An 88-year-old underground Chinese bishop, who was arrested for refusing to join the state-approved Catholic Church, is feared dead as state officials urge the Vatican to recognize his assistant as…
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1,202 Nigerian Christians killed in first 6 months of 2020: NGO report
A Nigerian civil society group estimates that 1,202 Christians have been killed in Nigeria in the first six months of 2020 by jihadists, radicalized herdsmen and others as 22 more…
Gunmen kill at least 5 at South African megachurch, create ‘hostage situation’
At least four people were shot and burnt to death while another was fatally shot at a Pentecostal megachurch that has more than a million members after gunmen stormed its…
Millions of children forced into labor as COVID-19 creates global hunger crisis: World Vision
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused at least 110 million children to go hungry and pushed 8 million others into child labor and begging, according to assessments in 24 countries across…
Turkey orders Hagia Sophia, 6th century seat of eastern Christianity, be turned into mosque
Religious and political leaders worldwide on Friday criticized Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for officially declaring that the Hagia Sophia site, originally the seat of Eastern Christianity for 900 years,…
Conjoined twin sisters looked at each other for first time after Vatican hospital operation
A set of twin sisters from the Central African Republic joined at the skull were successfully separated following a lengthy surgery at Gesu Bambino, the pope’s pediatric hospital in Rome.…
Eritrea arrests 30 people attending Christian wedding amid faith crackdown: NGO report
Some 45 people attending Christian gatherings have reportedly been arrested in recent months in the capital city of Eritrea, a country ranked as the sixth worst in the world when…
30% of German Catholics now considering leaving church after record loss in 2019, survey finds
Two weeks after the Catholic Church in Germany announced a record 272,771 people formally left the Catholic Church across the country in 2019, a new survey released Thursday says some…
‘Endangered with extinction’: Christians remain at risk of ‘eradication’ in post-ISIS Iraq
Christians in Iraqi territory once held by the Islamic State still face the possibility of extinction as the Christian population there continues to dwindle following the military defeat of the…
Ancient seal stamp, bulla uncovered in City of David in Israel
An ancient seal stamp and bulla from the time of Nehemiah has been discovered in the City of David archaeological site just outside Old City Jerusalem in Israel. Read More…