According to a letter published by the European Evangelical Alliance, the Religion and Civil Society Ministry of Kazakhstan prepared a draft bill, called an Amending Law, which proposes changes to three codes and nine laws, including the 2011 Religion Law….

Polish President Andrzej Duda signed into law a bill that largely limits trade on Sundays, saying it will benefit employees’ family life. The legislation, worked out by the conservative government and the Solidarity trade union, is expected to draw protests…

The president of war-torn Central African Republic, Faustin-Archange Touadére and his entourage, was granted an audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican on January 25. The Holy See says in a press release that it appreciates “the positive efforts made…

Evangelical churches today can be found in almost every neighborhood in Latin America — and they are transforming politics like no other force. They are giving conservative causes [read Catholic causes], and especially political parties, new strength and new constituencies….

Imagine a store with no cashiers, no lines, and no registers. This is what Amazon is testing in its Amazon Go store on the ground floor of its Seattle headquarters. The online retailer opened its Amazon Go concept store to…

To be effective evangelizers, the Catholic Church and other Christian churches must constantly undergo their own conversion to a stronger commitment to Christian unity, said Cardinal Kurt Koch, the Vatican’s chief ecumenist. “So that the evangelizing task can be carried…

For the fourth year running, Francis used his annual Christmas greetings to the Roman Catholic Church’s central bureaucracy, or Curia, to lecture the assembled cardinals, bishops and other department heads on the need for change. “Reforming Rome is like cleaning…

Privacy advocates and constitutionalists in the US Senate failed to stop the renewal of the warrantless surveillance of American citizens by intelligence agencies. A loophole had provided them with the means by which to conduct the surveillance without a warrant….

Paula White, a key faith advisor to President Donald Trump, says Christians have a lot to look forward to in 2018 as it relates to the White House and its faith agenda. Appearing on CBN’s Faith Nation, White told hosts David…

At 8:07 Saturday morning, January 13, an employee at the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency pushed a button, which sent a message to all cellphones in the state. It read: “BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS…

Singapore is clear in its position as to why it bars certain foreign religious preachers from entry, said Home Affairs and Law minister K. Shanmugam in parliament on January 8. They will be banned if they preach religious intolerance or…

White evangelical Protestants, especially the core of “born again” or “fundamentalist” believers among them went overwhelmingly for Trump in 2016 — more than 80 percent in the November election, according to exit polls — the highest degree of loyalty the…