CP | Samuel Smith | January 21, 2020 A pastor who made headlines earlier this month for praising God in a ransom video has been executed by Boko Haram militants…
For Immediate Release | Jan. 21, 2020 STPC Circulating Letter to President Trump About Urgent Needs for Nigeria, Including U.S. Special Envoy to Nigeria and Lake Chad Region WASHINGTON—Save the…
Christian Post | Samuel Smith | Jan. 21, 2020 the Rev. Lawan Andimi | YouTube/Melodyinter World/Screengrab A pastor who made headlines earlier this month for praising God in a ransom…
News Express Nigeria | Gyang Bere, Jos | Jan. 20, 2020 Leah Sharibu, ISWAP captive from Dapchi A 26-year-old medical aid worker working with Alliance For International Medical Action, Jennifer…
The Guardian | Timileyin Omilana | Jan. 21, 2020 Boko Haram insurgents have killed the chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Lawan Andimi, in Michika local government area…
The Catholic Weekly | January 20, 2020 A visit from Pope Francis to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and East Timor may happen in September, according to an Indonesian Muslim leader…
Agenzia Fides | January 20, 2020 "No other Country will tolerate this type of insecurity without calling for mass protests. Definitely our country is under siege", said His Exc. Mgr.…
Gatestone Institute | Uzay Bulut | January 20, 2020 Since January 11, an elderly Assyrian Christian couple, Hurmuz Diril (71) and his wife Şimoni (65), have been missing from the…
Morning Star News | January 20, 2020 Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed two young Christian women in southern Kaduna state, Nigeria, on Friday (Jan. 17), sources said. The herdsmen on motorbikes…
News Express | Gyang Bere | January 20, 2020 A 26-year-old medical aid worker working with Alliance For International Medical Action, Jennifer Ukambong Samuel, who regained freedom from the Boko…
The Catholic Weekly | Guest Contributor | January 20, 2020 A visit from Pope Francis to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and East Timor may happen in September, according to an…
Catholic Weekly | Guest Contributor | Jan. 20, 2020 Pope Francis speaks during his general audience in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican 4 December, 2019. PHOTO: CNS/Paul Haring A…
CNN | Ben Wedeman, Ghazi Balkiz and Joshua Berlinger | January 20, 2020 Beirut, Lebanon (CNN)Violent clashes between police and anti-government protesters gripped sections of Beirut Sunday night, as part of a…
Gatestone Institute | Uzay Bulut | Jan. 20, 2020 Since January 11, an elderly Assyrian Christian couple, Hurmuz Diril (71) and his wife Şimoni (65), have been missing from the…
Morning Star News | Jan. 20, 2020 JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed two young Christian women in southern Kaduna state, Nigeria, on Friday (Jan. 17),…
National Pivot Nigeria | Joe Adams | January 20, 2020 The European parliament, legislative branch of the European Union, has accused the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari of overseeing the…
Agency Fides | Jan. 20, 2020 Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "No other Country will tolerate this type of insecurity without calling for mass protests. Definitely our country is under siege",…
The Guardian | Timileyin Omilana | Jan. 19, 2020 Islamic State West African Province has released a video that shows a Christian man being executed by an Islamic State child…
The Washington Times | Cheryl Chumley | January 18, 2019 ANALYSIS/OPINION: Once again, Open Doors, the nonprofit that tracks and reports religious persecution around the world, finds in its 2020…
Washington Times | Opinion | Cheryl K. Chumley | Jan. 18, 2020 ANALYSIS/OPINION: Once again, Open Doors, the nonprofit that tracks and reports religious persecution around the world, finds in…
Center For Security Policy | Frank Gaffney | January 17, 2020 President Trump celebrated National Religious Freedom Day yesterday with several initiatives aimed at ending discriminatory federal treatment of faith…
The Presbyterian Outlook | Claire Giangrave | January 17, 2020 When John Lennon wrote his hit song “Imagine,” eliminating religions and the divisions they entail was in his view a…
DISRN | Jordyn Pair | January 17, 2020 Iranian news reports that Christian human rights activist Mary Fatemeh Mohammadi, who was working in Tehran, was arrested on January 12. Her location and…
For Immediate Release | January 17, 2020 Save the Persecuted Christians Points to Nigeria’s Unchanged Ranking, Even Amid Especially Violent Year in African Nation WASHINGTON—Open Doors USA, a community of…
ABN TV | Jan. 16, 2020 Islamic State-aligned jihadists have released five local aid workers abducted last month in Borno State, security sources and one of those freed said Thursday.…
IReportNews | Jan. 17, 2020 Following an increased number of checkpoints manned by Boko Haram terrorists in the North-East region of Nigeria, the United Nations has decried the development on…
Discrn | Jordyn Pair | Jan. 17, 2020 Mary Fatemeh Mohammadi | Twitter Iranian news reports that Christian human rights activist Mary Fatemeh Mohammadi, who was working in Tehran, was…
Presbyterian Outlook | Religion News Service | January 17, 2020 VATICAN CITY (RNS) — When John Lennon wrote his hit song “Imagine,” eliminating religions and the divisions they entail was…
CP | Samuel Smith | January 16, 2020 Leading Christian persecution watchdog nongovernmental organization Open Doors USA released it’s 2020 World Watch List Wednesday, an influential annual data report that this year…
RNS | Claire Giangravé | January 16, 2020 When John Lennon wrote his hit song “Imagine,” eliminating religions and the divisions they entail was in his view a necessary condition…
Faithwire | Will Maule | January 16, 2020 The parents of a Chaldean Catholic priest have disappeared in southeastern Turkey. According to Washington D.C.-based persecution watchdog, International Christian Concern, the…
Breitbart | Thomas Williams | January 16, 2020 Islamic extremism is a primary driver of Christian persecution in eight out of the ten most dangerous places for Christians to live,…
ABN | Victor Okoroafor | January 16, 2020 Islamic State-aligned jihadists have released five local aid workers abducted last month in Borno State, security sources and one of those freed…
Breitbart | Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D. | Jan. 16, 2020 Islamic extremism is a primary driver of Christian persecution in eight out of the ten most dangerous places for Christians…
Fox News | Caleb Parke | Jan. 16, 2020 Shortly before President Trump signed phase one of the historic trade deal with China, a Chinese pastor described the fear and…
Faithwire | Will Maule | Jan. 16, 2020 The parents of a Chaldean Catholic priest have disappeared in southeastern Turkey. According to Washington D.C.-based persecution watchdog, International Christian Concern, the…
Fox News | Caleb Parke | January 15, 2020 Shortly before President Trump signed phase one of the historic trade deal with China, a Chinese pastor described the fear and intimidation believers are enduring under the Communist…
Opera | January 15, 2020 Iran’s Intelligence Minister – Mahmoud Alavi - has admitted publicly for the first time that Christianity is spreading throughout Iran. According to “Iranwire.com” Mahmoud Alavi -…
Breitbart | Thomas Williams | January 15, 2020 The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) is appealing to President Trump and Pope Francis to intercede with their government to…
Faithwire | Tré Goins-Phillips | Jan. 15, 2020 For a moment, imagine knowing you are being watched; imagine passing through facial recognition technology or fingerprint scanning to enter your church.…