Church

A French appeal court has acquitted Cardinal Barbarin of covering up the sexual abuse of minors in his flock. But the plaintiffs are challenging the ruling.

The challenge of involving younger people is a common concern for many churches, mosques, temples and other places of worship.

The Indie rock band "Mashrou' Leila" had their concert at the Byblos International Festival cancelled after pressure from the church.

Burkina Faso church attack kills six people, including pastor

Churches across Sri Lanka suspended Sunday mass as fears of more attacks remained a week after suicide bombers killed over 250 people.

Hundreds of people have been killed or injured in multiple explosions in Sri Lanka's hotels and churches on Easter Sunday.

"It gives you a new hope in society, it gives you a new hope in people because it shows a lot of people have a good heart," one pastor said.

"You cannot destroy our faith. We can have church anywhere ... We'll have church in the very parking lot of the building you destroyed."

"It's sad that our society has stooped this low to do something like that," said the pastor of a historic African-American church.

In this 360° video, the head of the Notre-Dame Cathedral takes viewers on an extraordinary tour behind the scenes of the iconic Parisian landmark.

Luigi Ventura, 74, allegedly "caressed in an insistent and repeated manner" a city hall staffer's buttocks during a January 17 ceremony in Paris.

Nun on the run! Historians find record of 'Joan of Leeds' who faked her own death to escape convent and 'pursue way of carnal lust'

Romania's orthodox church imposes itself on Bucharest as it battles to retain influence across society.