Three of 11 people seized from Nigeria’s Kaduna state have died while held captive, in the same forest hideout used to confine 37 worshippers taken during Easter Sunday services at…
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China authorities raid house church in Shanghai, arrest pastor: watchdog
Chinese police detained the leader of an unregistered Shanghai church for seven days after more than 30 officials swept into a Sunday service, adding to a string of actions by…
Christian leaders praise Pakistani court ruling on child marriage, minor consent
Christian leaders and attorneys this week welcomed a Lahore High Court ruling that says living in a marital relationship with a girl under 18 can constitute child abuse even if…
Venezuela bishop released after 5 years in prison, says guards pulled out his toenails
Venezuela has released Bishop Jylman Red Jurado Farfán from Rodeo III Prison in Miranda state after more than five years in custody that involved torture. He is reportedly among dozens…
Netanyahu claims defense officials chose not to wake him on Oct. 7, says decision was ‘failure, not betrayal’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday evening that there was no betrayal by those who did not involve him earlier on the morning of Oct. 7, 2023, but “a failure.” …
Baptist pastor executed by Myanmar military junta amid conflict: watchdog
A Baptist pastor in Myanmar’s Chin state has been killed by the country’s military junta, along with a fellow Chin Christian, according to an international persecution watchdog. The pastor had…
As new educational year starts, Christian schools in Jerusalem remain closed over lack of staff entry permits
As around 2.6 million Israeli students return to school today, many of Jerusalem’s Christian schools, operated under the authority of the Latin Patriarchate, will not hold classes, due to the…
Zanzibari Christians persist in worship amid rising threats, attacks
The doors of some small churches in Zanzibar, a semi-autonomous archipelago of Tanzania, have been broken, Bibles scattered and congregations left shaken. Yet Christians in several Muslim-majority communities continue to…
Christian nurse hailed as hero in Pakistan after saving infant from deadly hospital fire
A Christian nurse who risked her life to rescue an infant from a deadly fire at a government hospital in Pakistan’s federal capital has been hailed as a hero across…
After Jewish settlers re-enter Palestinian town of Qusra, Netanyahu condemns ‘handful of rioters’
IDF soldiers and Border Patrol Police were deployed to the town of Qusra on Saturday after dozens of masked Jewish settlers entered the village, broke into a Palestinian home and threw rocks…