A mob of Hindu nationalists demolished the homes of four Christian families in a village in India s Maharashtra state after they refused to abandon their faith, amid a broader surge in violence
A Christian in Pakistan incarcerated for nearly 10 years on a false blasphemy conviction was released from prison on Nov. 9 after a high court acquitted him, but quietly to avoid Islamist outrage, his attorney said.
Trappist Father Jean-Pierre Schumacher, the last survivor of the 1996 attack on the Tibhirine monastery in Algeria, died at the age of 97.
Two of 17 members of a missionary group who were kidnapped more than a month ago have been freed in Haiti and are safe, “in good spirits and being cared for,” their Ohio-based church organization announced Sunday.
"It's not about trying to convert people. It's about loving people as Jesus loved people," he said.
Pope Francis met young adults and teens participating in a songwriting contest based on the theme of Christmas.
More than 50 house churches in India were not allowed to hold worship services for a third consecutive Sunday after authorities imposed a complete ban on Christian religious gatherings at the behest of radical Hindu nationalist groups, according to a report.
The Tibhirine monks’ story was dramatized in the 2010 French film Of Gods and Men, which won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival.
The Bishop of St Albans has told the House of Lords that requiring coroners to record gambling addiction in suicide cases would boost "the Government's suicide prevention efforts".
Two of the 17 members of a missionary group – comprising mostly Americans and including five children – who were kidnapped in Haiti more than a month ago have been released, says the Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries, which had sent them on the mission trip.
The European Evangelical Alliance (EEA) has accused Belarus of "using human beings as pawns" in the migrant crisis on the country's border.
