It is a snapshot of a peaceable kingdom, a time of calm and compassion that briefly reigned before the betrayal and the Passion, the apostles first joined in a unique brotherhood of loving equals, not ...

Returning to his usual daily Mass schedule, Pope Francis reflected today that our contemporary faith communities ought to reflect that of the first Christians, who were united in "heart and mind." ...

Gaza has some of the world’s oldest Christian communities, yet Palestinian Christians say Israeli strikes put them “under threat of extinction.” The Nativity scene shows baby Jesus wrapped in a ...

What is happening today threatens the very continuity of Christian presence in the Bethlehem area – not abstractly, but ...

PLOVER, Wis. (WSAW) - Religious spaces are often considered sanctuaries, safe places where people can spiritually learn, grow, and heal. For some who have experienced abuse within the congregation, ...

Maryknoll Father Joseph Healey, right, meets with two members of the AMECEA small Christian communities training team in Nairobi, Kenya. (Credit: CNS photo/courtesy Father Healey.) Listen When the ...

Several mobs attacked Christian communities and set fire to several churches on Wednesday in the town of Jaranwala, in Pakistan’s Faisalabad district, after two Christians were accused of defiling the ...

Turkey's Christian community, which hosts Pope Leo XIV this week, was a minority under the Ottoman Empire whose numbers have dwindled due to forced exiles and massacres. Here is a brief overview of ...

When an Israeli airstrike hit the Greek Orthodox church compound in Gaza City on Oct. 19, a collapsed building killed 18 mostly Palestinian Christians sheltering there. Their deaths made headlines ...

Church bells rang out across the plains of northeast Syria, warning villagers to seek shelter from incoming air raids. It was the first time in a century that the Christian communities in the region ...

(RNS) — In a speech last week to the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, President Donald Trump announced an executive order creating a new task force to “eradicate anti-Christian bias” in the ...

Up to 15 church buildings have been desecrated, hundreds of Christian homes destroyed, and thousands of Christians have been forced to flee because of the attacks, Several mobs attacked Christian ...