NIGERIA – Christianity may cease to exist by 2043 –Christian elders
Punch | 062318 The present generation of Christians in Nigeria may cease to exist in 25 years from now (2043), beginning from 2018, a group of Christians under the aegis…
IRAN – Church of England bishops join in condemnation of Tehran
The Tablet | 062218 'The regime has been..criticised by international human rights organisations for its appalling human rights record' In an initiative promoted by the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord…
PAKISTAN – After Toddler’s Brutal Rape, Rare Justice for Christians in Pakistan
CBN News | 061518 The brutal rape of a child has resulted in rare justice for Christians in Pakistan. The Muslim rapist of two-year old Saiba has been sentenced to…
NORTH KOREA – Persecution of Christians Raised at North Korea Summit
National Religious Broadcasters | 061518 Contrary to media reports that he would not, U.S. President Donald Trump stated that he did indeed raise human rights, and the issue of persecuted…
OPINION – Help Is on the Way for Middle Eastern Christians
Under President Trump’s orders, USAID is directing aid to persecuted communities in Iraq Wall Street Journal | OPINION | Mark Green, Director USAID | 061318 When Islamic State captured the…
IRAQ – Iraqi shepherd determined that Christianity not only survive but thrive
CruxNow | 061218 ERBIL, Iraq - Officially speaking, anyway, there’s no index of the moral heroes of Catholicism in our time. There would be plenty of candidates, clergy and religious…
NORTH KOREA – Never Give up on the Human Rights of North Koreans
Committee for Human Rights in North Korea | 061118 By Abraham Cooper and Greg Scarlatoiu* For almost three decades, US administrations have tiptoed around the egregious human rights violations perpetrated…
IRAN – Four Iranian Christians set to begin ten-year prison sentences
World Watch Monitor | 060818 The four Iranian Christians who saw their ten-year prison sentences upheld by an appeal court earlier this month are expecting to have to report to…
INDONESIA – Muslims force closure of church in South Kalimantan, Indonesia
Barnabus Fund |060518 Local Muslims forced the closure of a Protestant church in Banjarmasin city, on the Indonesian island of South Kalimantan, on 22 May. Muslims claimed that the approval…
IRAQ – Months after Pence promise, Iraqi Christians say they are ‘worse off’
FoxNews | 060518 Seven months after Vice President Pence vowed to stop funding “ineffective” United Nations-led recovery efforts in northern Iraq and provide U.S. support directly to persecuted Christians and…
NORTH KOREA – As Trump Plans North Korea Summit, Defectors Tell Harrowing Stories
The Wall Street Journal | 060418 Torture and starvation in political prison camps, public executions and forced abortions persist Early in the reign of North Korea’s current supreme leader, merchant…
TURKEY – Turkey Turns On Its Christians
Middle East Forum | 060118 While Christians make up less than half a percent of Turkey’s population, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his ruling Justice and Reconciliation Party (Adalet ve…
Report: Religious Persecution Becoming More Terrifying
Women of Grace | 060118 A new report by the U.S. State Department details an increase in religious persecution that is becoming so frightening that many observers are becoming numb…
OPINION – How to Get Christians to Stay
ANALYSIS: For Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil, the goal now is ‘not just surviving; it’s thriving’ in their ancestral home National Catholic Register | Edward Pentin | 053018 ERBIL, Iraq…
NIGERIA – Herdsmen attack seminary in Taraba, Catholic priest shot
New Telegraph | 052818 Fulani herdsmen have attacked a minor seminary in Jalingo, Taraba State capital. According to a report, Two Catholic priests were beaten, one shot in the leg,…
IRAQ – A Mostly Non-Christian Militia Won 2 Of Iraqi Christians’ Parliamentary Seats, Now Christians Want Trump To Intervene
The Babylon Brigade is led by a Christian but is tied to the brutal Iranian-backed Muslim paramilitary Badr Organization. Huffington Post |052318 WASHINGTON ― A mostly non-Christian militia linked to…
CHINA – ‘Purge Against Christians’ Underway in China as Persecution Ramps Up
CBN News | 052218 Photo credit: Getty Images It feels like every day we are hearing more news about China increasing persecution on the Christian community. Abuses are escalating to…
RUSSIA – Russian police KILL four terrorists as petrol bomb gunmen storm church and take hostages
