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Iraqi church leader asks top court to recognise spiritual authority
The leader of Iraq's largest Christian community has asked the country's supreme court to reverse a presidential order that no longer recognises him as Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church.
Kidnapped Christian nurse and daughter still missing in Haiti
"We continue to hold onto hope."
Mexican 'misgendering' case raises free speech concerns
Two Mexican leaders accused of "gender-based political violence" after referring to a trans-identifying lawmaker as a man warned about the suppression of speech and religious rights in their country.
Pastor beaten unconscious while speaking at funeral
Hard-line Muslims threw stones at a pastor in eastern Uganda and beat him unconscious as he spoke at a funeral using both the Bible and the Koran, he said from his hospital bed.
Western sanctions are crippling Syria's Christian community, say Church leaders
They said the embargo was making it hard to provide humanitarian assistance.
Appeals for prayer after Christian nurse and daughter kidnapped in Haiti
A Christian education ministry in Haiti is asking people to pray for one of its workers and her daughter who have been kidnapped in the troubled country.
Church leaders call for end to attacks on Christian sites in Holy Land
Attacks and harassment by extremists are posing "grave threats" to the Christian presence in Jerusalem and the Holy Land, Church leaders have said.
'Spectacular' ancient mosaic of Samson discovered by archaeologists
Excavations at a 1,600-year-old Jewish synagogue have uncovered "spectacular" mosaics of Samson and biblical stories.
Report documents horrific assaults on Christians in Manipur
Days after a viral video showed Christian women being paraded naked and groped before one of them was gang-raped in public, drawing the world's attention to the ongoing violence in northeast India's Manipur state, a tribal organization has published a report listing several other physical and sexual attacks perpetrated against women.
Niger coup puts country at greater risk of attacks by extremists, says Open Doors
The coup in Niger has left the country more vulnerable to attacks from Islamist extremists, Open Doors has warned.
Ukraine bishop's desperate struggle to help thousands fleeing war zone
A bishop in western Ukraine says he is struggling to help the hundreds of thousands of people who have fled to his part of the country since the start of the Russian invasion.
Christians in Nigeria hold prayer vigil after intense violence
Prayer vigils are being held across central Nigeria after a wave of attacks that has left hundreds dead and tens of thousands displaced.
Christian charged with blasphemy under Pakistan's terrorism law
Move is 'illegal and illogical,' attorney says.
Church delegation visits Manipur with calls for peace
The delegation expressed their sorrow and noted that these formerly thriving areas now "looked deserted and seemed like they will not be inhabited in the near future given the mutual mistrust and fear that continues to prevail."
Iranian state security cracks down on Christian converts
A wave of raids by Iranian state security forces has seen over fifty Christian converts arrested, with local advocacy groups saying that the number might be as high as seventy.
Blasphemy claims fan aggression towards Pakistani Christians
Pakistan's Christian community has been left fearing for their safety after three claims of blasphemy within a month saw crowds of Muslim protesters gathering to call for "severe punishments" for blasphemers.