In 2023 alone there were 2,444 incidents of violence against Christians across 35 European countries, including 1,000 cases ...

LYON, France — A Greek Orthodox priest was shot Saturday while he was closing his church in the French city of Lyon, and authorities locked down part of the city to hunt for the assailant, authorities ...

France’s Catholic Church has paid financial compensation to 23 victims of child sexual abuse by priests or other church representatives under a recently launched reparation process, the body in charge ...

Pilgrims from all over France and beyond gathered in Maid of Orléans’ hometown to celebrate this landmark anniversary, ...

PARIS, France — The Catholic Church in France has secured more than $22 million in compensation for victims of child sex abuse. The news comes about four months after a report estimated that hundreds ...

PARISPARIS — About 190 victims of child sexual abuse by priests or other church representatives have been promised financial compensation so far from France’s Catholic Church under a sweeping ...

NORMANDY, France — Two attackers seized hostages Tuesday in a church near the Normandy city of Rouen, killing a priest by slitting his throat before being shot and killed by police, French officials ...

FILE - Bishops kneel on the forecourt of the Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire basilica in the sanctuary of Lourdes, southwestern France, Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021. More than 500 victims of child sexual abuse by ...

Demolition work is underway on a 135-year-old church dedicated to St. Joseph in northern France -- the first of several church demolitions that could take place in the country in the coming months.

PARIS — An estimated 330,000 children were victims of sex abuse within France's Catholic Church over the past 70 years, according to a report released Tuesday that represents the country's first major ...