Thirteen refugee and humanitarian agencies have collaborated to urge the United Kingdom to increase its efforts in protecting those who have fled from their respective countries due to war and conflict. They said that Britain "has fallen short of welcoming its fair share of refugees."
A recent study sponsored by the USCIRF found that school textbooks in Pakistan portray those of other religions as "untrustworthy, religiously inferior, and ideologically scheming and intolerant."
In the recently published Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation titled Amoris Laetitia or The Joy of Love, Pope Francis said that fear of overpopulation, economic difficulties, industrialization, sexual revolution, and consumerism are factors that keep couples from having children.
The European High Court has ruled in favor of an Iranian Christian convert seeking asylum in Sweden. The court's ruling in the case of F.G. v Sweden was based on the life-threatening situation that the man could and would face should he be deported back to his Islamic country.
The Lutheran Church in Norway voted in favor of allowing same-sex couples to get married, and the religious movement in the church that lobbied for the change is happy with the results.
Two Christian churches have been burned in Chile, the fourth and fifth alleged arson cases in 24 hours. The perpetrators are supporters of the Mapuche, an indigenous people who are said to be trying to get rid of those who practice religion that contradicts their beliefs.
Muslims helped both in raising funds and in restoring a Christian church in the small Bulgarian village of Kozlets, and the mayor expressed that this an example of tolerance among those of different faiths.
A 55-year-old Christian man in Pakistan was brutally murdered by two assailants. He apparently had a previous argument with the two men when he told them to leave the Christian youth in his village alone.
LANCASTER, Pa. — Four years in the making, the production “David” opened at Sight & Sound Theatres this year and explores the journey of an unassuming shepherd boy who became a king.
Secular intolerance has a “chilling effect” on Christians who are having to practice “various forms of self-censorship” as they're finding it difficult to express their faith freely in society, according to a new report detailing accounts from four countries.
Gunmen suspected to be Islamic Fulani herdsmen barged into a Catholic Church in southwestern Nigeria, opened fire and detonated explosives while the congregation was celebrating Mass on Pentecost Sunday, killing at least 50 worshipers, including women and children. It's feared that some Christians were also abducted after the attack.
For more than 1,500 days, Nigerian Christian teenager Leah Sharibu has been held captive by the Boko Haram terrorist group as Christians continue to be the target of attacks in the West African nation.