anti-Christian violence Archives - Page 2 of 8

Pakistan upholds death for 3, acquits 2 in Christian couple’s killing

Associated Press, Church in Asia
May 16, 2019

A Pakistani court has upheld death sentences for three Muslims but acquitted two others in the 2014 mob killing of a Christian couple accused of blasphemy in the eastern city of Lahore.

Sri Lanka militants set off bombs during raid, killing 15

Associated Press, Church in Asia/Oceania
Apr 27, 2019

Militants linked to Easter suicide bombings opened fire and set off explosives during a raid by Sri Lankan security forces on a house in the country’s east, leaving behind a grisly discovery Saturday: 15 bodies, including six children.

Pakistani lawyer returns home to defend Christian woman

Associated Press, Church in Asia
Jan 28, 2019

The lawyer of a Pakistani Christian woman awaiting the final ruling on her fate vowed Monday he would fight the last legal hurdle for his client who had faced death threats from Islamic radicals following her acquittal in a blasphemy case last year.

‘Public hearing’ held in India on 2008 anti-Christian attacks

Church in Asia
Jan 16, 2019

Nearly 10,000 people marked the 10th anniversary of the worst anti-Christian violence in India’s history by attending a public hearing on the Kandhamal attacks.

Mass grave of Christians killed by Islamic State found in Libya

Catholic News Agency, Church in Africa
Dec 30, 2018

A mass grave of 34 Ethiopian Christians executed by the so-called Islamic State group in 2015 has reportedly been unearthed in Libya.

Nicaragua’s youngest, newest bishop says Church wants government with ‘values’

Crux in Nicaragua
Dec 11, 2018

Bishop Rolando Alvarez is the shortest, youngest and newest bishop of Nicaragua, appointed in 2011 at the age of 44. Despite all that, or maybe because of it, he didn’t get a soft landing in his first gig.