The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom says the situation for religious minorities in Afghanistan has worsened since the Taliban takeover and is expected to deteriorate further.
A recent meeting between Pope Francis and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has raised hopes among Indian Catholics about the possibility of a future papal visit, one that might help foster religious freedom and gender equality in one of the world's largest nations.
The study also found that for most clergy, 2020 was the hardest year of their ministry.
A Rocha CEO Andy Atkins said a draft agreement published on Wednesday revealed the "yawning gap" between what needs to be agreed at the UN's COP26 summit, and what is currently on offer.
Iranian converts are appealing to their government as part of a new campaign to support Persian-speaking Christians launched this week by Christian charities Open Doors, Article18, Christian Solidarity Worldwide and Release International among others.
Minority Christian communities in the Holy Land are vulnerable to regional strife and at increasing risk of verbal and physical attacks, according to a new study from Birmingham University.
Christians from across the UK came together on Sunday evening to pray for persecuted believers around the world and especially those in Nigeria, India, Eritrea and Afghanistan.
Pope Francis has used a private audience with the President of the Palestinian Authority to reaffirm his support for a two-state solution in the Holy Land.
UK churches are being asked to pray for Eritrea where a history of persecution against Christians is threatening to spill over into neighbouring Ethiopia.
The Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries urged continued prayers for their 17 missionaries being held captive by the 400 Mawozo gang in Haiti as families of 26 Americans being held hostage around the world recently pressed the Biden administration to push more aggressively to free their loved ones.
A Christian family from northern Vietnam has been made to pay their community in 100 kilograms of pork to stop them from further persecution.
Mikhaila Peterson, the daughter of '12 Rules for Life' author Jordan Peterson, says she has experienced an "absurd" amount of peace after converting to Christianity.
