Nigeria’s federal government said on Thursday it suspects members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terror group were responsible for a massacre at a Catholic church in southern Nigeria on Sunday that killed 40 people, Reuters reported.
Pope Francis once again affirmed the centrality of traditional man-woman marriage for society on Friday, calling it “the primary cell of our communities.”
The Vatican announced Friday that Pope Francis has cancelled his July trip to Africa, fueling rumors of more serious health problems and even a possible papal retirement.
News has emerged of a second massacre of Christians in Nigeria on Pentecost Sunday, this time carried out by Muslim Fulani raiders armed with AK-47 rifles.
The U.S. Catholic Bishops’ Conference (USCCB) is calling for prayer and action on religious freedom issues ranging from the Church in China to the defeat of taxpayer funding for abortion.
The Taliban’s “General Directorate of Intelligence” on Tuesday arrested Afghan fashion model and YouTube celebrity Ajmal Haqiqi and three of his friends for “insulting Islamic sacred values.”
Lutheran Bishop Megan Rohrer of the Sierra Pacific Synod (ELCA), the first openly transgender bishop in a major Christian denomination, has resigned over racism allegations after firing the Puerto Rican pastor of a church in Stockton, California.
The United States Catholic bishops have reached out in “solidarity” to the church in Nigeria, condemning recent lethal attacks on Christians.
A poll published on Tuesday by the Cuban Observatory for Human Rights found that 60 percent of those who described themselves of adhering to a religion on the island considered discussing it in any way a “risk” due to Communist Party repression of faith.
The president of human rights watchdog group Open Doors has joined voices urging President Biden to redesignate Nigeria as a “country of particular concern” following the massacre of more than 50 Christians this weekend.
The al-Qaeda terrorist organization threatened to unleash a string of child suicide bombings across India in a statement published Tuesday in response to an ongoing controversy surrounding remarks about Muhammad made by a now-former spokeswoman for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Bowing to pressure from protests from Muslim groups, a British cinema chain has pulled all screenings of a film over “safety concerns”.
Pope Francis warned Wednesday of a worrisome tendency to glorify youth and to despise old age, which reminds us of our mortality.
The Indian government made some conciliatory statements after a spokeswoman for the ruling BJP party made televised comments seen as critical of Islam’s Muhammad two weeks ago, but as condemnation from Muslim nations and demands for additional acts of contrition keep pouring in, the administration of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is pushing back against its critics.
A shocking scene unfolded at Lakewood Church on Sunday in Houston, Texas, when Pastor Joel Osteen was interrupted by shouting abortion activists.
The Vice President met with a handful of faith leaders from Los Angeles regarding abortion rights, including Christian, Jewish, and Islamic figures. However, never once in her opening remarks did she mention God.
Saudi Arabia on Saturday welcomed its first batch of foreign Hajj pilgrims since before the Chinese coronavirus pandemic began, the news outlet Middle East Eye reported on Sunday, noting that the Islamic pilgrims hailed from Indonesia.
A group of unidentified men, believed to ethnic Fulani terrorists, unleashed gunfire and explosives on a packed Catholic church in southwestern Nigeria’s Ondo State during mass on Sunday, killing at least 50 people, Nigeria’s Vanguard newspaper reported on Monday.
‘NYT’ columnist Tyler Kepner accused the Tampa Bay Rays of allowing a few players to undermine the team’s support for the gay community.
Rev. Franklin Graham on Monday voiced agreement with the Tampa Bay Rays team members who recently opted out of wearing the team’s special rainbow logos.
Police in India’s northern city of Kanpur said on Monday they had arrested 38 people in connection with acts of rioting on Friday after local Muslims and Hindus pelted each other with stones, India Today reported.
Top Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid condemned the U.S. State Department on Sunday for publishing a religious freedom report on Afghanistan revealing the repression of minorities of faith in the country.
St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Jack Flaherty blasted several Tampa Bay Rays players for refusing to wear the gay pride logo in Saturday’s game.
ROME — This weekend’s Gay Pride parade in Cremona, Italy, featured a bare-breasted mannequin dressed as the Virgin Mary, sparking an intense national debate on social media and elsewhere.
Presumed jihadists stormed a Catholic church in southwest Nigeria Sunday and opened fire on worshipers, killing at least 50 and wounding dozens more.
A number of Tampa Bay Rays players decided not to wear rainbow-colored logos on their uniforms as part of the team’s annual “Pride Night” on Saturday that recognized the LGBTQ community.
Pope Francis said Sunday that Satan is a spirit of negativity, one who promotes “gossip and idle chatter” to drive people apart.
Pope Francis renewed his call for a ceasefire in Ukraine Sunday, urging the warring parties to sit down to negotiations.
The formidable Ukrainian Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk asked for special prayers for his nation’s soldiers this weekend in their task of defending the country.
Muslims in Britain have protested the release of what they called a “provocative” film, which depicts the daughter of the Islamic prophet Mohammed.
Political correctness and fear of accusations of racism is preventing Islamic extremism being reported, a UK government advisor has admitted.
A Nigerian Christian leader admitted his church paid a $240,000 ransom to secure his release from unidentified kidnappers after he was abducted in recent days, Voice of America (VOA) reported on Wednesday.
Nigeria has experienced a surge in kidnappings, mass murders, and lynchings of Christians under President Muhammadu Buhari, who has made only “cursory” attempts to address the issue, David Curry, the CEO of the Christian aid organization Open Doors, told Breitbart News on Wednesday.
LGBT advocate Father James Martin, SJ, said Thursday that churches have a special duty to celebrate Gay Pride, since much anti-gay violence has been “motivated by religion.”
The U.S. Embassy to the Holy See began flying the LGBT rainbow flag Wednesday and tweeted in celebration of Pride Month, an innovation of the Biden administration.
L.A. mayoral candidate Rick Caruso, a billionaire real estate developer who is surging in the polls, told Breitbart News on Tuesday that an outsider candidate can win, and succeed, despite resistance from entrenched interests.
Actor Mark Wahlberg took to Instagram to congratulate his son and all other young Catholics for their Catholic Confirmations this month.
The redoubtable Ukrainian Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk expressed hope Monday that despite the Russian onslaught, Ukraine will see victory in the end.
The leader of a dissident Catholic LGBT advocacy group has praised Pope Francis’ choice of San Diego Bishop Robert W. McElroy to become a cardinal, calling McElroy “the kind of prelate our church needs.”
A church in Park Slope, Brooklyn, was left in shock after the theft of its tabernacle, an irreplaceable piece of sacred art.
