Christianity

The Chinese Communist Party barely mentioned the death of Pope Francis, with whom it negotiated for years, and failed to send a representative to his funeral as a “brutal message” to repressed Christians at home, one of the world’s top experts on Christian persecution told Breitbart News this week.

Hindu nationalist Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi honored the memory of the recently deceased Pope Francis during an event on Friday, stating that the late Catholic pontiff “will always inspire me.”

Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white tomb in St. Mary Major Basilica a day after he was bade farewell by the powerful of the world and a crowd of hundreds of thousands.

The Vatican opened St. Peter’s Basilica to the general public Wednesday to pay their final respects to Pope Francis, with thousands of people filling the central aisle and Swiss Guards standing at attention.

In the wake of Pope Francis’ passing on Easter Monday, the Catholic Church will begin the process of selecting the next Bishop of Rome, thereby setting the future course of the Church and its 1.3 billion followers.

Heads of state and religious leaders around the world offered condolences and messages honoring Pope Francis following the announcement of his passing on Monday, honoring him as compassionate, warm, and a “moral beacon” in a divided world.

A record number of adults in France are expected to have received baptism across the country on Easter, primarily driven by young people joining the Catholic Church.

Catholics across Latin America are observing this year’s Good Friday by participating in numerous processions and activities, honoring their respective countries’ Catholic traditions, some of which stand out as unique among themselves.

Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau state, Nigeria, urged local “traditional rulers” to organize vigilante militias to protect Christians after a recent string of attacks, presumed to have been committed by ethnic Fulani jihadists, killed dozens and displaced thousands.

The small town of San Pedro Cutud in the Philippines continued its annual tradition of staging real crucifixions to mark Good Friday, honoring its most prolific participant, carpenter Ruben Enaje, with the bloody ritual for a 36th time.

Israel welcomed newly-confirmed U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee on Friday with a ceremony at the Western Wall, the holiest site in Judaism, in the midst of religious services for the Passover holiday.

A new report suggests that the internet, reverence of the Holy Mass, and other factors have been driving young Americans toward Catholicism. 

A recent study conducted by Venezuela-based research firm Delphos found that 97 percent of Venezuelans believe in God and a majority pray regularly despite more than two decades of attacks against the Venezuelan Church by the socialist Maduro regime, the outlet Runrunes reported on Wednesday.

The communist regime of Cuba banned Christians in Havana from celebrating the traditional Solemn Stations of the Cross on Sunday, Cuban outlets reported.

Fulani jihadists have murdered more than 60 Christians in a series of coordinated attacks across seven Christian communities in Nigeria as Holy Week begins.

President Donald Trump recognized the start of Holy Week and Jesus Christ’s Crucifixion and Resurrection, noting “History was forever changed” in the moment of Jesus Christ’s Resurrection.

The kidnapping epidemic that has plagued South Africa this decade may have hit a new criminal low when an American pastor was nabbed at gunpoint while he was preaching at a Baptist church in Motherwell, outside the coastal city of Gqeberha.

The autocratic Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is imposing severe restrictions on Christian missionary activity in the country, arguing loyalty to the party usurps all other beliefs and credos.

A Christian nurse has been suspended from her role in Britain’s National Health Service after she spoke out about allegedly being disciplined for refusing to refer to a biologically male convicted paedophile patient as a woman.

Pope Francis made a surprise entrance to St. Peter´s Square during a special Jubilee Mass for the sick and health workers on Sunday, marking his first public appearance at the Vatican since his release from the hospital two weeks ago.

Pope Francis has shown “a truly surprising improvement” since returning to the Vatican to convalesce after surviving a life-threatening bout with double-pneumonia, the doctor who coordinated the pontiff’s five-week hospitalization said Saturday.

Archbishop Elpidophoros of America presented President Donald Trump with a Holy Cross on Monday and praised him as embodying “the values” of the Christian faith.

Leading pro-life diaper company EveryLife has teamed up with prominent Christian voices to launch a global prayer movement for married couples who want to have children but are struggling to conceive or adopt. 

OnlyFans star Sophie Rain has claimed God is “happy” she amassed a $43 million fortune selling her body over the internet.

Pope Francis returned home to the Vatican from the hospital on Sunday after surviving a five-week, life-threatening bout of pneumonia.

Pope Francis will be released from the hospital on Sunday, after 38 days battling a life-threatening case of pneumonia in both lungs, his doctors said.

The world’s Catholic population is on the rise at the same time the number of priests has fallen, a report released Thursday by the Vatican shows.

Holy Bible sales are soaring in the UK with publishers crediting the rising spirituality of Gen Z as driving the revival of interest embracing the ancient text in an increasingly unstable world.

Pope Francis continued his recovery from double pneumonia Sunday after doctors reported some positive news: After more than three weeks in the hospital, the 88-year-old pope is responding well to treatment and has shown a “gradual, slight improvement” in recent days.

A local government council in England voted to ban Christian prayers from being held before meetings in a bid to promote “inclusivity”.

Vice President JD Vance gave glory to God for helping him “turn a new page in Washington, DC,” responded to Pope Francis’s critiques of the Trump administration’s immigration policy, and explained how the president’s foreign policy is “in accord with Christian social teaching” at the annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast (NCPB).

Christianity’s years-long decline in the U.S. may be slowing and could have leveled off, a poll released Wednesday by Pew Research study suggests.

Franklin Graham on Friday remembered his father — the great Christian evangelist Billy Graham — on the seven year anniversary of his entry to heaven.

Over 2,000 students pledged their lives to Christ at the University of Kentucky where over 8,000 people have been joining a revival.

A gay rights activist and Canadian clergyman has argued for the removal of the word “Savior” to describe Jesus Christ because the word is a “stumbling block” for many.

The Philadelphia Eagles pulled off an impressive blowout victory against the Kansas City Chiefs at the Super Bowl on Sunday night.