Greek Church Vandalized by Migrants
04/18/2021 Greece (International Christian Concern) – A video circulating on social media shows two migrants vandalizing a Greek Orthodox Church. Though the exact...
Licensing of Egyptian churches reaches halfway mark
Authorities passed the halfway mark in the task of licensing churches in Egypt on 12 April when 82 new registrations were approved.
Churches’ experience important for input into EU Migration Pact
In a video interview, Dr Torsten Moritz, general secretary of the Churches' Commission for Migrants in Europe, gives an update of the...
Armenian Church in UK calls on Azerbaijan to release Armenian prisoners of war
The Armenian Church in the UK has called upon Azerbaijan to release Armenian prisoners of war (PoWs) who remain captive following the...
Kachin Baptist Convention calls for global prayer and advocacy
Rev. Dr. Hkalam Samson and Rev. Hpauyawng Tu Mai, the President and General Secretary of Myanmar/Burma’s Kachin Baptist Convention, have called on...
Pope appeals for peace and reconciliation in eastern Ukraine
Speaking after the Regina Coeli prayer in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis expresses his hope for a decrease in military activities and...
Another Church Looted in Turkey
04/17/2021 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – A Byzantine-era Greek church was recently plundered by treasure hunters in Samsun, Turkey. Roofs and walls were...
Canadian bishops condemn new assisted suicide law
Canada’s Catholic bishops have condemned the country’s new assisted suicide law, and are asking for people to pray and to contact their...
Australian Cardinal Edward Cassidy, Vatican official and diplomat, dies at 96
Cardinal Edward Idris Cassidy, a longtime Vatican diplomat and official, has died in Newcastle, Australia, at the age of 96.
Pope Francis: Christ’s wounds shower ‘mercy upon our misery’
At every Mass we adore and kiss Christ’s wounded and risen body in the Eucharist, a channel of his mercy, Pope Francis...