An England rugby star has leaped to the defence of Australia's Israel Folau who's facing the sack after posting on social media that hell awaits those who sin.

Religious statues which sit atop Notre Dame Cathedral have come down for the first time in more than a century as part of a restoration of the Paris church's towering spire.

A man arrested over fires at three black churches in Louisiana is the son of a sheriff's deputy.

The governing body of rugby union in Australia has said it still intends to fire Israel Folau after its meeting with the Christian sporting star left its position "unchanged".

A tour of secondary schools across Yorkshire by Christian rappers, singers and dancers has seen hundreds of young people become Christians.

The former Attorney General and Conservative remainer has told Premier he must "accept the consequences of my actions."

A Christian couple banned from home-schooling their children in Germany have requested for their case to be heard at the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights.

As the polls open for India's general election, Christians there are said to be fearful of rigging and further persecution.

A popular evangelical author and speaker has revealed she has been released from hospital two weeks after she was admitted for severe pain and difficulty breathing.

The Vatican has received a dossier that places French priest Jacques Hamel, who was killed by Islamists in 2016, on the path to sainthood.

Protections built into the Vatican's legal protections worked in favour of clergy accused of sex abuse to the point of making a conviction "nearly impossible" in past decades, Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI has said.

A pastor from Ashford in Kent is being investigated by police over alleged involvement in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide.

A vicar who wanted his own church bells to stop chiming so he can sleep has lost his appeal.

Mike Pence has responded to Democratic presidential contender Pete Buttigieg's criticism of his traditional biblical view on sexuality.