Pope, Russia’s patriarch meet for first time
February 18, 2016
At a historic meeting Feb. 12, Pope Francis and Russia’s Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow signed a joint declaration on the issue of persecuted Christians
Turkish court rules in favor of martyrs’ families
February 11, 2016
A Turkish court ruled Jan. 26 that the government was negligent in its duty to protect three Christians who were tortured and killed in 2007
Pastors in Sudan arrested by government officals
February 11, 2016
KHARTOUM, Sudan — Sudanese authorities have released 1 of 2 pastors detained in December 2015, sources said. Kwa Shamaal, head of missions for the Sudanese
Church building burned in Sudan; Muslims arrested
February 4, 2016
YIDA, South Sudan — Muslim extremists from Sudan have been arrested in connection with the burning of a church building in South Sudan, sources said.
Muslims disrupt prayer meeting in Pakistan
January 28, 2016
NAWAN PIND, Pakistan — Muslims in a town in Pakistan’s Punjab Province who seized a church property have disrupted a prayer meeting at a private
Baptists in Crimea exorbitantly fined for meeting
January 28, 2016
SAKI, Crimea — Three of 8 Baptists from Saki in western Crimea who refused to pay fines for holding a public religious meeting were sentenced
NISS officials arrest church leader in Sudan
January 21, 2016
KHARTOUM, Sudan — The head of discipleship at a North Khartoum, Sudan, church has been arrested, sources said. Agents of Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security
Iranian pastor Fathi freed from prison
January 7, 2016
Iranian pastor Farshid Fathi has been freed after five years imprisonment in Tehran because of charges linked to his Christian faith. Fathi was released Dec.
