Calvary Chapel pastor, wife killed outside home in Mexico; police detain suspect
A pastor and his wife were shot and killed outside their home in Irapuato, Mexico, early Thursday, shortly after he officiated at a funeral.
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Senators fire off bipartisan letter asking Trump to press Xi on religious persecution
A bipartisan group of 10 U.S. senators sent a letter to President Donald Trump on Tuesday urging him to press Chinese President Xi Jinping on Beijing's persecution of Christian pastors and other religious minorities during their bilateral summit this week in Washington.
Trump threatens to 'annihilate' Iran at UN, highlights Christian persecution: 'Not even believable'
President Donald Trump delivered an address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, threatening to annihilate the Iranian regime if they neglect to make a deal with the United States after the midterm elections.
UN experts demand Iran explain seizure of oldest Protestant church, eviction of Christians
Two U.N. experts have demanded Iran explain the confiscation of the country’s oldest Protestant church, it has emerged.
Persecuted Chinese pastor recounts torture, warns CCP 'trying to crush' religion: 'A heavy burden'
Pastor Ding Shuqi of the persecuted Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, China, urged the world to remember the plight of Chinese Christians, whose freedoms he said are being crushed by the Chinese Communist Party.
Algerian police seize Bibles as 12 Christians arrested for holding non-Muslim service
Special forces police in Algeria raided a worship service at a humanitarian shelter on Sept. 4, arresting all 12 Christians present on suspicion of holding an unauthorized, non-Muslim religious service.
'Height of injustice': Christian family forced to observe Hindu rituals at relative’s funeral
A Christian family in India’s Chhattisgarh state was pressured by villagers into conducting Hindu funeral rites for a dead relative after residents refused to allow a burial under her own faith.
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