s how Jim Vale explained what life is like for him and his wife, Ashley. Both are family medicine physicians who serve with the International Mission Board in Southeast Asia.
A Christian mother of five children in Pakistan was raped at gunpoint by a Muslim who had been harassing and pressuring her to convert to Islam and marry him, her husband said.
Makeshift barricades in front of Mercy Care Hospital in Khartoum, Sudan, Oct. 26, 2021 Associated Press World Health Organization head Tedros Ghebreyesus on Tue...
