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Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority and Kinneret Academic College have uncovered the ruins of a 1,300-year-old church at the Circassian village of Kfar Kama in Israel. Mosaic floor of the Byzantine-period church at Kfar Kama, Israel. Image credit: Alex Wiegmann, Israel Antiquities Authority. “The church measures 12 by 36 …

If you’ve spent a lot of time around the Christmas dessert table, like I have, you may have noticed these pretty church windows. I’ve seen them at many  a holiday gathering from work to family functions, but never realized exactly what was in them or how they were made. Now …

Dylann Roof, the South Carolina man accused of shooting dead nine black church-goers last year, admitted the massacre in a police video shown to the jury. He also said he spent “15 minutes” sitting inside Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston deliberating, before carrying out the attack on 17 June 2015.

At least 60 people were killed when a church roof collapsed in Uyo, south-eastern Nigeria. The church was still under construction and workers had reportedly rushed to complete it in time for the ordination of a bishop.

Media captionFootage of the aftermath of the roof collapse – there is no sound on this video At least 100 bodies have been recovered from a church that collapsed in the south-eastern Nigerian city of Uyo. Some reports put the number even higher. The roof of the church caved in …

A bomb explosion in the Coptic Christian cathedral complex in the Egyptian capital Cairo has killed at least 25 people and injured dozens. It happened in a chapel adjoining St Mark’s cathedral during a Sunday service. Witnesses have been describing what they saw.

A bombing near the Coptic cathedral in the Egyptian capital Cairo has killed at least 25 people, officials say. The blast at St Peter’s church happened during a Sunday service.