Two gunmen stormed Roman Catholic Santa Maria church in Istanbul during Sunday mass. It is the first time the Islamic terrorist group targets a place of worship in Turkey.

Bauman’s attraction to Pope Francis shows how disillusioned post-Marxist intellectuals find in Pope Francis a figure who instills hope in the general dullness.

With a "declaration" of high hierarchical value, Roman Catholicism is now officially in favor of blessing gay unions, as are many liberal Protestant churches around the world.

The new official document “broadens its classical understanding” to “include” new kinds of couples while maintaining “the perennial teaching on marriage”.

Research looks at how the young in France see secularism. People between 18 and 30 are more tolerant of religious symbols in public.

According to Francis, theology must be “fundamentally contextual” and no longer start from “first principles.” It must translate into a “culture of dialogue” with all and no longer think of itself as only lecturing to the world, religions, and others.

In a central place of the ‘Blue Zone’ in Dubai, 50 faith groups organise dozens of events. Evangelical environmentalists told Evangelical Focus what they plan to do at the large UN conference.

The official report includes a guide with the most common mistakes and proposals to avoid them.

Once you pray with someone in public, you are conveying that all the participants share the same Christian faith and are “brothers and sisters” in Christ.

The Italian Evangelical Alliance says the “Together 2023” event with Pope Francis and other heads of Christian confessions was “crossing a line”. They demand “a public discussion of the whole of World Evangelical Alliance’s constituency” on ecumenism.

Politicians, diplomats and intercessors from the Nordic and Baltic nations gathered in Helsinki for a prayer breakfast near the Finnish parliament.

In capital city San José, evangelicals and Roman Catholics denounced the trafficking of children and other forms of exploitation in Latin America.

Francis thinks of his pontificate as a “pastoral” attempt at building bridges instead of creating walls with the whole world, leaving doctrinal issues aside.

In the Southern European country, evangelical churches are the religious minority that grows the most, nearly tripling the presence of Muslim worship places.

A “first of its kind” survey conducted in France shows that evangelicals are more interested in environmental care than the average population.

There is a risk the whole conversation may become a sterile exercise when two or more experts talk to one another, losing the gospel focus healthy theology must always have.

More than half of those who leave Roman Catholicism in the region turn to evangelical churches, finds a survey.

The latest official figures, published in July, show that only one in five practice Catholicism, while atheism exceeds 16%.

Two long-established stations are left out of the broadcasting allocations although they met the requirements.

Benedict XVI died at the end of 2022, but on July 1st, his shadow receded further from the Vatican.

The few religious references of the four main parties standing for election on 23 July show distinct differences in their approach to religion.

In Germany, only 1.6% read the Bible every day, although half of the population is a member of one of the historic churches.

“Rapito” was presented at the 2023 Cannes Festival. It tells the true story of Edgardo Mortara, a Jewish boy from Bologna, who was kidnapped from his family in 1858 and taken to a Catholic boarding school by order of the Inquisition court.

Official statistics conclude that free evangelical Christians (below 5%) pray and attend worship services more than other faith groups.

The sixth edition of the Rome Scholars and Leaders Network was held in Rome.