Priest kidnapped for protecting Cuban migrants
A Mexican priest was kidnapped on 3 August after blocking an attempt by an organized criminal group to kidnap Cuban migrants from...
Catholic Church Leaders Unlawfully Imprisoned in India
09/15/2019 India (International Christian Concern) – One week has passed since the arrest of two prominent Catholic Church leaders in India. A priest...
Megachurch in China demolished, pastors detained
Authorities destroyed a church in China and detained its pastors over the weekend.
No legal papers ordering the church's...
Christian Poisoned by Muslim Brothers in Eastern Uganda, Sources Say
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Christian father of four in Uganda was discharged from a hospital on Monday (Nov. 18), eight days...
Russian evangelical Christians targeted in church closures and restrictions
Despite President Putin’s recently proclaimed stance of protecting Christians, court actions by Russian authorities to close or place restrictions on evangelical churches suggest they...
Bantul Church Moved to Another Village Amid Protests
01/18/2020 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – Following protests from the local villagers, the Bantul administration in Yogyakarta and the Indonesia Pentecostal Church (GPdI)...
Assyrian Christian priest indicted on terrorism charges
Assyrian Christian Priest, Father Sefer Bileçen (known as Father Aho), has been charged with joining a terrorist organisation. Father Aho was indicted...
CSW welcomes government’s pledge to end death penalty for apostasy
CSW welcomes a statement by a member of the transitional government of Sudan in which he claimed Sudan would be removing the death penalty...
Pastor, 10-Year-Old Boy and Two Other Christians Killed in Plateau State, Nigeria
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen in north-central Nigeria on Tuesday (April 7) killed a pastor and three members of his...
Death of Street Sweeper in Pakistan Typifies Discrimination Experienced by Christian Sanitation Workers
05/16/2020 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – According to Morning Star News, a Christian street sweeper was killed in late April after he was...
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WCC executive committee statement urges “Christian witness and action for human dignity and human...
The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee published a statement entitled “Christian witness and action for human dignity and human rights,” in...
Four Students Injured as Myanmar Military Shells Bible School in Shan State
Four men were wounded as a Myanmar military (Tatmadaw) shell struck the premises of a Bible school in northern Shan State on November 3.
WCC acting general secretary: “We are a fellowship united by faith for action”
In his last report to the World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee, WCC acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca...