Rectory of St. Raphael’s Catholic Church burning in Fadan Kamantan, Nigeria, on Sept. 7, 2023. (Morning Star News screenshot)

Leader of Attack on Church in Nigeria Confesses

ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Police in Nigeria on Friday (March 22) arrested the leader of an arson attack on a Catholic Church building in September that left a seminary student dead, sources said. Police in Kaduna state said Saidu Yakubu confessed to leading the attack on St. Raphael’s Catholic Church in Fadan […]

Church in Dandi, Gujarat state, India. (Morning Star News)

Persecution of Christians Escalates in India, EFI Reports

NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – India’s Christians suffered an alarming escalation of violence, hatred and systematic oppression last year, according to the Religious Liberty Commission of the Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI-RLC). The 601 cases of persecution against Christians in India in 2023 marked a 45 percent increase over the 413 instances recorded the previous […]

Reconstructed One Pillar Pagoda, historic Buddhist temple, in Hanoi, Vietnam. (Bgabel, Creative Commons)

Ominous New Decree 95 Confirms Vietnam’s Intent to Control Religion  

(Morning Star News) – Two millennia ago, Jesus of Nazareth said, “Yes, what sorrow awaits you experts in religious law! For you crush people with unbearable religious demands, and you never lift a finger to ease their burden.” (Luke 11:46, NLT). What Jesus said about the religious zealots of His day could also be said […]

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Herdsmen Kill Seven Christians in Central Nigeria 

ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen accompanied by other terrorists on March 19 and 20 killed seven Christians in attacks on villages in central Nigeria, sources said. In Benue state’s Logo County, the assailants slaughtered seven Christians in the Yongia Ukambie Tiev and Ukembrergya-Tswarev communities, said the Rev. Jonathan Adagbe, chairman of […]

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Pastor, His Family and Other Christians Killed in Nigeria 

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Herdsmen Kill Pastor, Five other Christians in Central Nigeria

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Unsafe Conditions Kill Christian Sewer Workers in Pakistan

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Ominous New Decree 95 Confirms Vietnam’s Intent to Control Religion  

(Morning Star News) – Two millennia ago, Jesus of Nazareth said, “Yes, what sorrow awaits you experts in religious law! For you crush people with unbearable religious demands, and you never lift a finger to ease their burden.” (Luke 11:46, NLT). What Jesus said about the religious zealots of His day could also be said […]