BREAKING NEWS: Pakistan Armed Group Attacks Church; Hostages Freed
Posted on: Friday, April 2, 2010
Pakistani security forces freed hostages held in a church compound by over a dozen armed men and women on Friday, April 2, and detained several suspects, police officials and Christians told Worthy News and its partner agency BosNewsLife.
Pakistan Christian Maid Burned To Death
Posted on: Thursday, April 1, 2010
A young Christian maid was raped and burned to death by the son of her Muslim employer in the industrial city of Sheikhupura, the second murder of a domestic servant in Pakistan's Punjab province in less than two months, investigators…
China Christian Dissident Gao Zhisheng “Alive”
Posted on: Tuesday, March 30, 2010
One of China's best known Christian dissidents, missing for over a year and feared dead, is apparently alive and staying in mountains known for Buddhist pilgrimages, Worthy News monitored Tuesday, March 30.
Pakistan Funeral For Burned Christian
Posted on: Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Hundreds of people attended the funeral Wednesday, March 24, of a young Christian man who was allegedly burned by Muslim extremists and police officers for refusing to convert to Islam.
India Pastor Jailed For Converting Hindus, Corpse Exhumed
Posted on: Friday, March 19, 2010
Police in India's southern state Karnataka detained a pastor for "forcing" Hindus "to convert" to Christianity, while Hindu extremists exhumed a Christian's dead body saying it "contaminated" a cemetery's soil, evangelical leaders confirmed Friday, March 19.
Pakistan Couple, Man, Jailed For Blasphemy
Posted on: Thursday, March 11, 2010
A Christian couple, were detained Thursday, March 11, as they began serving a 25-year prison term for blasphemy against Islam shortly after another Christian received a similar sentence, the latest in a series of cases that have worried the human…
Pakistan Christian Dies After Gunmen Storm House
Posted on: Wednesday, March 10, 2010
A young Christian man died of a heart attack after armed Muslim gunmen stormed his house in the outskirts of Lahore, the capital of Pakistan's Punjab province, where Islamic attacks against minority Christians are increasing, two advocacy groups said Wednesday,…
NEWS ALERT: Christians Anxious As 30 Die In Iraq Election Violence
Posted on: Sunday, March 7, 2010
Minority Christians in Iraq anxiously awaited the outcome of a parliamentary vote testing the country's still fragile democracy Sunday, March 7, as suspected Islamic militants killed up to 30 people in the capital Baghdad and other areas of the troubled…
Christians Worldwide Pray For Burma
Posted on: Saturday, March 6, 2010
Thousands of Christians worldwide will unite in prayer for Burma next week as part of global day of prayer for the nation, organizers said.
India Police Detain Bishops In Dalit March
Posted on: Friday, March 5, 2010
Several bishops were detained Friday, March 5, in India's southern state of Tamil Nadu where police halted a protest march against the alleged discrimination of Dalit Christians here and elsewhere in this mainly Hindu nation, Christian officials said.
