The United Methodist Church in Nigeria has taken steps to forge a path forward and put behind the acrimonious division that saw some leaders and members of the denomination create a splinter group.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro and the Ministry of Finance are considering taxing religious denominations as part of the country’s new tax reform.
Participants in what organizers called the largest ever religious freedom gathering voiced hope that the new U.S. administration and Congress would include their cause in broader policies as the International Religious Freedom Summit opened in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.
2024 saw a marked increase in women being murdered in Kenya despite a heightened awareness of the crisis and government measures to curb what the World Health Organization terms as femicide.
The Database Center for North Korean Human Rights (NKDB) announced the results of its 2024 White Paper on Religious Freedom in North Korea and a public awareness survey on North Korean human rights at the Franciscan Education Center in Seoul’s Jeong-dong on Jan. 23.
In a small neighborhood in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, a group of young people gathers every afternoon on a dusty court. Among them is Lucas, a teenager who once spent his days on the streets, surrounded by negative influences.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on his first day back in office to begin withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization, a move that some scientists and faith leaders warn could reverse decades of progress in combating infectious diseases such as AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis.
A school pastoral manager in north London plans to appeal an employment tribunal's ruling that supported a Catholic school firing her over her social media posts in favor of biblical marriage.
Leaders of several Evangelical organizations, including the public policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, have signed a letter to President-elect Donald Trump urging him to sustain the U.S. refugee resettlement program when he takes office next week.
New Zealand universities will soon be required to strengthen freedom of speech protections under proposed changes to the Education and Training Act 2020, the government announced in December 2024.
