TEHRAN, Jan 6 - An Egyptian police officer was killed on Saturday while attempting to defuse a bomb found near a church in an eastern Cairo suburb, state television reported, less than two days before Egypt’s Christians celebrate the Coptic Christmas.
TEHRAN, December 18 - Italian police said on Monday they had arrested a 20-year-old Somali man suspected of having been a member of Islamic State and who had threatened to bomb churches in Italy, including St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.
TEHRAN, December 05 -A Ukrainian church council will meet on December 15 in order to create an independent Orthodox church and elect its leader, President Petro Poroshenko said on Wednesday.
TEHRAN, September 26 - In a ceremony on Wednesday, a mosque will be inaugurated in a building in Hamburg, Germany, that was used as a church for years.
TEHRAN, September 13 -Pope Francis was set to host US bishops and cardinals on Thursday to discuss the Vatican's response to a new wave of devastating claims of sexual abuse by clergy.
TEHRAN, September 01 -The number of cases of abuse in Chile's Roman Catholic Church under investigation by prosecutors has more than tripled to 119 in the past month, the national prosecuting authority said on Friday.
TEHRAN, August 19 - President Russell M. Nelson of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has changed the church's style guide to use the its full name instead of shorter substitutes like "Mormon" or "LDS."
TEHRAN, August 11 -An explosive attack against a church on the outskirts of Cairo was foiled Saturday when a bomber blew himself up before reaching the target, state media and security sources said.
TEHRAN, August 9 -The board members of one of the largest evangelical churches in the United States have quit over a sexual misconduct scandal that has already forced out its founder.
TEHRAN, July 31 -Two special envoys sent by Pope Francis to investigate a child sex abuse scandal in Chile were meeting priests and Church workers at a university in the Chilean capital last month when aides rushed into the room with an alarming development: police and prosecutors were about to start raiding Church offices.
TEHRAN, June 17 - US Christian leaders have blasted Attorney General Jeff Session for claiming the Bible justifies Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” policy of separating children from their asylum-seeking family members detained at the country’s southern borders.
TEHRAN, May 19 -A militant attack on a church in the mainly Muslim southern Russian region of Chechnya has left seven people dead, including four assailants, officials say.
TEHRAN, May 19 - A candle-lit vigil is held for sexual abuse victims in Chile church. Recently, 34 Chilean bishops announced their resignation over a child sex abuse scandal within the Church in Chile that has come to haunt the reign of Pope Francis.
TEHRAN, February 28 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem al-Quds has reopened its doors after Israel backtracked on its controversial tax and land grab plans targeting churches in the city.
TEHRAN, February 27 - Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine have spoken out against Tel Aviv’s tax and land grab plans targeting churches in Jerusalem al-Quds, with Beirut and Amman describing the measures as a violation of international regulations.
A senior Church of England bishop has revealed that the Anglican Communion led by Queen Elizabeth II is facing more than 3,300 sexual abuse allegations before an independent inquiry into child abuse next month, despite fivefold increase in spending on issues relating to such abuse since 2014.
TEHRAN, December 29 - At least nine people, including an Egyptian police officer, have been killed in an incident where a gunman attempted to attack a Coptic church in southern Cairo.