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'I'm afraid that a real persecution has already begun,' says Cardinal Zen on Hong Kong
Former Bishop of Hong Kong, Cardinal Joseph Zen, says there is no freedom of expression in the city anymore after Beijing imposed a national security law earlier this year.
Calls for release of Christian journalist jailed for reporting on Wuhan Covid-19 outbreak
A Christian independent journalist has been jailed in China for reporting early on about the outbreak of coronavirus in Wuhan.
Argentina votes to allow abortion up to 14 weeks
Despite fervent opposition from the nation's evangelical Christians and Roman Catholics, the national government of Argentina voted to allow elective abortion before 14 weeks gestation.
World Vision makes changes after Senate probe into links with group that funded terrorism
The US Senate Finance Committee said World Vision USA's funding of the Islamic Relief Agency (ISRA) was "borderline negligent."
The 10 most expensive climate-fuelled natural disasters in 2020
A new Christian Aid report has identified 10 extreme events in 2020 that were all influenced by climate change and caused at least $1.5bn in damage each.
Suspects arrested over arson attacks on church
Police in Sudan have arrested nine men in connection with a series of arson attacks on church property and for threatening churchgoers in the Dar El-Salam area of Omdurman in the capital, Khartoum, according to a report.
Persecution set to rise in India and China in 2021 - report
Persecution has been widespread across India and China even during the pandemic, but things are only likely to get worse in 2021, Release International has warned.
First Christmas in 10 years at church where al-Qaeda massacred dozens of Christians
A church in Iraq's capital of Baghdad that witnessed the massacre of dozens of worshippers by al-Qaeda gunmen in 2010 celebrated Christmas in their place of worship for the first time in 10 years, with their faith still intact.
Christmas has been 'very hard' for Christians in the Holy Land
It could be Christmas 2021 before the Holy Land starts to get back on its feet, Friends of the Holy Land has warned.
At least 11 dead and priest abducted in Christmas Eve attack on Christian village
A predominantly Christian village in Nigeria was attacked on Christmas Eve, leaving several people dead.
For Mosul's Christians, it's been another Christmas away from home
This is the seventh Christmas that 11-year-old Fakhri is celebrating away from home, his church and his friends. Fakhri and many other children who fled Mosul, Iraq, with their families years ago, barely remember what their homes looked like.
Church leaders in call for peace in South Sudan
Pope Francis, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Moderator of the Church of Scotland General Assembly have urged the leaders of South Sudan to pursue peace.
Hardline Hindus in India want Christmas banned
Hardline Hindus have petitioned the authorities in Gujarat to stop Christians from celebrating Christmas.
Christians in Nigeria 'expect to be attacked at Christmas'
All Nigerians are living in fear of attacks and kidnappings, says Open Doors' Illia Djadi, but for Christians being consistently targeted by Islamist radicals, Christmas is an especially anxious time.
Archaeologists uncover ritual bath from the time of Jesus at Gethsemane
A ritual bath dating to the time of Jesus has been unearthed at Gethsemane, the place where Jesus prayed just before his Crucifixion.
Armenians say goodbye to their churches in Nagorno-Karabakh
Armenians in the region fear that their ancestral Christian heritage is now threatened under Azerbaijan's control.