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ROME, JAN. 2012 (Zenit.org).- The Fides news agency has published a list of pastoral workers who were killed during the last year. Not all of them were martyrs in the strict sense, as Fides lists all those who lost their lives in a violent manner. In 2011, 26 pastoral care workers were killed: one more [...]

Uzbekistan (BosNewsLife)- Authorities in eastern Uzbekistan have warned local churches not to allow youngsters and children to attend their worship services and not to carry out missionary activities or “proselytism”, the word for evangelism, local Christians and activists said. The news emerged Thursday, December 8, after Deputy Head of Administration Saidibrahim Saynazirov spoke with church [...]

After World War II, the Communists under Mao Zedong established an autocratic socialist system that, while ensuring China’s sovereignty, imposed strict controls over everyday life and cost the lives of tens of millions of people. Christians in China have persevered under what may have been the harshest and most widespread persecution of the Church in [...]

DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN (BosNewsLife)- Christians in Tajikistan celebrated Orthodox Christmas Saturday, January 7, amid concerns about Islamic extremism after a crowd killed a young man dressed as “Father Frost”, the Russian equivalent of Santa Claus. Police said 24-year-old economist Parviz Davlatbekov was attacked Monday, January 2, by some 30 people yelling “You infidel!” and stabbed with [...]

HAVANA, CUBA (Christiantelegraph)- Despite verbal assurances from Cuban authorities that his application would be approved, Pastor Omar Gude Perez has so far been denied a visa to leave Cuba in order to seek asylum in the United States, reports Michael Ireland, Senior International Correspondent, ASSIST News Service. According to Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), Pastor Gude [...]