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The church in the Soviet Union: watched like a 'fish in an aquarium'
Thirty years ago in August started the irreversible process of the collapse of the Soviet Union. How did the church survive behind the Iron Curtain and what challenges did it meet following the dissolution of the USSR?
UN member states urged to do more to protect victims of religiously motivated violence
CSW's Founder President, Mervyn Thomas, said there was a need to address the "severity and pervasiveness of religiously motivated violence, discrimination and intolerance in all its forms".
Calls for women and religious minorities in Afghanistan to be protected
The call coincides with the UN International Day Commemorating the Victims of Violence Based on Religion or Belief.
Christians in Afghanistan tell of death threats
"For quite a while I was inviting my relatives and close people around me to get to know Christ, but sadly in the past two to three days, my family and I have received death threats," said one Christian.
Refugees fleeing Afghanistan are at 'acute risk' of exploitation by human traffickers
The crisis in Afghanistan is a "recipe for human trafficking", one Christian charity has warned.
Getting vaccinated is an 'act of love' - Pope
Pope Francis is urging people to get vaccinated against Covid-19.
UK churches 'stand ready' to welcome Afghan refugees
UK churches are ready to welcome Afghan refugees and help them settle into life in a new country after fleeing Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
Calls for urgent release of Christian citizen journalist critically ill on hunger strike
Chinese Christian citizen journalist Zhang Zhan is in critical condition after going on hunger strike in protest at her imprisonment.
Britain must be 'lavishly generous' to the Afghans who helped it
Britain owes "an absolute, lavishly generous moral covenant to all those who are at risk because they served with us in Afghanistan or took seriously our frequently professed commitment to its future, women and girls included," the Archbishop of Canterbury has said.
Afghanistan's Christians fear the Taliban will take their sons and daughters
Christians in Afghanistan are reportedly hiding indoors for fear of the Taliban days after they took control.
UK must 'open safe and legal routes for those fearing persecution' in Afghanistan - Christian Aid
Christian Aid is calling on the UK Government and wider international community to help the people of Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover.
Pastor's son killed as he tried to stop church being demolished
Christians in Nigeria's Borno State are protesting the killing of a pastor's son as he was trying to stop his church's demolition by a government agency.
Concerns for welfare of nuns and priests stranded in Afghanistan
Prayers are being sought for the safety of two Jesuit priests and four nuns stranded in Afghanistan.
Christians at risk of death in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan
Afghans suspected of being Christians are at risk of being killed "immediately" by the Taliban if they refuse to renounce the faith.
The Church in Afghanistan: What the Taliban takeover means for believers there
Early indications are not encouraging. Almost as quickly as the Islamic fundamentalists are taking control of cities, Christians are being notified that they are being watched.
We cannot abandon Haiti Church after earthquake, says ACN
The deadly earthquake killed over 1,400 people and destroyed or badly damaged many buildings, among them churches.