Pregnant Christian woman beaten by employer in Pakistan
"I cried and screamed for help, but no one came to rescue me," she said.
"I cried and screamed for help, but no one came to rescue me," she said.
Conditions for those who have fled are "grim", with little support from the local government.
The appointment is the latest effort by Pope Francis and the Vatican to mediate a peace between Russia and Ukraine.
Family devastated as youths jailed on baseless charge.
The basic idea of religious freedom is that you're free to have a faith, change your faith or have no faith at all,' said Brian Grim, Religious Freedom and Business Foundation president.
In an extraordinary move bridging a historical rift dating back to 451 AD, Pope Francis has added 21 Coptic Christians martyred by Islamic State terrorists on a Libyan beach in 2015 to the Roman Catholic Church's calendar, declaring them saints.
The UK has some of the lowest levels of religiosity and belief in God in the world, according to a global study spanning dozens of countries.
Iranian authorities released two Christian leaders from prison last week after a judge broke with common judicial practice in the country and ruled that home church participation was not illegal, sources said.
A court in Pakistan on Saturday released on bail a Christian woman charged under a blasphemy statute that calls for life in prison, her attorney said.
The brewing civil war in the country has convinced Christians and their leaders to leave the capital en masse, with many fleeing across the border to South Sudan.
The Pope and Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelensky met at the Vatican on Saturday.
Sithembiso Madlala credits God with helping him to fulfil his dream of becoming a doctor, despite so much pain and hardship in his life.
Victims of violence in northeastern India are "deeply traumatised", says Open Doors partner.