Court demands contraception mandate exemptions

January 3, 2013

WASHINGTON — Foes of the federal contraception mandate are cheering a Dec. 18 appeals court decision requiring the Obama administration to devise exemptions to the

Tufts University reinstates Christian ministry

January 3, 2013

Medford, Mass. — Student religious groups should not have to appoint leaders who do not share their beliefs, a student judiciary at Tufts University announced

Buddhist monks lead attack on church in Sri Lanka

January 3, 2013

WEERAKETIYA, Sri Lanka — A mob of about 1,000 people in southern Sri Lanka, led by Buddhist monks, protested the presence of a church by

Iran said to be killing imprisoned pastor by neglect

January 3, 2013

KARAJ, Iran — The condition of an Iranian pastor languishing in prison on charges of “actions against the Islamic state” is deteriorating, according to sources

Police protecting extremists who attacked church

January 3, 2013

BOOTHPADA, India — Refusing to register a complaint against Hindu extremists who stoned and beat a pastor until he was unconscious, police in Madhya Pradesh

2012 Year in Review

January 3, 2013

It may not have felt like it, because a lot of people burned the candle at both ends in 2012, but in a variety of

Sudan bombing kills Christians, destroys church

December 20, 2012

KHARTOUM, Sudan — The Sudanese military in mid-November bombed more non-Arab people in largely Christians areas of the Nuba Mountains — killing three Christians, destroying