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Orthodox News
Nigerian government officials declared victory in securing the release of all students and staff abducted from St Mary's Catholic School in Papiri, Niger State, while the school management and Christian Association of Nigeria maintain that as many as 35 people remain unaccounted for, exposing dangerous discrepancies in tracking
Europe
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer praised church volunteers and Christian faith at a Downing Street reception, calling them "the backbone of our country" and stating they "are doing us all proud" while describing church volunteers as "the true Britain," even as his government simultaneously
Protestant News
Nigerian Christian leaders have issued urgent appeals decrying relentless violence and systematic abductions targeting Christian communities across the nation as persecution intensifies without meaningful government intervention to protect believers under sustained attack. Church leaders representing multiple denominations condemned the ongoing campaign of violence that has claimed thousands of Christian lives
Asia
Chinese SWAT teams conducted coordinated raids on churches throughout Zhejiang province, leading to mass arrests of Christians as the Communist government intensifies its campaign to eradicate unauthorized Christian worship and enforce total state control over religious expression. The paramilitary operations targeted house churches and unregistered congregations that refuse to submit
Orthodox News
Five Christians in Iran have been sentenced to a combined 50 years in prison for the crimes of praying together and sharing Bibles, marking another escalation in the Islamic regime's systematic persecution of believers who refuse to abandon their faith. The believers were convicted under charges related to
Protestant News
The Czech Republic is constructing Europe's first 3D printed church using innovative concrete printing technology that reduces material consumption by 70 percent while creating unique decorative and acoustic features impossible through traditional construction methods. Designer Michal Macuda from the international Purposia Group explained at a presentation in Prague
UK
The Reverend Canon Andrew Vaughan expects the number of churches under his responsibility to nearly triple from four to 11 in 2026 as the Diocese of Lincoln reorganizes amid severe clergy shortages and financial crisis. Canon Vaughan, currently in charge of the Swinderby group of churches in Lincolnshire, said most
Asia
A Pakistani Muslim man who sexually assaulted his Christian neighbor's six year old daughter is pressuring her family to withdraw their police complaint and reach a settlement, with his family threatening to make the Christians' lives miserable if they pursue justice. Muhammad Uzair Riaz Dogar, a Muslim
Orthodox News
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced a significant overhaul of the military Chaplain Corps, eliminating the Army Spiritual Fitness Guide and pledging to restore chaplains to their traditional role as ministers rather than therapists promoting secular humanism. Hegseth announced the initiative Tuesday in a video message highlighting the historical role
USA
Headline: Former Pastor John Paul Miller Indicted for Cyberstalking Wife Mica Miller Before Her Suicide in Federal Case THE NEWS Former South Carolina pastor John Paul Miller has been federally indicted on charges of cyberstalking his estranged wife Mica Miller in the months before her suicide and lying to federal
USA
Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Thursday that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is taking aggressive action against transgender procedures for minors, calling so called gender affirming care malpractice that inflicts lasting physical and psychological damage on vulnerable children. Kennedy signed a declaration stating that sex
Orthodox News
Isabel Vaughan Spruce, a pro life campaigner who silently prayed near an abortion clinic in Birmingham, has been criminally charged under England's buffer zone legislation in the first prosecution since the national law took effect in October 2024. Vaughan Spruce, co director of March for Life UK, learned