Nicaragua police crack down on religious leaders
The Christian Church in Nicaragua is being targeted by police in an ongoing crackdown on religious leaders, with eleven Roman Catholic leaders detained in the latest wave of arrests.
The Christian Church in Nicaragua is being targeted by police in an ongoing crackdown on religious leaders, with eleven Roman Catholic leaders detained in the latest wave of arrests.
A group of six Christians and a driver were arrested Monday in Paris, France, for riding around in a bus that featured a graphic objecting to the Olympics opening ceremony and demanding an end to attacks on Christians.
Authorities in Indonesia last week arrested a 19-year-old member of an Islamic extremist group and his parents, foiling a plan to suicide bomb two church sites, officials said.
A court in Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou Province in China, has sentenced Elder Zhang Chunlei of a house church to five years in prison for "subversion of state power" and "fraud." The sentencing occurred in a closely regulated proceeding that limited public attendance, according to a report.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has implemented a controversial ban on Christian symbols at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, despite the opening ceremony featuring a parody of Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper.
Shrinking churches means the market for Christian print resources diminishes, too.
A Jerusalem-based interreligious organisation has reported a "disturbing rise" in attacks on Christians in the Holy Land.
In a harrowing incident in eastern Uganda, a Muslim father severely burned his 19-year-old daughter on 21st July after discovering she had converted to Christianity.
Evangelicals in France have taken their concerns about the Paris Olympics Opening ceremony to the French government.
The former head of Myanmar's Kachin Baptist Convention has been released from prison for the second time this year, after being released and re-detained in April.
Christians have continued to speak out against offensive scenes in the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics which included an apparent depiction of The Last Supper featuring drag queens.
False charges of forced conversion, say the leaders, are used to target Christians, who cite attacks on church properties and institutions, the harassment of pastors and raids on private parties.
African faith leaders are calling for debt forgiveness as the Vatican's 2025 Jubilee year approaches to help their countries tackle growing economic crises.