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Local authorities in Vietnam have balked at registering house churches, contributing to a recent uptick in sometimes violent harassment of...

Some 3,000 Christian residents of Yohannabad on Wednesday protested at a rally to condemn Muslim violence against Christians in Gojra on August 1.

A standoff between Pakistani officials and Christians protesters ended with officials finally consenting to file a complaint against key Muslim...

Piracy certainly adds to Somalia’s problems, but it is the savagery happening away from the water that makes the country so brutal.

Fourteen believers were reportedly killed when Islamic extremists set more than 100 homes on fire in Gojra town, Korian village.

China released statistics Thursday showing there are at least 13 million abortions a year in the country, a sobering number that U.S. experts say...

Hurricane Katrina left New Orleans four years ago, but leaders of Katrina relief groups say they've only just reached the halfway point in...

An Episcopal priest who has practiced Zen meditation and espoused unorthodox ideas about Christianity has lost his bid to become a bishop in...

Anglican head Rowan Williams suggested Monday that the Episcopal Church may have to accept a secondary role in the Anglican Communion.

Another Christian imprisoned for his faith in Eritrea has died from authorities denying him medical treatment, according to a Christian support...

A church official for the Near East Council of Churches and his wife were beaten, bound and robbed in their own home Tuesday evening.

Pakistani minority rights defender Joseph Francis has been unjustly jailed by Islamists and others who oppose his work on behalf of Christians.

Two key figures in Malatya murder trial again fail to show despite court orders, further stalling the legal process.

Within the past year, "de-baptism" ceremonies have attracted as many as 250 participants at atheist conventions in Ohio, Texas, Florida and...

Al-Shabaab militants continue to purge the country of non-Muslims, including Christian aid workers.