Christianity

Brazilian metal veterans Sepultura have reportedly been banned from performing in Lebanon by Lebanese authorities. The reasons were that the band were apparently accused of “insulting Christianity,” being “devil worshippers,” and performing in Israel and show…

Image copyrightEPA St Anthony's Church, the site of one of the deadliest Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka, is renowned as a place of worship open to all faiths, but the attacks have shut its doors for now. For the first time in its 175-year history, peo…

China's total Christian population is now thought to number anywhere between 25 million and 100 million people Photo: GETTY Getty Images Chinese authorities have launched yet another brutal attack on Christianity, looting the donations box of a church, buying Bibles, and detaining the senior pastor before shuttering the building. The…

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday several US citizens died in a series of explosions in Sri Lanka that killed at least 207 people and left 450 injured. That toll was expected to rise. Related: Sri Lanka death toll expected to rise as leaders cond…

NEW DELHI: Are you a Kabir Panthi or a Marthomite or a follower of the Hinayana sect or an Ahmadia or a Kuka? Confused? These are sub-faiths under the rubrics of, respectively, Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, Islam and Sikhism. Census 2021 may ask Indians …

The tragic fire that nearly destroyed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Monday stunned France, western Christianity, and much of the world. Although the shocking fire did extraordinary damage to the world-renowned building, its effect is a stark illustration o…