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British Pakistani Christians to protest after Peshawar church bombing
British Pakistani Christians were due to protest in London on Tuesday to express their frustration over the Pakistani government's failure to protect minority Christians.
Church mourns victims of suicide bomb attack in Pakistan
Two suicide bombers attacked a 130-year-old church in the north of Pakistan, killing more than 80 people.

Archbishop of Canterbury 'appalled' by Peshawar church attack
The Archbishop of Canterbury has written to the Moderator of the Church in Pakistan giving assurance of his prayers and support after Sunday's horrific attack on a church in Peshawar.Â

Tractor for Tanzania
The Diocese of Worcester has teamed up with Warwickshire College and the AGCO Apprentice Academy to send a tractor to a village in Tanzania.Â

'Experiencing God' author Henry Blackaby found safe
Pastor and author Henry Blackaby, 78, has been found and is safe after missing for more than 24 hours in the Atlanta area.

Church warden among Kenya shopping mall attack victims
A Cape Town church is in mourning after learning that its warden is among the victims of a shopping mall attack in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi. Â

Pakistan church attack kills dozens
At least 75 people have been killed in a twin suicide bombing outside a church in Peshawar in Pakistan.

At least 160 dead in Nigeria this week in terrorist related violence
At least 160 people have died in terrorist related violence this week in Nigeria's Yobe and Borno States.

Prayer vigils planned for first anniversary of Saeed Abedini's imprisonment
Seven-year-old Rebekka Abedini misses her daddy.

'There can be no military solution' to Syria conflict, say church leaders
Church leaders call for all parties in Syria conflict to find a political solution

Vatican calls for nuclear disarmament
Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, secretary for Relations with States, spoke at the 57th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (AIEA), held in Vienna on 16 September.
Call for sanctions on anniversary of arrests in Eritrea
Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) and Human Rights Concern Eritrea (HRCE) have called for the imposition of targeted sanctions on key Eritrean officials in order to secure the release of prominent politicians and journalists who have been detained incommunicado for the last twelve years.
Interfaith conflict threatens to engulf Central African Republic
Evangelical Alliance leader risks arrest to condemn violence; President disbands rebels
Fifty Christians face eviction in Laos
Recant your faith or get out - that's the ultimatum issued recently to 50 Christians living in a rural community in central Laos.

Situation 'very grim' in Syria
"There is deep sadness and much stress and anxiety."

Assassins of Pakistani Minorities Minister Shahbaz Bhatti confess
The killers of Pakistan's first Christian to become a federal cabinet member, Shahbaz Bhatti, have confessed to the crime, Bhatti's brother and security sources said.