Pope Leo XIV has undergone successful planned surgery at Rome's Gemelli Hospital, during which doctors removed the lower lobe of his right lung, the Holy See Press Office says.

Pope Leo XIV has met with a delegation from the Lutheran World Federation and expressed his appreciation for how ...

Suspected cyberattacks on two major Korean megachurches, including what is believed to be the world's largest church congregation, may have exposed the personal data of hundreds of thousands of ...

The setting is an old chateau outside Geneva, where students from around the world come together to learn and practice ecumenism by living and praying with people from different traditions, and ...

Mozambique's president, Daniel Chapo, has encouraged religious congregations to intentionally contribute to rebuilding the ...

Christian leaders across the board are focussing on improving end-of-life care, after Members of the UK Parliament voted to reject a proposed assisted suicide law in England and Wales. In a narrow ...

Such threats are reported in the mass media from North America and Europe. But the problem is spread much further afield. The Vicar-General of the Anglican Church in South Africa, Bishop Stephen ...

Authorities in Bosnia say they are investigating the desecration of a Virgin Mary statue and a shrine damaged by fire overnight in a southern Bosnian village, a popular destination for Roman Catholic ...

Attacks by Jews against Christians in the Holy Land could exceed those of 2025, according to a new 2026 report to the Rossing Center for Education and Dialogue. The center reported that 155 incidents ...

Iraq held parliamentary elections on Nov. 11, 2025, and was followed by months of coalition wrangling that delayed the formation of a new government until the Shia Coordination Framework nominated ...

The first North American-born pope, Leo XIV, has used a symbolic visit to Lampedusa, Italy's migrant gateway, to urge the United States and Europe to show greater compassion towards migrants and ...

From 2010 to 2020, the share of the population affiliated with any religion dropped at least 5 percentage points in 35 countries, according to a recent Pew Research Center study. It dropped ...