In addition to heading the Church of England, the Archbishop of Canterbury is the spiritual leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion, including the Episcopal Church in the U.S.
The man known to Christians around the world as Brother Andrew, who was responsible for smuggling Bibles into communist countries, died Tuesday. He was 94.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said three leaks were detected on Monday in the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines that carry natural gas under the sea from Russia to Europe. The Swedish national p...
In a newly released video, Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church said that Russian soldiers who die on military duty in the war against Ukraine will be cleansed of all their sins.
Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, has co-opted the vision of the sacrifice of Jesus to bless a false rite of military sacrifice. In this bloody vision of Christian Nationalism, we find many warnings. So, in this issue of A Public Witness, we look at religious support and criticism of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. And we hold up a candle to expose sacrilegious efforts to conflate church and state.
Continuing attacks earlier this month in Benue state, Nigeria, suspected Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists killed dozens of Christians on Friday (Sept. 23) and Wednesday (Sept. 21), sources said.
This year, Israel's holy days, from Rosh Hashana through Sukkot, will have a strong political undertow running in the background between the two adversaries most likely to be the next prime minister: the current leader, Yair Lapid, and Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Today, most people's mental image of Vikings is of pagan marauders who destroyed Christian churches and ransacked monasteries. There is a lot of truth to this image and yet, as with so much in history, the reality was more complex.