Catholic Church looks at ordaining women deacons

June 16, 2016

VATICAN CITY — In an opening with historic significance, Pope Francis said he wants to study the possibility of ordaining women as deacons, a step

Report shows religious freedom deteriorating worldwide

May 12, 2016

Religious freedom remains under “serious and sustained assault” around the globe, according to a new annual report from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

British Baptists wrestle with same-sex ‘marriage’

April 28, 2016

DIDCOT, England — British Baptist leaders recently asked churches not to allow their buildings to be used for same-sex “marriage” ceremonies in order to avoid

Baptists, Methodists gather in Germany to discuss baptism, Christian initiation

March 3, 2016

For the third round of conversations between Baptists and Methodists, members from both Baptist World Alliance (BWA), including Alabama’s Timothy George, and World Methodist Council

Places of worship destroyed by authorities in France

February 25, 2016

CALAIS, France — Despite authorities promising to not destroy places of worship, a church and mosque were destroyed in a camp for migrants and refugees

Men, women pray together at Western Wall

February 18, 2016

Making the new prayer space at the Western Wall was meant to be “historic” and “revolutionary,” creating a permanent area where male and female non-Orthodox

Pope, Russia’s patriarch meet for first time

February 18, 2016

At a historic meeting Feb. 12, Pope Francis and Russia’s Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow signed a joint declaration on the issue of persecuted Christians