Pope Leo XIV will make a ten-day Apostolic Journey to Africa and to two other countries in Europe in the first half of 2026 ...

On the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the World Council of Churches has welcomed reported signs of progress toward the cessation of violence and joined Pope Leo in ...

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Jerry Pillay met with the prime minister of troubled Sudan, Kamil Idris, at ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a Baptist minister, two-time U.S. presidential candidate and vigorous civil rights leader, has died at the age of 84, his family said.

The Holy See "will not participate in U.S. President Donald Trump's Board of Peace because the Vatican says that it should be the United Nations that handles crisis situations.

A Roman Catholic priest from Nigeria, Father Lawrence Iwuamadi, is the new academic dean of the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Institute at Bossey, just outside Geneva. It is not the first time ...

Presidents, prime ministers, and cardinals were among those bidding a final farewell to Pope Francis, a Catholic Church leader described as "a pope among the people. " His death drew worldwide ...

Both warring partners have consistently targeted Sudan's Christian community since the beginning of the Sudan war in acts that can be considered war crimes and crimes against humanity. Since April 15, ...

A senior American Orthodox archbishop has drawn condemnation after meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, a move Christian leaders say undermines the Gospel's call to justice and ...

The Gospel must not be instrumentalized by politics – and churches should never apologize for reading the Bible or for preaching the Gospel, the World Council of Churches moderator Bishop Heinrich ...

For decades, church attendance and nominal adherence to Christianity have been declining in England and Wales, and it has been assumed that this decline would continue, says Paul Williams, CEO of the ...