Unelected Prime Minister Assumes Leadership of Haiti after Temporary Council Ends
International Post Date: February 9, 2026 Haitian Prime Minister Ali...
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European religious freedom ruling greeted as step forward
A European court's new decision in the case of four British Christians claiming religious discrimination in their workplaces was received as a positive step by an attorney representing two of the plaintiffs.
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Prospects Appear Dim for Religious Freedom in Cuba – Morningstar News
HAVANA (Morning Star News) – The Rev. Carlos Lamelas knows first-hand the diabolical nature of attempts by Cuban authorities to cripple Christianity on the Communist isle. Refusing to allow government interference in the internal affairs of his congregation, Lamelas was charged with “human trafficking” (allegedly helping Christians to flee the island). He spent four […]
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Pope says Epiphany shows universality of Jesus Christ
Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday said that the Magi’s visit to the Christ Child commemorated at the Feast of the Epiphany shows that Jesus Christ is “the light of the world that guides the path of all peoples.”
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Religious ‘Cleansing’ in the Middle East a Growing Threat – Morningstar News
(Morning Star News) When Iran’s holocaust-denying President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad proclaims, “Israel must be wiped off the map,” the United States rightly takes the threat of genocide seriously. President Obama, like his predecessor, is committed to preventing the eradication of the people of Israel. Conservative U.S. Christian leadership, as reflected by Christians United for Israel, has […]
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Buddhist Monks Lead Attack on Church in Sri Lanka – Morningstar News
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A mob of about 1,000 people in southern Sri Lanka, led by Buddhist monks, protested the presence of a church by overpowering police, vandalizing property and beating the pastor on Sunday (Dec. 9), Christian sources said. The Buddhist monks had given a day’s notice for the church to close […]
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Saudi Textbooks Retain Hateful Refrains – Morningstar News
I have researched and written about the toxic content of school textbooks published by the Saudi Ministry of Education for almost a decade and have found that little has changed in them over this period. Last year, I had the opportunity as a commissioner on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom to travel to […]
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Equal Rights for Christians in Bhutan Stalled – Morningstar News
THIMPHU, Bhutan (Morning Star News) – While Bhutan’s government has quietly enacted an “anti-conversion” law that Christians fear will be used against them, a proposal to grant Christians the right to construct church buildings and form organizations remains stalled. The government of Prime Minister Jigmi Thinley – the first democracy after the Buddhist nation’s bloodless […]
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Christian Deported from Maldives for Bringing in Literature – Morningstar News
DELHI (Morning Star News) – Authorities in the Maldives held a Bangladeshi Christian in jail for 23 days before deporting him for bringing Christian literature into the South Asian archipelago that claims to be 100 percent Muslim. Customs officials found Jathish Biswas with 11 books on Christianity in the Dhivehi language, the Christian worker said. […]
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Christians in Laos Resist Severe Pressures to Recant Faith – Morningstar News
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – In Lao villages far from the international community’s eye, Christians who refuse to take part in traditions involving worship of ancestral spirits face severe pressures. Authorities in southern Laos recently tried to force more than 200 Christians in six villages in Savannakhet Province to convert back to traditional, ethnic […]
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In Ireland abortion case, pro-lifers warn against snap judgments
Following the death of a pregnant women in Ireland who was denied an abortion, pro-life voices are advising careful examination of the circumstances rather than abortion advocacy.
