Christians are being urged to pray for Burundi amidst on-going fighting and confusion over who's actually in charge of the country. Rival groups of soldiers are engaged in conflict with reports of an...
The head of a Christian charity in Colombia has said he's praying for peace as the public heads to the polls to vote for the country's new president on Sunday. The election is the first since the his...
The death of one of the defining leaders of the 20th century, Fidel Castro, could pave the way for a Cuba more open to religious freedom, according to a Christi Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) h...
A Christian charity's urging us to pray for six British seafarers being held in India, who have been told they will not be returning home as they expected. The Indian Supreme Court has told the men t...
Canada's Prime Minister has said his thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected by yesterday's terrorist attack. Stephen Harper was speaking after a soldier was shot dead at the National War Mem...
A Christian charity is celebrating its 60th birthday on Saturday. International anti-persecution charity, Open Doors, is holding a big event in Birmingham where international speakers will raise awar...
Churches across the UK will pause to think about people who face violence because of their beliefs on International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. In countries such as Iran, North Korea and...
A priest has encouraged his parishioners to pray that potholes on his road will be fixed. Fr Luis Roldan Patino from Spain said he had given up hoping the local authority would fix the holes in the r...
Prayers are being said for a man and a women shot dead at point-blank range on live television in the United States. WDBJ7 reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward were killed by a gunman durin...
A Christian charity is urging prayer for survivors of a cyclone in Bangladesh. Cyclone Roanu, hit the country on Saturday, forcing 500,000 people to flee their homes.Torrential rains, floods and lan...
Actor Kevin Costner has said he is praying for Whitney Houston's daughter who is seriously ill in hospital after being found unconscious in a bath. Bobbi Kristina Brown, 21, is in a medically induced...
Christians in Zimbabwe are praying for peace as violence escalates following the election earlier this week. Three people have been killed in protests since the results showed the ruling Zanu-PF part...
A Christian in Cape Town, South Africa, has pleaded for prayers as a water crisis in the country's second largest city has reached a dire level. Cape Town is on its way to Day Zero, a term the city's...
World leaders and church leaders have been paying tribute to Nelson Mandela. Tributes are pouring in for Nelson Mandela who died at his home in Johannesburg last night, surrounded by his family.South...
Friends and family of a 65 year old Iranian Christian convert have asked for prayers as she has been summoned to serve a one year prison sentence. Christian charity Middle East Concern said Mahrokh (...
An Iranian woman who converted to Christianity has begun serving a prison sentence after refusing to give up her faith and is calling on the Christian community Fatemeh Bakhteri was initially handed ...
Prayers have been said as part of events marking 100 years since the Irish Easter Rising against British rule. Around a quarter of a million people went to the commemorations in Dublin, a century aft...
A church in Scotland has held prayers after two members of its congregation were reportedly killed in beach attack in Tunisia. Jim and Ann McQuire, from Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, died while on...
Christians around the world are praying after the worst mass-shooting in recent American history, where 50 people were murdered. Pope Francis and Most Revd Justin Welby are among millions praying aft...
A special prayer service has been held in India to mark the anniversary of the kidnap of a priest from the country. The service in Ernakulam Town Hall in the stafe of Kerala comes a year after Fr Tom...
