Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
NEWS ALERT: Cuba To Release 52 Dissidents, Church Says
Posted on Thursday, July 8, 2010
Cuba will release 52 political prisoners as part of the communist-run Caribbean island's largest release of dissidents since Pope John Paul II visited in 1998, the Cuban Catholic Church said comments monitored by Worthy News Thursday, July 8.
Eight Christians Killed in Nigerian Muslim Attacks
Posted on Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Christians in two states of Nigeria were mourning Wednesday, July 7, the killings of at least eight Christian believers, after Muslim militants reportedly attacked several villages.
NEWS ALERT: Niger Christians Starving, Group Says
Posted on Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Christians in this vast, drought-prone country on the edge of the Sahara desert, were among those facing starvation Tuesday, July 6, after aid groups described the food situation in Niger as "extremely desperate".
Pakistan Legislator “Kidnaps” Christian Woman
Posted on Monday, June 28, 2010
A Christian woman remained in hospital Monday, June 28, after she was beaten and briefly abducted on the orders of a prominent Pakistani Muslim legislator "because Christians didn't vote" for him, family and police said.
Militants Order Lebanon Christians To Leave; Blast Kills One
Posted on Friday, June 25, 2010
Lebanese security forces prepared to crackdown on Islamic insurgents Friday, June 25, after threatening leaflets were found calling on Christians to leave a key port city and a bomb blast that killed at least one person in a…
Pakistan Police Free Abducted Christian Girl
Posted on Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Pakistani police freed a Christian girl who was kidnapped and raped by five Muslim militants with the apparent support from "religious leaders", but the suspects escaped, her family said Wednesday, June 16.
Bombs Rock Kenya Prayer Rally, 6 Killed
Posted on Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Tensions remained high in Kenya Tuesday, June 15, after two bombs rocked a Christian prayer rally opposing a draft constitution, killing at least six people and injuring 100 others.
Pakistan Christian Worker Dies In Police Custody
Posted on Monday, June 14, 2010
Impoverished frail parents were still awaiting justice Monday, June 14, for the death of their son who they and Christian investigators said died of "mental and physical torture" while in police custody in the city of Lahore.
BREAKING NEWS: Turkish Man Charged In Murder Bishop
Posted on Friday, June 4, 2010
A Turkish court on Friday, June 4, charged a Turkish man with murdering a Roman Catholic bishop -- the latest in a series of violent attacks against the country's tiny Christian minority.
Afghanistan Halts Work Church Groups; Christians Concerned
Posted on Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Christian aid workers in Afghanistan faced legal challenges Wednesday, June 2, after authorities ordered two Western church groups to stop their activities amid suspicions they were converting Muslims to Christianity -- an offense that carries the death penalty…
Evangelical Group Condemns Uzbekistan Crackdown On Churches
Posted on Wednesday, June 2, 2010
An influential evangelical organization, which claims to represent over 400 million Christians worldwide, expressed concerns Tuesday, June 1, about police raids on Protestant congregations in Uzbekistan and the detention of several Christians in the former Soviet republic.
