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Indian bishops call for UN action against anti-Christian violence in India and Pakistan
The Kerala Catholic Bishops Council in India has called for United Nations intervention amid escalating anti-Christian violence in Pakistan's Punjab province and Manipur state in northeast India.
Nigerian court affirms right to convert from Islam to Christianity
A court in northern Nigeria has granted a court order protecting an 18-year-old Christian convert from threats to her life by family members, a ruling that emphasizes the fundamental right to change religion, in this case, from Islam to Christianity.
Gender conversion laws threaten religious freedom in Australia
"There is a danger that NSW parents could lose the legal right to discuss issues of sex and sexuality with their children under new conversion practices legislation."
Tribunal upholds religious liberty in drag queen case
"This is a really good precedent-setting decision for all Christians who want to stand up and speak out against the sexualisation of children."
Christian in Pakistan charged with blasphemy for TikTok upload
Video posted of content that led to prior attacks in Jaranwala.
Kenya closes churches over 'starvation massacre' that has killed 427
While deploring the mass starvation of members of Good News International Ministries in Malindi, officials of established churches are resisting calls for more regulation of religious groups.
3-month jail term given for halting Christian worship in Indonesia
A Christian would have received harsh punishment for same crime, rights advocate says.
Concerns for treatment of believers in Holy Land
Visiting the Stella Maris monastery in Haifa to express his solidarity with Christians, Israel's President, Isaac Herzog, spoke out against the growing trend of religious intolerance.
Pakistan: Christians hold open-air services after churches and homes destroyed
Christians in Pakistan were forced to worship in the open air on Sunday after their homes and churches were burnt down by mobs last week.
Indian Christians arrested after being accused of conversion
Five individuals, three of whom were pastors, were detained and freed on bail the same day after being brought before a sub-divisional magistrate.
Ukrainian Orthodox churches purge vestiges of Russian influence
or centuries, Orthodox Ukrainians saw the traditional Julian calendar as one of the anchors of their church's identity. Now many are switching to the Gregorian calendar.
Pastor indicted alongside Trump in Georgia election meddling case
The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod pastor is charged with attempting to influence witnesses and conspiring to solicit false statements and writings, all as part of an effort to influence an election worker.
1,000 Christians forced to sleep rough after mob violence in Pakistan
A thousand Christians have fled their homes and are now sleeping rough after they were targeted by rampaging mobs.
Churches set on fire by mob in Pakistan
A frenzied mob on Wednesday descended upon a Christian colony in Pakistan's Punjab province, attacking and ransacking as many as eight churches, setting them on fire and vandalizing adjoining buildings.
Brian Houston found not guilty of hiding father's sexual abuse
Sydney Magistrate Gareth Christofi ruled on Thursday that 69-year-old Houston had a valid reason for not reporting his father Frank Houston's abuse of Brett Sengstock to police in the 1970s, reported The Associated Press.
Tribal Christians in Manipur plan mass burial for victims of violence
A tribal group representing the Christian Kuki-Zo community in the northeast Indian state of Manipur is preparing to hold a mass burial for victims killed in the ongoing ethnic violence, a decision that has ignited fresh tensions and more violence.