A Catholic official and activists have called for equal rights and justice for indigenous people in Bangladesh as millions of ethnic minorities marked UN-designated International Day for World’s Indigenous Peoples on August 9. They urged the government to ensure the...
Turkey’s top religious official has defended brandishing a “sword of con-quest” while delivering his first sermon from Hagia Sophia’s marble pulpit after its conversion into a mosque. “Preaching in this way [with a sword] sends a message about the conversion of Hagia...
Elias is waiting for a German official to evaluate his Christianity. He converted from Islam in Iran secretly. He was afraid because he knew that other converts had been arrested and beaten, some even killed. He had also heard of converts finding asylum in Germany. He...
Police overpowered an Egy-ptian migrant after the 30-year-old broke through security and, rushing up to the high altar at Milan Cathedral, held a guard hostage at knifepoint. Brandishing a 20-centimeter switchblade, the assailant who possesses a long-term residence...
Following the execution of five aid workers by Islamic extremists, a leading Catholic Bishop in Nigeria has argued that systemic violence against Nigerian Christians constitutes genocide. The Bishop, Mathew Hassan Kukah of Sokoto, told Catholic charity Aid to the...
