Wednesday saw the deadliest violence in Iraq since late November. A series of morning attacks killed at least 31 people across the country. Some reports say it’s a mark of rising tensions between Iraq’s ethnic and religious groups, which could shove the...
Anti-abortion groups from 20 different countries have launched a petition to ask the European Parliament to recognize that life begins at conception. The “One of Us” initiative is the first of its kind in Europe and represents a larger effort to forge a cohesive...
Oldline church disputes, threats to religious freedom and Middle East proxy battles made news throughout 2012. Below are the Institute for Religion and Democracy’s (IRD) top church news stories for the year. Presbyterians and Methodists vote against Anti-Israel...
According to CBS, a church in New Zealand has put up a controversial billboard questioning Jesus’ sexual orientation. Los Angeles-based best-selling author and film producer, Ray Comfort, says, “This is a subtle form of hate speech. These people profess to...
The number of Christians in England and Wales declined by 13 percent over the past decade, while the non-religious population grew from 15 to 25 percent, the most recent national census has revealed. Christianity remains by far the largest religion in the country,...
