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Restorers working in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Israel uncover stone slab venerated as the resting place of Jesus Christ.

• 16 ноября 2016, 18:49

The head of the Catholic Church in Hong Kong has said the Chinese government is willing to reach an understanding with the Vatican.

• 05 августа 2016, 16:02

The band Boxi Rocks features Sekino and three other pastors, who don church robes during their raucous performances.

• 25 марта 2016, 14:37

Pope Francis approved sainthood for Mother Teresa, the missionary nun who became a global if controversial symbol of compassion for her care of the sick and destitute.

• 15 марта 2016, 17:32

Chinese court sentenced a Christian pastor to 14 years in jail for embezzlement, after he opposed forced removal of crosses from churches.

• 29 февраля 2016, 15:39

President of Kazakhstan has extended his congratulations on the Easter holiday to Kazakhstan.

• 12 апреля 2015, 18:23

Britain's Prince Charles warned of a threat to Christians in the Middle East and urged the need for compassion between different faiths.

• 05 ноября 2014, 13:47

Jihadists in Iraq have ordered that all women between the ages of 11 and 46 must undergo female genital mutilation, which could affect up to four million women and girls in the war-ravaged country, a UN official said

• 25 июля 2014, 13:22

A Sudanese Christian woman whose death sentence for renouncing Islam sparked a global outcry that eventually led to an acquittal, met Pope Francis after arriving in Italy en route to the United States.

• 25 июля 2014, 11:14

A Sudanese Christian who gave birth in prison after being sentenced to hang for apostasy was freed Monday but immediately went into hiding, fearing for her life, a lawyer said.

• 25 июня 2014, 10:22

Malaysia's highest court on Monday dismissed a bid by Christians for the right to use the word "Allah", ending a years-long legal battle that has escalated religious tensions in the Muslim-majority country.

• 23 июня 2014, 12:57

US Secretary of State John Kerry criticized Sudan on Thursday for sentencing a Christian woman to hang for apostasy, urging Khartoum to repeal its laws banning Muslims from converting.

• 13 июня 2014, 11:41

Pope Francis arrives in Jordan Saturday at the start of a Middle East tour aiming to boost ties with Muslims and Jews as well as easing an age-old rift within Christianity itself.

• 24 мая 2014, 10:38

A Sudanese judge on Thursday sentenced a heavily pregnant Christian woman to hang for apostasy, a ruling which Britain denounced as "barbaric" and left the United States "deeply disturbed".

• 16 мая 2014, 12:45

Pope Francis on Sunday proclaimed John Paul II and John XXIII the Catholic Church's newest saints at a festive ceremony joined by hundreds of thousands of pilgrims for two pontiffs who helped shape 20th-century history.

• 28 апреля 2014, 10:43

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev visited the Ascension Cathedral in Almaty to wish Happy Easter to all Christian Kazakhstanis.

• 21 апреля 2014, 17:01

Pope Francis attended an emotional night of prayers for hot-button social issues including domestic abuse, prison overcrowding and unemployment to mark the Good Friday before Easter.

• 19 апреля 2014, 12:37

Thousands of people flocked to rural fields in the Philippines on Friday to witness the gruesome spectacle of men being crucified in their annual Easter re-enactment of the death of Jesus Christ.

• 18 апреля 2014, 11:50

A court in eastern Pakistan has sentenced a Christian couple to death for sending a blasphemous text message insulting to the Prophet Mohammed, their lawyer said Saturday.

• 05 апреля 2014, 20:07

The adoption by Kenya's parliament of a controversial bill that legalises polygamy has provoked a fierce national debate pitting modern secular values and Christianity against local traditions.

• 28 марта 2014, 13:33