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Free Church moderator-to-be accuses UK’s political leaders of failing to...

The next moderator of the Free Church in [sic] Scotland has forcefully attacked politicians for failing to protect Christians around the world. In a strongly worded open letter addressed to all of the...

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Not just Jews: Christians under increasing attack in Europe

Christian churches are under increasing assault all over Europe, reports the Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians, a Vienna-based group charged with monitoring such attacks....

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Brother of slain Coptic Christians thanks ISIS for including their words of...

The brother of two of the 21 Coptic Christians murdered in Libya last week has thanked their killers for including the men’s declaration of faith in the video they made of their beheadings. Speaking on...

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Pardon and release confirmed for Sudanese Christian Meriam Ibrahim, sentenced...

Christian Solidarity Worldwide has confirmed that the appeal court reviewing the case of Meriam Ibrahim, the Sudanese Christian woman who was sentenced to death for apostasy and 100 lashes for adultery...

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Church of Scotland raises plight of minority faith groups in Pakistan

The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Right Reverend John Chalmers has urged the Acting High Commissioner of Pakistan to set up an independent, powerful and autonomous...

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Using force against Iraq extremists is justified says Pope

The Pope last night backed military action in Iraq to stop the bloody persecution of thousands of Christians by Islamist fanatics. In a dramatic intervention, Pope Francis said military force could be...

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Gaza’s only Christian hospital struggles as crisis continues

Gaza’s only Christian hospital, Al-Ahli is ‘struggling to provide critical health care’ as the death toll in the Strip reaches 2000. The UK-based Church Mission Society (CMS) who founded the hospital...

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‘God only knows’ if Christians will survive in the Middle East

A Lebanese bishop has told Scottish Catholics that ‘God only knows’ if there will be any Christians living in the Middle East in 20 years time such is the persecution they are facing. Maronite...

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Anglicans increasingly take lead from the Pope, says bishop

Anglicans are increasingly looking to the Vatican to take the lead in standing up for Christians around the world, a prominent bishop has said. The Right Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, the former bishop of...

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Prince Charles calls on Muslim leaders to stop ‘indescribable tragedy’ of the...

The Princes of Wales has condemned the ‘horrendous and heartbreaking’ persecution of religious minorities around the world and called on faith leaders to work together to enable religious freedom. In a...

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