China again defies Vatican by naming new bishop

January 4, 2007

XUZHOU, China — China consecrated a new bishop in its state-sanctioned Catholic Church Nov. 30, 2006, defying the Vatican’s claim to exclusive authority over the

Turkish president vetoes minority foundations law

January 4, 2007

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer has blocked a key piece of reform legislation passed in November 2006 to broaden religious freedoms in

Converts’ trial shows tensions before pope’s visit

December 21, 2006

ANKARA, Turkey — A criminal trial against two Turkish Christians accused of "insulting Turkishness" and inciting hatred against Islam grabbed national media coverage as religious

Christian families driven from homes in India

December 21, 2006

HALDIBARI, India — Adherents of a Bodo tribal religion in Assam, a state in northeast India, forced nine families from their homes Nov. 14 for

Militants kill prominent Christian worker in India

December 21, 2006

MAMOOSA, India — Two unidentified militants killed a Christian convert from Islam on a busy road in Mamoosa village, Baramulla district, in the terror-stricken Indian

Muslim extremist admits to beheadings in Indonesia

December 21, 2006

POSO, Indonesia — One of three Muslim extremists on trial for beheading three Christian teenagers in Poso, Indonesia, in October 2005 has admitted his role

Islamic extremists face death for killing Christian

December 14, 2006

DUYANIPUR, Bangladesh — A court in Bangladesh has sentenced two Islamic extremists to death for murdering Abdul Gani Gomes, a Christian convert from Islam, in