Daily Star | 051918 RUSSIA: Cops killed four gunmen after they stormed the church in GroznyGunmen stormed the building in a bid to take hostages – with no responsbility for…
GERMANY – Over 300 Christians Assaulted by Muslims at Refugee Camps in Germany, Report Reveals
Christian Posts | May 16, 2018 There have been over 300 incidents of Christians being physically or sexually assaulted by Muslims in refugee camps in Germany, while thousands of other…
PAKISTAN – Pakistani Christian Teen Raped, Then Tied Down and Murdered in Front of Father by Muslim Family
Black Christian News | 051218 A 17-year-old Christian girl was murdered in Pakistan after being tied down and strangled to death by a Muslim family before her father’s own eyes,…
‘We Can Look Away, But We Can’t Say We Didn’t Know’: The Persecuted Church Is Heard On Capitol Hill
CBNNews | 051018 WASHINGTON – Nearly 215 million Christians experience severe persecution worldwide, according to the Institute on Religion and Democracy. The plight of the oppressed has long been advocated…
EGYPT – Young newlywed becomes 8th Egyptian Coptic Christian woman to go missing since April
Christian Today | 050918 A young Coptic Christian woman who had been married for two weeks has been missing since disappearing from her school on May 2, sparking fears that…
KENYA – Gunmen Attack Church in Central African Republic, and Warn of More Violence
New York Times | 050218 NAIROBI, Kenya — Former members of a Muslim militia killed at least 16 people in an attack on a church in the Central African Republic,…
NIGERIA – Christian Genocide in Nigeria
Gatestone | 042618 Two days ago in Nigeria, on April 24, around 30 Muslim herdsmen stormed a church during early morning mass and massacred nearly 20 parishioners and two clergymen. Rev. Fathers…
MEXICO – For the third time in a week, a priest is found dead in Mexico
CRUXNow| 042618 A Catholic priest who had been reported kidnapped has been found dead in central Mexico. He’s the third priest to die under violent circumstances in the past week.…
NIGERIA – Nigerian Mass Becomes a Massacre: Herdsmen Kill 18 Worshipers, Adding to Hundreds of Victims
Christianity Today | April 25, 2018 An attack on morning Mass at a Catholic church in central Nigeria yesterday left 2 priests and at least 17 parishioners dead, adding to…
IRAQ – “Persecuted Christians in Iraq don’t consider themselves heroes, they believe they did what they had to”
Rome Reports | 042418 | VIDEO Christians from the Nineveh Plains celebrated Easter like this... in churches still burned by the Islamic State, like this one in Qaraqosh. They also…
EGYPT – Egypt: Muslims screaming “Allahu akbar” smash church’s doors and windows, pelt Christian homes with stones
Jihad Watch | Most recently, the Virgin Mary and Pope Kyrillos VI Church in Beni Meinin, Beni Suef Governorate, was attacked on 14 April, the same day as a visit…
NIGERIA – Nigerian priest liberated after four days in captivity
CNA | 042318 Fr. Edwin Omoregbe, who had been kidnapped last week in Nigeria's Edo state, was released on Sunday. “With great joy in our heart, we want to inform…
PAKISTAN – Christians are being forced out of Pakistani city by Isil violence
By Anum Mirza, Quetta | 042118 Christians say they are being driven from one of Pakistan’s major cities after a string of deadly terrorist attacks claimed by Islamic State in Iraq…
CHINA – VATICAN Churches demolished, desecrated tombs, keeping kids from worship: persecution in the Henan Church (Video)
Asianews.net | 042018 The church of the village of Hutuo has been reduced to a pile of ruins; the tomb of the bishop of Luoyang, not recognized by the government,…
MEXICO – Mexican priest murdered in his church
Catholic News Agency | 042018 | Latest News He is the 22nd priest to be killed in Mexico over the last six years A Mexico priest has been stabbed to…
PAKISTAN – Another Christian Family is Murdered in Pakistan and Now ISIS Claims Responsibility
aclj.org 042018 | By ACLJ.org Violence against Christians in Pakistan just keeps escalating – this time with ISIS taking the credit – as mobs rule and the government continues to…
PAKISTAN – Christian girl set on fire for turning down Muslim man’s marriage proposal
Pakistan Today, April 20, 2018 (thanks to Orange Martyrs): –Sialkot’s Rizwan Gujjar torched Asma using petrol after she refused to renounce her faith and marry him LAHORE: A Christian girl…
Saving the Persecuted Christians
The Patriot Post | Whether due to extremist terrorism, oppressive governments or a combination of the two, Christian persecution is a reality. Yet what is to be done? We pray…
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