World

24/7 Prayer For Release Of Christian Asia Bibi From Death Row
24/7 Prayer For Release Of Christian Asia Bibi From Death Row

The upcoming final appeal of a Christian woman on death row for blasphemy in Pakistan has prompted a 24/7 prayer movement petitioning for her release.

Exclusive: Why Are There So Few Christian Refugees From Syria In The UK?
Exclusive: Why Are There So Few Christian Refugees From Syria In The UK?

Faith leaders and aid workers have spoken out against the tiny proportion of Christian refugees admitted to Britain under the Government scheme to help the suffering people of Syria.

Donald Trump Has A Problem With Truth: Why Don\'t More Christians Care?
Donald Trump Has A Problem With Truth: Why Don't More Christians Care?

There are questions about Hillary Clinton's claims, but there is evidence Trump has repeatedly obscured the truth. Why are Christians still supporting him?

Pastor Lim\'s Church Begs For His Release From North Korea Jail
Pastor Lim's Church Begs For His Release From North Korea Jail

The church of a Korean Canadian pastor serving a life sentence in a North Korean prison has urged the government to try to secure his release.

UN Appoints Catholic, Pro-Refugee Secretary General
UN Appoints Catholic, Pro-Refugee Secretary General

António Guterres. Catholic activist and former Portugese Prime Minister, has been appointed as the new secretary general of the UN.

Four Christian Missionaries Abducted, Tortured And Shot Dead In Mexico
Four Christian Missionaries Abducted, Tortured And Shot Dead In Mexico

The four men were kidnapped on Saturday by an armed gang in La Ruana in the western state of Michoacan, according to InfoCatolica.

Scientology Is A \'Brutal Sect\' Which Drains Money From People, Says Russian Orthodox Church
Scientology Is A 'Brutal Sect' Which Drains Money From People, Says Russian Orthodox Church

Scientology is nothing more than a "brutal, totalitarian sect" which defrauds people out of money, the Russian Church has said.

Al Shabaab Claims Death Of Six Christians In Kenya Attack
Al Shabaab Claims Death Of Six Christians In Kenya Attack

Islamist militant group al-Shabaab claimed the deaths of six Christians in an attack on a residential compound in northeast Kenya on Thursday.

Miroslav Volf On Why Christians Should Back Hillary Clinton Over Donald Trump

One of America's leading Christian thinkers says Hillary Clinton is the "more competent" candidate for President, while suggesting the Democratic nominee is, "more in line with the Christian faith than is Donald Trump".

Christian Leaders Gather Hundreds of Faithful in Jerusalem to Pray for Peace
Christian Leaders Gather Hundreds of Faithful in Jerusalem to Pray for Peace

Hundreds of Christians from all around the world gathered in Israel earlier this week to pray for peace for the nation which God calls His own in the Holy Bible, and where Jesus Christ was born and spread His teachings.

Muslim Refugees in U.S. Outnumber Christians 12,486 to 68: \'Social Engineering,\' Not Humanitarian Relief?
Muslim Refugees in U.S. Outnumber Christians 12,486 to 68: 'Social Engineering,' Not Humanitarian Relief?

The disparity in number is just too glaring: Out of the 12,587 Syrian refugees admitted in the United States this fiscal year, a whopping majority of them —12,486, or 98.2 percent, to be exact—were identified as Muslims, with the remaining 68, constituting just half of 1 percent of the total, being Christians, CNS News reports.

Hurricane Matthew track, path update latest 2016 (Map): South Carolina, Georgia and North Carolina path update
Hurricane Matthew track, path update latest 2016 (Map): South Carolina, Georgia and North Carolina path update

Hurricane Matthew, which is being touted as the strongest Caribbean storm in almost a decade, has been tracked powering towards the Bahamas and Florida early on Wednesday.

Polish Government Backs Down Over Total Abortion Ban
Polish Government Backs Down Over Total Abortion Ban

The Polish government has performed a U-turn on a proposed total ban on abortion following mass protests by which a minister described as a lesson in humility.

Four Kidnapped Christians Including A Child Released For Ransom In Egypt

Four Coptic Christians, including a child, who were kidnapped on Monday in the Egyptian town of Manfalout in Assiut, have returned home safely after a ransom was paid, according to the independent Cairo newspaper Watani.

Mike Pence and Tim Kaine trade blows on partial-birth abortion and the awkward intersection of faith and politics
Mike Pence and Tim Kaine trade blows on partial-birth abortion and the awkward intersection of faith and politics

"For me ... the sanctity of life proceeds out of a belief in that ancient principle of God," Pence said. "What I cannot understand is Hillary Clinton—how she can support a process like partial-birth abortion."