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Trump's decision to add Nigeria to watchlist welcomed as anti-Christian killings continue
Death toll estimates vary, but all agree Nigeria has the highest tally of Christians killed for their faith.

Copts oppose Egyptian government control of world's oldest monastery
St. Catherine's Monastery is over 1,500 years old and sits at the feet of Mt. Sinai.

Chaplain's NHS therapy dog wins 'Dog of the Year' award
Alfie became an NHS asset following the success of Jasper

Children's bill seriously threatens rights of home educators
Bourne warns that the bill could allow the state to declare Christian teaching “inappropriate or unsafe”.

Scotland: MSPs scrutinise assisted suicide amendments
Some 287 proposed amendments will be considered in just three weeks

Prayers after train knife attack
Local church leaders have been praying after a knife attack on a train in England on Saturday evening left more than a dozen people injured, two of them critically.

Leprosy Mission welcomes COP30 focus on health and climate change
Civil war, climate change, mismanagement, corruption and natural disasters have all taken their toll on Sri Lanka

In India, Hindu nationalists continue their anti-Christian hate campaigns
Democracy is no guarantee of religious freedom.

Samaritan's Purse airlifts aid to storm-hit Jamaica
Hurricane Melissa is the worst ever to hit the region.

Religious freedom continues to decline in Sudan, as El Fasher falls
"When people ask me how to pray for the persecuted, I say: pray that they find access to God’s Word."

Bradford Cathedral sees record visitor numbers in 2025
"Drop-in" visitors are double that of any previous year on record.

Syrian church is 'dying' says Archbishop
In the last decade the Christian population of Syria has dropped to about a quarter of its former strength.

‘My conscience is clear,’ says Päivi Räsänen after Finland’s Supreme Court hears Bible tweet case
Finnish MP Päivi Räsänen is praying that she will finally be exonerated of hate speech charges over her biblical views on marriage and sexuality after the case against her was heard by the Supreme Court on Thursday.

Go out to the world but don’t dilute the Gospel, says evangelist
The Church must be willing to go into some “very dark places” to share the Good News of Jesus Christ while being careful not to compromise the Gospel, says evangelist Ben Jack.

King Charles shown table made from 5,000-year-old wood during visit to Lichfield Cathedral
The Table of the Nation is built from 5,000 year old Black Oak

University of Sheffield slaps 'trigger warning' on the Bible
The University of Sheffield has been criticised for placing a trigger warning on the Bible and for apparently erroneously claiming that the gospel accounts of the life of Jesus contain “graphic bodily injury and sexual violence”.