A ship laden with cement was hijacked off the coast of Somalia today, while Somali pirates freed 20 Filipino seamen from another hijacked ship they held for more than 80 days.NATO today agreed today to send a 7 ship force

Christians in India's eastern Orissa state are being forced to convert to Hinduism as they return home from government camps following over a month of religious persecution. The assassination of a Hindu leader by Maoist rebels initially sparked the violence

The 12th Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops is about to conclude its first week of work here at the Vatican. For three weeks, bishops from all over the world are discussing "The Word of God in the Life

The Norwegian Nobel Committee today awarded the 2008 Peace Prize to an ex-President of Finland who has worked at conflict resolution around the world. Charles Collins has this report...

Kyiv— On 8 October 2008 Patriarch Lubomyr (Husar), head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), held an open lecture for students of the University of Bank Matters of the National Bank of Ukraine in Kyiv. With the aid of

Kharkiv— The Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) in eastern Ukrainian Kharkiv is protesting the visit to Kharkiv of Patriarch Filaret (Denysenko), head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP). Deacon Oleksandr Kanevskyi of the Kharkiv Eparchy of

Kyiv—Bishop Volodymyr Harbar, assistant head of the Assembly of Independent Evangelical Churches of Ukraine (IEC), from 28 September to 6 October 2008 visited various churches of the IEC in southeastern Ukraine.

Kharkiv— On 9 October 2008, Patriarch Filaret (Denysenko), head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP), celebrated Liturgy at the Church of St. John the Apostle and Theologian in eastern Ukrainian Kharkiv. Commenting on his first trip to Kharkiv in

Kyiv— Metropolitan Volodymyr (Sabodan), head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), is to attend a gathering of the heads of Orthodox churches to be held in Istanbul from 11 to 12 October 2008. orthodoxy.org.ua posted the news on 9

Lutsk— The 4th Forum of Theologians of Central-Eastern Europe was held in northwestern Ukrainian Lutsk, Volyn Region, from 9 to 12 October 2008 with the theme "To be a human being is to be a prophet." The Ukrainian Catholic University

Kyiv— In an address approved at a meeting on 7 October 2008, leaders of Ukraine's Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant churches give their opinion on the problem of worsening political conflicts in the country and possible ways to resolve the problems.

A Spiritual Confession by Anne Rice and I found it to be a quite powerful conversion to Christ beautifully written. As someone who was a fan of so many of her books and was quite pleased with her two books

But as I got on my knees in my library yesterday morning in my devotional time, God really convicted meâ€"in a way that was unmistakably from Him. As I started through my laundry list of thanking God for the blessings

The Church Militant

Starring 21-year-old actor Armie Hammer as the young Billy Graham, †Billy†attempts to capture the essence of Graham’s journey from a young man at the crossroads of faith and doubt to ultimately facing the moment of decision that gave

The Church of England has seen higher traffic on its website in recent weeks, particularly on its "prayers for today" and debt advice sections.

†We’re on the verge of seeing an agreement here,†Carter told a news conference held inside the U.N.-controlled buffer zone splitting the island on Thursday, according to The Associated Press. †I believe it is quite likely that we

Patterned after the Creation Festivals, the nation’s largest Christian music festival and the premier name in Christian music events, the †mini Creation on wheels†is being headlined by BEC Recordings band Kutless with special guests Thousand Foot Krutch and

The ruling comes just weeks before Californians go to the polls on a historic gay-"marriage" ballot question, the first time the issue will be put before voters.

†Culture war is a fixture,†argued Todd Gitlin, professor of journalism and sociology at Columbia University in New York, at an event hosted by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.