Church
Pope's Swiss Guards show off new 3D printed plastic helmets
The Swiss Guards have unveiled the new 3D printed plastic helmets that will eventually replace their current ones made of metal in an effort to make the guard members more comfortable while providing protection for the pontiff.
Donald Trump asks to open White House meetings with prayer on regular basis
Vice President Mike Pence has revealed that President Donald Trump consistently asks cabinet members to start meetings at the White House with prayer.
France's Macron, after overture to Church, to visit pope in June
President Emmanuel Macron, accused of straining France's secular foundations by saying he wanted to mend ties with the Catholic Church in his country, will travel to the Vatican in June to meet Pope Francis, the Vatican said on Friday.
Televangelist Jim Bakker: Survive End of the World by buying my condos and $150 water bottles
Controversial televangelist Jim Bakker has claimed that the Missouri town in which he is building a Christian community is equipped to survive the end of the world, and is selling survival gear, such as packs of bottles that cost $150.
Thy Kingdom Come: It's about evangelism, but not as you know it
Thy Kingdom Come has been designed so that everyone from the yells-bells-and-smells, more-Catholic-than-the-pope brigade to the light-bulb-changing, happiest of happy clappers can take part.
Beth Moore: Male evangelical leaders 'smack of misogyny, objectification and astonishing disesteem of women'
Beth Moore, the prominent US evangelical teacher, has criticised the 'colossal disregard and disrespect of women' shown by male Christian leaders.
CAR in national mourning as Christian-Muslim violence sees 24 killed, 170 injured
Three days of national mourning have been announced by the president of the Central African Republic (CAR) after an attack on a church in Bangui that killed 16 Christian worshippers, and subsequent violence that has seen eight more killed and 170 injured. The Archbishop of Bangui condemned and lamented the ongoing sectarian violence in the country.
Church of England launches French service for London's 300,000 Francophones
The Church of England has launched a French-speaking service to appeal to at least 300,000 Francophone Londoners.
Christian academy shut down after controversy over bible references in student handbook
A school board in Alberta, Canada has voted to close a Christian academy last week, following controversy over censorship of certain biblical references in the student handbook.
Ruins of ancient 1st century Christian site found in former ISIS-held region in Syria
The ruins of a Christian church that is believed to be built as far back as the first century A.D. was found at a site in northern Syria where the Islamic State dumped their trash.
Ministry cancels conference fearing California bill will gag Christian views on homosexuality, sexual identity & purity
A ministry based in Colorado has decided to cancel student conferences that were supposed to take place in California due to a pending legislation aimed at restricting attempts to change a person's sexual identity.
Ethiopian court considers appeal of evangelical Christian convicted of offending members of Orthodox church
An Ethiopian court has announced that it will hear the appeal of an evangelical Christian who was convicted of "causing outrage to religious peace and feeling," after a lower court turned down his plea in March.
These probably aren't the most effective preachers in the English-speaking world â and anyway, so what?
Now we know: these are the 12 most effective preachers in the English-speaking world.
A done debate? Most US religious groups now back gay marriage
Most US-based religious groups now back the legalisation of same-sex marriage, according to a study released on Tuesday. Supporters of gay marriage in America now outnumber its detractors by two to one. Wwhat might this remarkable shift mean, particularly for the US church?
Heather Cook, bishop jailed for drunk driving, applies for home detention
Heather Cook, the former Episcopal Church bishop jailed for drink driving after a hit-and-run crash killed a cyclist in 2014, has applied to serve the rest of her sentence in home detention.
Revelation for today: How to read Scripture well
CJ Sansom says in a note to one of his Tudor crime novels that it would have been better if Revelation had never been included in the canon of scripture at all, given the damage it's done.