Pope Francis’ new  Instagram account has proved to be an astonishing success, acquiring more than ten thousand followers within 30 minutes of going live and over a million followers within hours. The account launch comes a few weeks after  Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom  met the Pope at the Vatican. The Instagram account was intentionally established...

It had been rumored for months that Mother Teresa’s canonization would take place in September. Now the Vatican made the date official and announced that she will be canonised on 4 September 2106, particularly fitting as this year also marks a special jubilee for workers and volunteers of mercy. Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha...

While European countries and the US are increasingly becoming secular societies with no official religion and have abolished laws prohibiting blasphemy against Christianity, no longer “officially atheist “ Russia is moving in the opposite direction. Viktor Krasnov from southern Russia could receive a jail sentence after he was charged with insulting the feelings of religious believers....

Islamic militants forced their way into the Wycliffe Bible translators’ office and brutally murdered four defenseless translators. Two of them were shot and killed immediately. In a heroic effort to save the lead Bible translator, the other two lay on top of him and died while deflecting bludgeoning blows from the militants’ spent weapons, but...

After their seminary in Qaraqosh was closed down and they were forced to flee following a brutal ISIS attack in 2014, four Iraqi seminarians were determined not to give up, but to continue their path to the priesthood. The four seminarians went to the Al-Sharfa Seminary in Harissa, Lebanon to finish their studies Now, a year and...

    The The             The suicide bombing attack on a popular park in Lahore where families were gathered on Sunday evening to celebrate Easter and enjoy the warm weather was aimed at Christians. At least 72 people were killed, including at least 29 children and 36 Christians is likely to...

Pope Francis issued a harsh condemnation of those who exploit others and then donate to the Church, telling them their “dirty money” isn’t wanted. There are some people, he said, who come with a generous offering, but which is “a fruit of the blood of so many people who are exploited, mistreated and enslaved by...