European Court issues 2 religious liberty rulings

February 7, 2013

STRASBOURG, France — Religious freedom is a right, but not without limits, Europe’s top human rights court said in mid-January after issuing two religious

Lutherans, Vatican argue over ‘ordinariate’

February 7, 2013

VATICAN CITY — Lutheran leaders have warned the Vatican that the creation of a structure to welcome conservative Lutherans into the Catholic Church would

Belarus: Religious freedom survey

February 6, 2013

Belarus continues to keep religious communities within an invisible ghetto of regulation, Forum 18 News Service has found. The state closely controls people meeting together

Local Christians stand firm during persecution in Mali; most representatives evacuate

January 31, 2013

Most International Mission Board (IMB) representatives assigned to the West African nation of Mali have left the country due to the continuing conflict between Islamist

American pastor in Iran sentenced to 8 years in prison on ‘trumped-up’ charges

January 31, 2013

Iranian-American pastor Saeed Abedini was sentenced to eight years in Iran’s most notorious prison Jan. 27 for allegedly threatening “national security” by planting house churches

Kiryat Gat’s only Messianic Jewish church hit by arsonists in Israel

January 31, 2013

The only Messianic Jewish church in Israel’s southern town of Kiryat Gat was burned down by unidentified assailants in early January. The Kiryat Gat congregation