Christians

Pope Leo to visit Turkey, Lebanon in November in first trip abroad

Leo had been expected for months to travel to Turkey for his first trip abroad, but the additional visit to Lebanon only emerged in discussions in recent weeks.

Pope Leo XIV holds a general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, September 17, 2025.
A boy plants a flag in memory of the victims of October 7.

Christian group honors October 7 victims with sweeping flag campaign

 View of the Re'im music festival massacre, in southern Israel, January 16, 2025.

Hundreds of Christian Zionists gather to memorialize victims of Oct. 7

Illustrative image of Paula Cain-White, Charlie Kirk, and Pastor Larry Huch.

Trump faith advisor Paula White tops list of Israel’s 50 leading Christian allies


Church of England names Sarah Mullally as first female Archbishop of Canterbury

Sarah Mullally will become the ceremonial head of 85 million Anglicans worldwide, and faces a tough challenge in bridging the divide between conservative and liberal Anglicans.

People photograph Archbishop of Canterbury-designate Sarah Mullally at Canterbury Cathedral, in Canterbury, Britain, October 3, 2025.

10 Christian Zionists: Pastor Paula White - No. 9

Integrates her biblical teachings with a call to support Israel.

Pastor Paula White

10 Christian Zionists: Pastor Greg Laurie - No. 4

Is vocal in his support for Israel, especially following the October 7 attacks.

Pastor Greg Laurie

WATCH: Dozens of religious activists ascend Temple Mount in honor of Charlie Kirk

"Just as Charlie fought tirelessly for freedom of speech, we will continue to fight for freedom of worship and equal rights for Jews on the Temple Mount," one activist said.

Activists ascend the Temple Mount in honor of Charlie Kirk on September 17,2025.

Rosh Hashanah calls Jews to choose life after Jerusalem attack - opinion

Life, and a life for God, is the very DNA of the Jewish people; an ideal on which we can never compromise.

Police and rescue personnel at the scene of a terror attack at Ramot junction, near the entrance to Jerusalem, September 8, 2025.

UN's Albanese sued for accusing Christian groups of financing 'genocide'

The groups said that the UN representative engaged in a "malicious and false campaign accusing the charities of war crimes and other heinous acts" in a June report.

 UN Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese gives a press conference at the UN City in Copenhagen, Denmark February 5, 2025.

Pope Leo's meeting with Herzog reveals Vatican's new diplomatic style

Leo, who became the first US pontiff when he was elected in May, takes an approach that is more muted than his predecessor Pope Francis.

Pope Leo XIV looks on, on the day of the weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican August 27, 2025

Kenya exhumes 32 bodies as outcry grows over starvation cult deaths

Kenya linked the bodies discovered in to the same Christian sect blamed for the deaths of over 400 people in the nearby Shakahola Forest in 2023.

Forensic experts and homicide detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), collect samples from exhumed bodies of suspected followers of a religious cult buried in shallow graves in Kwa Binzaro village, located on the outskirts of Malindi, in Kenya, August 28, 2025.

Petition complicates Patriarchate lands dispute in Jerusalem

Sources involved in the story argue that an appeal by some of the apartment and property owners to the High Court of Justice a month ago only makes a solution more distant.

General view of the Russian Orthodox church in the Ein Karem neighbourhood of Jerusalem, October 30, 2020

Pope Leo to visit Lebanon, cardinal says, in likely first trip abroad

The pope will travel to Lebanon "by December," Cardinal Bechara Rai told the al-Arabiya television channel.

Pope Leo XIV greets people as he attends a festive lunch with the poor of the Diocese of Albano Laziale at Borgo Laudato Si, in the garden of the Pontifical Villas in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, August 17, 2025

Mosaic reveals the earliest Christian nursing home by the Sea of Galilee

Researchers from the University of Haifa say the late fourth or early fifth century CE inscription is the earliest physical proof of organized elder care in Byzantine Israel.

Cleaning a part of the mosaic showing birds drinking from a wine goblet.