The 14-year-old girl was kidnapped at gunpoint from her home. She was tortured, sexually assaulted, forced to convert to Islam.

Most of those killed were Christian farmers who stayed at a centre for displaced people that was set on fire. The attacks lasted for five days.

A local association of pastors is calling for an investigation into five recent murders and points to three dozen more since 2013. They ask for a general disarmament of the population.

A new Pew Research study focusing on the decade 2010-2020 shows how birth rates are key to the growth of Islam, while Christianity shifts its centre of gravity from the US and Europe to Africa.

The decline of Catholicism in the country of Pope Leo XIV is linked to a loss of confidence in the institution, finds the Institute of Peruvian Studies.

“Though this law is restricted to the Islamabad territory, it will help pave the way for a similar law in Punjab province, where Christian girls are the prime targets”, said a Christian attorney.

The FEREDE is “deeply concerned” about the suffering of children and elderly and prays for “the resumption of serious negotiations leading to a just and sustainable peace”.

The group is an initiative of the Congress for Life and Family and aims to be an influential voice in the public sphere throughout Ibero-America.

Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim worked for the Israeli embassy, were Christians and planned to get engaged next week in Jerusalem.

It will raise the legal age of marriage to 18. “It is also critical to protect Christian girls from the scourge of forced faith conversions", says a Christian deputy.  

A report from the Ibero-American Missionary Cooperation Congress (COMIBAM), which gathered over 1,600 evangelicals from 25 countries in Panama City.

The Alliance of Christians in Cuba reports 996 repressive acts against religious leaders in 2024, in a country where 89% of families live in extreme poverty.

Presented as Pope Leo XIV, he was an Augustinian missionary in Peru for 40 years. He holds degrees in mathematics and theology and was appointed by Pope Francis to oversee the selection process for new bishops.

A macro study by Gallup suggests that secularism in Western Europe is failing to curb Generation Z's spiritual interest. In Eastern Europe, those who reject the Bible outright coexist with those who consider Scripture to be a moral authority.

The assault was the latest in a wave of violence reflecting a resurgence of jihadist attacks in Nigeria’s northeast by Boko Haram.

A mob desecrated the grave of a recently deceased Christian. Believers are continually attacked, while the Parliament debates taking action against churches, says Middle East Concern.

Rights advocates said it was quite likely that the impoverished Christian was targeted by a “blasphemy business group” that has entrapped hundreds of innocent persons.

The event took place in the Cathedral of Faith and was widely covered by the Argentinean media, a sign of the growing importance of the evangelical presence in the country's social life.

Members of different churches belonging to the Sudan Council of Churches were arrested when they were on their way to a thanksgiving prayer meeting of a body known as the Inter-Church Committee.

Middle East expert Matthew Barnes explains the difficulties the Christian community faces in Syria in the midst of the great political instability of recent months.

Over 640 verified incidents against Christians are documented in a new report of the Evangelical Fellowship of India. “Many victims are too afraid to file complaints due to fear of police inaction, intimidation, or retaliation”.

Daniel Noboa made a commitment to Christian leaders to exclude gender ideology in educational texts and to ban sex changes in children.

She was abducted two months prior by a Muslim neighbor who forcibly converted her to Islam and coerced her into marrying him.

“Religious freedom gives independence, reduces harassment and acknowledges societal acceptance”, says the UN special rapporteur on FORB at an event organised in Geneva.

The development of the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel opens the debate on what steps could be taken to find a solution to a conflict that is always on the verge of exploding.