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Iranian Pastor Ara Torosian traveled to the nation's capital to fast and pray for three days outside the White House for the asylum seekers in his congregation who were detained by federal immigration officials and could face severe persecution if returned to their native country.
Islamic State-backed rebels killed 38 worshippers at a Catholic prayer vigil in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo at about 1 a.m. on Sunday (June 27) and five other people at a nearby village, according to reports.
A U.S.-based Christian aid organization has launched an effort to free more than 100 bonded Christian laborers trapped in Pakistan’s brick kiln industry. The initiative continues a campaign to address the systemic exploitation of religious minorities working under conditions that persist despite a national ban on bonded labor.
Terrorism-scarred Christians in Nigeria are praying for God’s intervention as they await help from the government and the international community.
Police in Pakistan arrested and charged a 60-year-old Catholic man with blasphemy after he accused a Muslim shopkeeper of overcharging him, sources said.
Relatives of a Pakistani Muslim man who raped a 14-year-old Christian girl are threatening her family to compel them to drop the charges.
Christianity is at risk of being “wiped out” in parts of the world due to intensifying persecution, the United Kingdom’s special envoy for freedom of religion or belief, David Smith, has warned. The British government is now targeting 10 countries as part of its revised foreign policy focus to defend this human right.
