Culture is about ‘creating, not destroying’ says sculptor
Tired and heartbroken at seeing statues get pulled down and vandalized, Canadian sculptor Timothy Schmalz wracked his brain to come up with...
Underground Church in Jiangxi Faces Intensified Persecution
07/10/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – An underground church in China’s Jiangxi province has been threatened by the Chinese government to submit to...
Statues of Mary vandalized in weekend of Catholic church attacks
Boston police are investigating an arson attack on a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary Saturday night, the second attack in the...
House Church Raided, 6 Elders Taken Away in China’s Guangxi
07/12/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – On July 5 around 4 pm, dozens of officials from the Ethnic and Religious Affairs agency raided...
Pope Francis: ‘If we want, we can become good soil’
Pope Francis urged Catholics Sunday to reflect on whether they are receptive to the Word of God.
In his...
Cross Removal Returns in Zhejiang Province
07/11/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – At 5 a.m. on July 7, dozens of government officials descended upon two churches in China’s Zhejiang...
Hagia Sophia decision by President Erdogan evokes ‘grief and dismay’ from World Council of...
The head of the Geneva-based World Council of Churches has written to Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressing “grief and dismay” from...
Webinars offer sea of voices on “Human Rights, Ethics and Climate Change”
A webinar series on “Human Rights, Ethics and Climate Change,” held in June and July, has offered a variety of perspectives on...
St. Junípero Serra statue destroyed at California state capitol
On the evening of Independence Day, a crowd in Sacramento tore down a statue of St. Junipero Serra, set fire to it,...
Pope Francis commends UN Security Council for global ceasefire resolution
Pope Francis applauded the United Nations Security Council Sunday for its recent resolution calling for an immediate global ceasefire amid the coronavirus...