A priest in Chile whose church was desecrated has urged church members not to respond in anger. According to Catholic aid charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), demonstrators recently broke into th...
Anti-persecution charity Christian Solidarity Worldwide is welcoming a new initiative aimed at bringing peace in Syria. The suggestions were launched by the Syrian opposition's High Negotiation Com...
Pope Francis is due to arrive in Cuba later today as part of a 10-day trip, taking in the pontiff's highly anticipated first visit to the United States. Francis is expected to be greeted as something...
A Cuban pastor who was imprisoned for the past six months for holding an unauthorised religious services, has been released from jail. Revd Jesús Noel Carballeda, 45, was detained in early February ...
A Cuban government crackdown on Assemblies of God churches has seen at least 1,400 buildings seized. Many have already been demolished, according to Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW).The charity s...
A Christian religious freedom defender has been released from prison in Cuba, after being held for the second time in four months following his investigations i Camagüey state authorities summoned R...
Two churches have been demolished and at least three pastors arrested in Cuba in a crackdown on an unregistered network of Protestant churches. Police officers and security agents blocked off roads i...
A religious freedom activist was detained and threatened when he returned to Cuba following a visit to the United States, which included advocacy meetings arran Felix Yuniel Llerena Lopez, 20, left C...
A Christian freedom charity is urging the Cuban government to stop "unwarranted interference" after a pastor was summoned by police three times in one week. Pastor Alain Toledano Valiente, leader of ...
The authorities in Cuba were forced to stop tearing down a church after protesters staged a sit-in. Cuban authorities were forced to halt the demolition of an Assemblies of God church in the city o...
A prominent religious freedom fighter in Cuba has been detained by police for the second time in four months for being "counter-revolutionary". Christian Ricardo Fernandez Izaguirre handed himself in...
A large church in eastern Cuba is the latest to be destroyed in the Cuban governments' crackdown on religion in the country. Emanuel Church, affiliated to the Apostolic Movement, an unregistered ...
A national leader of the Apostolic Movement in Cuba has been banned from travelling, according to a Christian anti-persecution charity. Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) says Reverend Yiorvis Brav...
On 24th February Cuba goes to the polls to vote on a new constitution. In the hours before, pressure has been mounting on Christian leaders to instruct their co The Cuban government has accused churc...
The Cuban government's decided not to confiscate a church they originally intended to. The National Communist Party in Cuba have now told the Maranatha First Baptist Church that they will be allowed ...
A Church in Cuba has been demolished by government officials and its Reverend threatened with seven years imprisonment for speaking publicly. The Strong Winds Ministry Church in Las Tunas, eastern ...
A Christian anti-persecution charity has received reports that government officials in Cuba have issued an order to demolish all churches in one city Christian Solidarity Worldwide says authoritie...
The Cuban government has told a church that it is going to review an order from local authorities to confiscate church property. Officials took property from Maranatha First Baptist Church, in Holgui...
Pope Francis has met the Cuban President Raul Castro at the Vatican. Mr Castro is said to have wanted to visit the pontiff to thank him for his work restoring relations between Cuba and the United St...
A pastor in Cuba is set to testify about ongoing violations of freedom of religion or belief at a hearing by US House of Representatives on Friday. The Baptist pastor and religious freedom activist, ...
