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Esfahan: Iranian security authorities had promised to release Enayat Jafari in one week if the media were not informed about this incident! However although the media promised, two weeks have now passed and still no precise…
Kurdistan: Plans to review Christian schools
12 Mar 2012
A Christian in Erbil writes, ‘If you have not yet heard there was a tragic shooting incident in Sulaimaniyah School of the Medes last week - a student killed an American teacher and then himself. Now…
Lebanon: Syrian Christians fleeing to Lebanon
12 Mar 2012
1,000 Syrians are now fleeing the country daily for Lebanon. Pontifical Mission Societies in Lebanon expressed the Church’s response, ‘We have Christian families who have fled Syria from violence or the oppression of the regime. There…
Afghanistan: Update
12 Mar 2012
A believer writes, ‘Demonstrations and bombs sparked by the burning of Holy Books continue. Please pray no more people will be killed or injured. Pray for the families of those who have been killed. Pray for…
The head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales is to call upon churchgoers to take a stand against the Government’s plans to legalise gay marriage. Archbishop Vincent Nichols has outlined his opposition in…
A local council is set to remove a cross from a crematorium window to make it more ‘inclusive’ – even though no one appears to have ever complained about the Christian symbol. The plan, at Haycombe…