The Lahore High Court in Pakistan has ruled a section in the Christian Divorce Act of 1869 as illegal and unconstitutional. The section allows a Christian couple to have their marriage annulled based on an accusation by the husband that the wife has committed adultery.
Nigeria has merged Christian Religious Knowledge and Islamic Studies into one school subject, a move that a Presbyterian synod does not agree with.
Christian groups in Ghana are not very confident on the capability of the country's Electoral Commission to hold a credible general election in November.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leads his Liberal Party in seeking even further protection for transgender individuals with an anti-transgender speech ban that could send offenders to prison for up to two years.
Three Christians were arrested on Sunday, May 22 in Satna, Madhya Pradesh after being charged of forcibly converting and insulting the religious sentiments of certain Hindus.
A Christian university in Mbabara, Western Uganda prevents students from engaging in political activities. The vice chancellor explained that university's stance does not violate students' rights since they can always express their freedoms outside the campus.
President Barack Obama raises the concern on human rights in communist Vietnam during a speech on Tuesday, May 24 after noticing that several Vietnamese activists he was supposed to meet with were not able to make it.
After news broke out about inceasing tensions in a Pakistan village sparked by a Christian man who was accused of blasphemy, police are saying the reports are not true.
In Tanzania, a country that is generally considered safe for Christians, friction between Muslims and Christians has persisted for years over the issue of meat slaughter.
After having gone missing for seven months, a Chinese activist has been confirmed to be held under criminal detention by authorities, apparently for "smuggling" persons outside China.
A female Christian prisoner is reportedly suffering from health problems, but prison authorities have refused to give her the necessary medical care.
The Church of England has withdrawn an interfaith award from a Pakistani Muslim cleric after past comments praising Osama bin Laden resurfaced. Lambeth Palace announced Thursday that it had rescinded the Hubert Walter Award for Reconciliation and Interfaith Cooperation presented to Maulana Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi on Sept. 11.
Vice President JD Vance criticized Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and United Methodist pastor Adam Hamilton at a campaign rally in Olathe, Kansas, accusing his church of financially supporting a Pride event associated with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.Vance urged voters to back Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, who is seeking reelection against Hamilton, pastor of Resurrection, a multi-campus United Methodist congregation in Leawood.
A performance of Handel’s “Messiah” blending Western and Eastern music took place Sept. 12 at Mukawir, the hilltop fortress in Jordan traditionally associated with the beheading of John the Baptist. The concert was held under the patronage of HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal.
President John Dramani Mahama has ruled out the use of taxpayers' money to finance Ghana's National Cathedral, saying the country's Christian community should raise the funds needed to complete the stalled project.
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.