Persecution of Christians is 'set to rise' in 2019
Release said its partners support the view that persecution is rising and have warned the trend will continue into 2019.
Release said its partners support the view that persecution is rising and have warned the trend will continue into 2019.
Bishop Michael Ipgrave admitted it was tempting to curl up and hibernate in the dead of winter, but he challenged the faithful to instead move out of their comfort zones to share the Good News of Christ.
Pope Francis has expressed his regret over a lack of unity around the world in his first message of the new year.
The Archbishop of Canterbury has urged Britain to overcome the 'divisions' of recent years in a New Year sermon.
American Greg Burke said he was stepping down as director of the Vatican Press Office in order to allow the Pope to assemble a completely new communications team.
The Bishop of Burnley said he was praying for a 'new start' in British politics amid the upheaval over Brexit
The annual pilgrimage follows in the footsteps of 12th Century Cistercian monks who set off from Ripon Cathedral on 26 December, 1132, to found Fountains Abbey.
Iraqi Christians quietly celebrated Christmas on Tuesday amid improved security
Pope Francis has urged people to see their differences as a source of richness and not of danger in his Christmas message to the world.
The Archbishop of Canterbury has urged people to put aside their differences this Christmas and instead embrace God's language of love.
Francis, 82 led a solemn service for nearly 10,000 people in St Peter's Basilica for his traditional Christmas Eve Mass.
The bodies of 34 Ethiopian Christians executed in Libya by Islamic State (IS) in 2015 have been exhumed from a mass grave, Libyan authorities said on Monday.
The Palestinian town in the Israeli-occupied West Bank is enjoying its busiest Christmas in years, with hotels nearly fully booked and the security situation relatively calm.