A little-publicized policy directive is getting a closer look from advocates of religious freedom and promoters of conscience protections.

All Christian churches on the Arabian Peninsula should be destroyed, said the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia.

Roman Catholics and Anglicans should renew their commitments to praying and working for Christian unity, Pope Benedict XVI said.

Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Jos, Nigeria, called for calm after a suicide car bomb struck a Catholic church on March 11.

A new Vatican document presents a forward-looking view on the role of theology in the life of the church.

In February, Kuwait’s newly formed al-Adala Bloc introduced legislation to remove Christian churches and impose Islamic Shariah law.