Crosswalk Headlines Archives

Iran's "continuously high" wave of arrests increases, as three Christians arrested Wednesday are being held without charges and without disclosing...

Five Christians charged with “blasphemy” against Islam were released on Monday (Jan. 19) after reconciliation meetings between Christian and...

Three Christians incarcerated in military prisons for their faith have died in the past four months in Eritrea, including the death on Friday (Jan....

Uganda's rebel Lord's Resistance Army has reportedly torched a church crowded with worshippers holding a prayer vigil in the Democratic Republic of...

Israel and Hamas are both claiming victory in the 22-day conflict in the Gaza Strip that left more than 1,300 Palestinians and 13 Israelis dead.

The Federal Minister for Minorities, Mr. Shahbaz Bhatti, has said that Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy laws 'will be abolished.'

A serious crackdown on churches in Rangoon, the former capital of Burma, is taking place with local authorities in the city ordering at least 100...

Two Christian girls were forced to “convert” to Islam after they were allegedly abducted and raped by some four Muslim men in November.

A conservative breakaway congregation in Binghamton, N.Y., that split with the Episcopal Church cannot keep its church building, a state Supreme...

A judge in Turkey sentenced a 19-year-old Muslim to four-and-a-half years in prison on Jan. 5 for stabbing a Catholic priest in the coastal city of...

While many of these stories received little -- or misguided -- attention from international media, these religious freedom violations affected...

Father Richard John Neuhaus, the founder of First Things journal and a constant advocate for thoughtful conservatism, died this morning from...

The Episcopal Church claimed a major legal victory Monday (Jan. 5) when California's Supreme Court ruled that breakaway parishes do not have the...

Windows were blown out at Gaza Baptist Church when Israeli aircraft attacked a police station across the street on New Year's Day, following week...

As Israeli forces push further into Palestian territory to purge the area of the terrorist group Hamas, civilian deaths continue to rise. Israeli...