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A Christian advocacy group has called for the murderers of a Pakistani Christian politician to be brought to justice, more than four years after his death. Taliban gunmen killed Shahbaz Bhatti, Pakis...

Christians are being encouraged to pray for Iran as the country goes to the polls. Voters are set to give their verdict on President Rouhani's policy of opening up the country to the world.The incumb...

A Christian charity's urging us to pray after a fire at a children's home in Guatemala killed at least 22 girls. Viva's speaking after the fire started at the Virgin of the Assumption shelter near th...

A court hearing involving the Bible Society's bookshop and distribution centre in Tel Aviv and the property's owner is scheduled to take place on Monday. The charity, which has rented the property si...

There is an emergency call for prayer as forces in Iraq prepare to push Islamic State (IS) from its stronghold in Mosul.  Samaritan's Purse is working on the ground and says it is ready to aid peopl...

There's a call for prayer as North Korea issues a fresh nuclear war threat against America. The World Council of Churches is speaking after North Korea's vice foreign minister Han Song Ryol (below, t...

Christian Aid has launched an appeal to help communities in the Philippines recover and rebuild following the powerful typhoon which killed at least 69 people i The typhoon has weakened to a tropical...

A Christian organisation in Southern India is calling for prayer, as the country experiences its worst heatwave in more than 20 years.  More than 1,800 people have died in the last week, with weathe...

There's a call for Christians to pray for the families who've lost loved ones after a plane crash in Australia A twin-engine Beechcraft Super King Air crashed into the Direct Factory Outlet shopping ...

Christian leaders in Cameroon are calling on believers to pray for the African country following violence there in the last few days. A bomb attack in Bamenda city is said to have seen a number of po...

One year after Colombians rejected a peace agreement with the country's largest rebel group, a Jesuit Priest has told Premier that the outlook for peace remains Despite the fact that a revised deal w...

Christians in Sudan have called for prayers regarding a Church leader who faces charges over a dispute to do with his position. Rafat Samir, chair of the Evangelical Community Council, which is a Sud...

The US President has been urged to highlight persecution against Christians during his visit to China this week. US and Chinese companies have signed business deals valued at nine billion US dollars ...

Christians in Pakistan are marking the 5th anniversary of the death of Shahbaz Bhatti by calling for him to be declared a 'Martyr of the Church'.  On 2 March, 2011, he was assassinated in Islamabad ...

A Christian charity has raised concerns for practicing Christians in countries around the world who are set to face a harsh new year. Release International's latest Persecution Trends Report 2018 war...

Christians in Indonesia have called for new Bible translations in the country in the wake of deadly attacks. International Bible translation charity Wycliffe Associates said it wants to begin Bible t...

Christians across Brussels have called for prayer after bomb attacks which have left at least 31 people dead. Many more people were injured after terrorist explosions on the main airport and Metro sy...

Christians are being urged to pray for Egypt after a passenger plane carrying 66 people, from Paris to Cairo, is thought to have crashed into the Mediterranean The EgyptAir plane crashed near the Gr...

Members of a Vatican conference have called for the Catholic Church to renounce its "just war" theory.  Participants at a special conference also want Pope Francis to deliver a special teaching on n...

There's a growing campaign calling for an end to the deadly conflict between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas. 34 charities - including Oxfam and Save the Children - have signed a statemen...