A petition to the White House calling for President Barack Obama to directly respond to the case of Meriam Ibrahim, the Sudanese mother on death row for her Christian faith, has already reached over 37,000 signatures in the first week of its launchin..
The Church of England has declared that it is banning its clergy from joining the British National Party and the National Front, claiming that the groups teach ideologies against Anglican principles and hold racist views.
Christians traveling to the site of the mass shooting in California where 22-year-old Elliot Rodger killed six people before taking his own life, argue that Christians must stand up and speak on these sensitive issues.
An Opelika, Alabama, ministry has apologized for using a quote attributed to Nazi Germany dictator Adolf Hitler in a billboard message about children, and will take it down.
Persecution watchdog group Open Doors has released its top 10 list of countries where Christians face the most violent attacks for their faith, with Nigeria topping the list.
Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad is expected to be re-elected as president after voting began this week, running largely unopposed. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has called the elections a "farce," and has previously accused Assad of using chemical..
The president of St. Bonaventure University in Allegany, New York, has called for more discussion on stricter gun control following the May 23 shooting rampage near the University of California at Santa Barbara, where lone gunman Elliot Rodger killed..
Israel's Education Ministry announced on Sunday that for the first time ever evolution will be taught in the middle school core curriculum, which up until now offered only the biblical account of the origins of humanity. Ultra-orthodox groups have re..
V. Stiviano, the friend of controversial LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling, was reportedly beaten badly by two men who yelled racial slurs at her outside a New York hotel on Sunday night.
People seeking sex-reassignment surgeries may now be able to have the procedure covered by Medicare, following a groundbreaking decision by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services review board on Friday.
Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki resigned from his position following major scandals connected to the health care system for veterans. President Barack Obama, who just last week commissioned an investigation of the system, accepted his resign..
Christians in Egypt are hopeful following the election of a new Egyptian president that they will be protected from Muslim extremist attacks.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is urging Congress to vote on immigration reform before the August recess without delay, saying that the time has long since come to enact major changes to America's immigration system and help suffering famili..
Two Indian teenage girls were gang-raped and hanged from a mango tree in an orchard near Katra village in Uttar Pradesh state on Wednesday, sparking hundreds to protest what they allege is police inaction.
After months of telling families of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 passengers that their loved ones are most likely dead, lead investigators have admitted that the plane is probably not in the main 528-mile search area in the Indian Ocean they had heav..
At least 30 Christians were shot dead by Muslim rebels in an attack on a church in the war-torn Central African Republic, a pastor said.
Sojourners President Jim Wallis said that House Speaker John Boehner faces both a moral and a biblical choice regarding putting immigration reform up for a vote in Congress before the August deadline, or it will likely be delayed for another year.