Religious leaders call for Africa-wide prayer in response to COVID-19
Religious leaders and faith-based organizations have released a call to prayer as people in Africa continue to face the COVID-19 pandemic.
World faces famine of “Biblical proportions” over Covid-19 pandemic warns UN
Urgent and immediate action is needed to prevent widespread famine of “Biblical proportions” as the coronavirus pandemic worsens existing world food crises, the head...
Local Police Complicit in Obstructing an Indonesian Church’s Construction
05/02/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Although a constitutional right in the Republic of Indonesia guarantees the freedom to embrace and practice worship according...
You must live the faith to share it well, Pope Francis says
To say you are a Christian while not living like one does not show people the real treasure of the faith –...
Four Christians Killed in Kaduna State, Nigeria, Sources Say
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed four Christians in Kaduna state on Sunday (April 19), a day after an Anglican...
Boston archdiocese assembles teams of priests to anoint coronavirus patients
The Archdiocese of Boston has assembled groups of priests — living together in strategic locations close to hospitals— to administer the anointing...
Egypt Walks Back COVID Restrictions Over Ramadan
04/25/2020 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – This week marks two important religious holidays for Egypt’s citizens. Orthodox Easter was observed on April 19th,...
Hunger in Venezuela becoming ‘a fuel more dangerous than gasoline’
An archbishop in Venezuela warned that desperation is growing in the country, as the national coronavirus quarantine measures have compounded a tenuous...
VOM Launches Campaign for Korean Chinese Christian Kidnapped by North Korea
04/26/2020 North Korea (International Christian Concern) – An ethnic Korean Chinese Christian, Jang Moon Seok, who ministered to North Koreans in Changbai, China...
Pastor in Central India Attacked for Police Report on Prior Assault, Expulsion
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Tribal animists in central India who demolished a pastor’s house and drove him and his family out...