International community laments Cardinal Zen’s ‘precarious’ position
The arrest this week of Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun in Hong Kong continues to attract international condemnation, with the U.S. bishops calling...
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...
Churches in Blue Nile State attacked twice in three weeks
Three churches in Blue Nile State were each burned down twice in the three weeks between 28 December 2019 and 16 January....
Coptic Christians Deprived of Home Worship Hall in Egypt
(Morning Star News) – Nearly a year after declaring that attacks on Christians had hit a level not seen in decades, a Coptic Orthodox...
Police in India File Charges against Pastors for Refuting False Account of Attack, Sources...
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Three pastors in western India have been criminally charged in retaliation for refuting a false account of a...
Pastor in Nepal Released After More Than Three Months in Jail
08/02/2020 Nepal (International Christian Concern) – According to Morning Star News, Pastor Keshab Raj Acharya, who was arrested in March on charges of...
Coptic Man’s Attackers Charged with Murder
02/21/2021 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – Two Muslim brothers have been officially charged with murder after an attack in Alexandria in December 2020. The two...
Chinese Government Hires Informants to Spy on Churches
04/21/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – The Chinese government is hiring citizens to monitor churches and their activities by offering these informants stipends,...
Jihadists kill 58 people within 24 hours in attacks targeting Christians in Burkina Faso
Christians were among those targeted and killed when armed jihadists launched three separate attacks within 24 hours in Burkina Faso that left...
Azerbaijan Falsely Claims No More Armenian POWs
04/10/2021 Armenia (International Christian Concern) – A plane reportedly supposed to be bringing Armenian prisoners of war home from Baku, Azerbaijan arrived in...