Many Christians have fled their homes in the Middle East in hopes of finding safe refuge, and some of them have reached Thailand. However, the Southeast Asian country does not provide asylum, thereby leaving a huge number of refugees in a dire situation.
Mother Teresa conspired to Christianize India in the guise of helping the poor, said an Indian parliamentarian blaming her for separatist movements.
Death penalty only serves to feed vengeance instead of restoring justice, said Pope Francis during a conference Tuesday, June 21.
A California-based non-profit group sued two Middle Eastern banks and a sheikh for allegedly funding Islamic State's atrocities in Iraq and Syria.
Maronite Catholic bishops maintained that Christians must continue to co-exist with Muslims in the Middle East as extremists gradually wipe out their existence in the area.
MPs and rights groups supporting the repeal of Egypt's blasphemy law say it's unfairly used to target religious minorities but the Ministry of Justice say amending it is unconstitutional.
A mob attacked people and property in a village in Egypt because they thought that Christians were building a church.
A drone sent by women activists successfully delivered abortion pills Tuesday, June 21 in Northern Ireland where abortion laws violated women's rights.
A Muslim shopkeeper selling shoes carrying the Om symbol enraged the Hindu community who accused him of blasphemy and called for his arrest Monday, June 20.
North Korea said it will not continue negotations with the U.S. regarding two American prisoners until former detainee Kenneth Bae stops talking about his prison experience.
A suicide bomber killed three Christians during a commemoration event in Qamishli, Syria on Sunday, June 19.
The leaders of France's two main Protestant umbrella organizations have agreed to create a standing forum for dialogue and cooperation, following a two-day meeting both described as unprecedented. Delegations from the executive boards of the Protestant Federation of France, known by its French initials FPF, and the National Council of Evangelicals in France, or CNEF, met Sept. 3-4 at the Domaine du Lazaret in Sète.
Evangelicals in the United Kingdom are “younger, more ethnically diverse, and more likely to be male than the wider population,” according to a new report from the Evangelical Alliance UK. “Adults under 35 are the age group most likely to identify as Evangelical and to hold Evangelical beliefs,” the report reads. “Approximately a third of the most committed Evangelicals come from ethnically diverse backgrounds, while an estimated 60% of Evangelicals are male.”
President Donald Trump has nominated Cissie Graham Lynch to serve as U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, a State Department position focused on promoting religious liberty abroad. The White House announced that the nomination of Jane Lynch, better known as Cissie Graham Lynch, had been sent to the Senate for consideration.
American Bible Society research suggests that Christians who are more active in their faith and Bible reading are less likely to struggle with forgiving themselves and others. Overall, 29% of respondents said “It is really hard for me to accept myself once I’ve messed up” was “true of me,” while 56% said it was “not true of me.”
The Archbishop of Canterbury has withdrawn an interfaith award given to Pakistani Muslim cleric Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi after past remarks praising Osama bin Laden resurfaced, raising questions in Pakistan about why he was recommended for the honor by Church of Pakistan’s Moderator Bishop Azad Marshall.