While many churches worldwide celebrated Christmas last year by sticking to longstanding traditions, a church in a town in Italy did something different, especially when setting up the Nativity scene, often a centerpiece in many communities and churches.
The Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Capocastello di Mercogliano became the center of controversy in Italy after it set up a Nativity scene featuring two mothers instead of Joseph and Mary's traditional setup.
As many people around the world celebrate the Christmas season and the upcoming New Year, Nigerians are shocked and outraged after a massive armed attack in central Nigeria that saw 160 people dead and more than 300 others injured, with the number of dead and injured still expected to rise as families and authorities continue to search for the missing victims.
Authorities in Nashville, Tennessee, arrested a mother, father, and son for assaulting a teenage boy for becoming a Christian after officers conducted a welfare check on the juvenile.
Around a week after the Satanic Temple of Iowa installed a Baphomet figure inside the Iowa State Capitol as part of a Christmas display, the statue was destroyed after a former U.S. Navy fighter pilot and a former Republican candidate destroyed the altar set up by the nontheistic religious group.
As the Christmas season is fast approaching, many people are feeling the Christmas spirit, including those from The Satanic Temple (TST). But not everyone is on board with how TST is celebrating Christmas this year.
When she heard about the news of Deborah Yakubu, a Christian university student in Nigeria, being lynched by a mob of Muslim students over alleged blasphemy, Rhoda Ya’u Jatau shared a message among her co-workers that criticized the lynching via WhatsApp.
Nigerian woman jailed for ‘blasphemy’ for 18 months over WhatsApp message
Amidst the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, some cities in the United States and Canada canceled planned celebrations for Hanukkah and even removed Jewish symbols from holiday light displays, sparking public outrage at a time when religious and political divisions were deepening because of the war.
A TikTok account is going viral for its Christian-themed videos, many showing AI-generated photos of Jesus Christ speaking in AI-generated voices, telling viewers to stop scrolling and watch a minute’s worth of content.
A scholar of American religion explains how a new phenomenon of Jesus images on TikTok is tapping into the prosperity gospel, a Christian belief that God will reward faith with this-worldly comforts. https://t.co/leiHasbBhu
After former students sued for allegedly beating, starving, and sexually assaulting them, a now-defunct Christian boarding school in rural West Virginia settled lawsuits with a record $100 million, lawyers of the victims announced.
Sixty-seven people were arrested and detained by authorities in Nigeria for celebrating a gay wedding, making it one of the largest arrests in a country that outlaws homosexuality.