The Iranian man who made news headlines around the world for facing the death penalty on charges of apostasy against Islam has been acquitted and released. According to confirmed reports, Youcef Nadarkhani appeared before an Iranian court on Saturday, where the apostasy charges were officially dropped. However, he was found guilty of trying to convert […]
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) — A young Christian girl accused of burning pages of the Koran was freed Saturday from a jail near the capital where she had been held for three weeks, a Pakistani jail official said. The release a day after a judge granted her bail is another step closer to ending an episode […]
Cult leader Sun Myung Moon has died, according to confirmed reports. Moon, 92, recently came down with a cold and pneumonia, which worsened. He had been lying unconscious for over two weeks. Last week, Moon was transported to a rural hospital that he owned in Gapyeong County, an hour outside of the South Korean capital […]
Nils Pickert’s 5-year-old son likes wearing dresses. If anyone thinks that’s odd, they can take it up with Nils. He’s the guy in the skirt. The German dad has become a role model not only for his son, but for parents around the world, after a photograph of the pair holding hands in red skirts […]
At least 80 Christian children have been kidnapped from their homes by radical Islamic clerics in Bangladesh, sold to Madrasas and forced to convert to Islam, reports state. According to the organization International Christian Concern (ICC), only 11 of the 80 children that have been missing for more than half a year have been located […]
Dr. Bob Finley, Founder and Chairman of Christian Aid Mission, has said that one of the most significant leaders in the history of Christianity in China has gone to be with the Lord whom he loved and served. Dr. Sun Yi-yin, known in America as “Freddie Sun,” succumbed to cancer on Wednesday evening at the […]
ROME — Christians nationwide are expressing concerns following Wednesday’s Catholic observance of the Feast of the Queenship of Mary—one of a number of holidays on the liturgical calendar—and are emphasizing the need for evangelism. On the Roman Catholic holiday, Pope Benedict addressed a crowd of international followers at the courtyard of the Castel Gandalfo in […]
Cult leader Sun Myung Moon is fighting for his life, according to reports. Moon, 92, recently came down with a cold and pneumonia, which worsened. He now lies unconscious in the intensive care unit of a hospital in North Korea. As of Friday, his breathing had become more stable. Doctors have given him a 50-50 […]
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani authorities have arrested a young Christian girl after hundreds of furious neighbors gathered outside her house and accused her of violating the country’s strict blasphemy laws by burning pages of the Muslim holy book, police and neighbors said Monday. The girl’s age was not immediately clear, with reports ranging from 11 […]
The highest court in Moscow has upheld the city’s ban on homosexual pride parades for the next 100 years. Moscow’s current ban was challenged by homosexual activist Nikolay Alexeyev, who has been requesting permission to hold parades in the city for years. However, the court ruled that such parades are unwanted by many community members […]