Washington, D.C. – The third annual March for the Martyrs, held on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022, at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., aimed to raise awareness of Christian persecution all over the ...

A forthcoming report from the International Christian Concern (ICC), a nonprofit, highlights the 10 worst countries for Christian persecution, as well as specific entities and individuals that are ...

“In 2020, some 4,761 Christians were killed around the world (an average of 13 every day), 4,277 were arrested without trial and imprisoned (11 each day), and 1,710 were abducted (4 per day). In 2019, ...

Bishop Anagbe, who leads the Makurdi Diocese, warned that if greater action is not taken he believes the Christian population, which currently numbers over 86 million, roughly half of the total ...

Persecution of Christians worldwide has increased significantly in both quantity and intensity, human rights experts in Berlin, Germany said on Wednesday (Oct. 15). Thomas Schirrmacher, president of ...

Seventy-five percent of all people today live in a country where persecution is a part of everyday life. Shocking? Yes. But almost as shocking is the relative lack of response from North American ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jul. 27—Sixty-one of the world's 196 nations actively persecute Christians who, ostracized, imprisoned, beaten, tortured, raped ...

(RNS) — For the United States to credibly pronounce human rights to matter, then it must matter in all our relationships, friend and foe alike. (RNS) — The State Department recently released its ...

Of all the countries, North Korea is considered the most “brutally hostile” toward Christians. “If discovered by the authorities, believers are either sent to labor camps as political prisoners where ...

The persecution of Christians is at its highest point in three decades, according to the latest report from advocacy group Open Doors. The World Watch List, released by Open Doors on Jan. 18, reported ...

Religious persecution is on the rise. Daily news stories and social science research chronicle the suffering of Christians and those of other faiths at the hands of both governments and private ...