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Churches in Japan are still desperately trying to confirm the safety of their parishioners six days after an earthquake and tsunami devastated the north-eastern region.

Around 6,000 migrant workers face a wait of around six days to be processed through the border. The workers are mostly men from Asia and Africa.

With Sri Lanka facing its worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami, Christian aid agencies are providing emergency relief to those affected by the heavy monsoon rains.

A mother of two has become the first Christian woman in Pakistan to be sentenced to death for blasphemy.

The decision to award Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo the Nobel Peace Prize is “heartening,” the head of the World Council of Churches has said.

He is a hero of the anti-apartheid movement and an ever influential campaigner adored by the world, but Archbishop Desmond Tutu has decided to call time on public life.

The parting of the Red Sea is one of the most famous stories in the Bible and now scientists believe they have figured out how it actually happened.

Television evangelist Benny Hinn has admitted that his marriage probably broke down because he did not spend enough time with the family.

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has told the head of the World Council of Churches of his concerns over the position of some Protestant churches towards homosexuality.

LONDON – Churches risk losing out on large amounts of donations because pastors and church leaders are too timid when it comes to preaching about financial needs and the importance of giving, according to a new report out this week.

Wayne Rooney was reportedly interrupted by a World Cup official while discussing aspects of his Catholic faith.

Gospel For Asia has expressed its sorrow over the murder of one of its missionaries in India last month.

Deadly anti-government protests in Thailand are evidence that economic growth cannot go without a fair distribution of wealth, says the leader of a global Christian movement to end poverty.

As many as 500 people may have been killed in attacks on Sunday on two predominantly Christian villages near the Nigerian city of Jos.

LONDON – A new human rights group is mobilizing people around the world to stand up for the freedom of religious converts to freely live out their faith.

Hundreds of children are at risk after becoming separated from their parents in the Haiti earthquake, warns World Vision. The Christian aid agency said it was “deeply concerned” about the number of children leaving the devastated capital Port-au-Prince to find help in neighbouring towns.

Hundreds of Salvation Army volunteers in the United States have spent the last few days preparing and packing one million ready-to-eat meals to send to survivors of the Haiti earthquake.

Survivors of a massive earthquake that struck Haiti on Tuesday face “untold suffering,” warns Christian Aid.

The Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols says people must find sustainable relationships with God, each other and the natural world if there is to be peace in the world.

The head of the National Council of Churches of the Philippines has condemned the massacre of 57 people in the worst election violence to hit the country on Monday.

A Christian peace worker has returned to Iraq for the first time since he was freed from captivity four years ago.

A survey of 20 nations has found strong support for the right to criticize religion.

More than 20,000 letters are to be handed to the Indian High Commission later in the month in a show of solidarity with Christians in India’s Orissa state.