
Leader of attack on church in Nigeria confesses
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 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.
August 22 is the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief. A time to remember those who have suffered and died because of their faith in Nigeria and around the world. To remember those who have lost loved ones, those who remain displaced, those who are still missing, and those who are struggling to rebuild their lives. May remembering lead us not only to prayer, but also to action.
As the USA continues beyond its 250th anniversary, it is important to be reminded that the idea of freedom of religion and belief, one of its most significant values, did not develop from Enlightenment philosophy but with the theological conviction of an English Baptist who ultimately died for that conviction.
As the United Nations Refugee Convention marks its 75th anniversary on July 28, Christians are faced with an important question: when institutions become ineffective, unresponsive, or disconnected from the concerns of faith communities, should we disengage or continue to engage?
In the British Crown's "The Sovereign Grant" annual report, King Charles is revealed as "Supreme Governor of the Church of England... protecting the space for Faith (sic) within the multi-faith nation". This reveals a subtle shift in the British monarch's mandate. Not just protecting but potentially validating all faiths, which is biblically untenable.

In a significant move, the Supreme Court of Pakistan has directed the country’s top Islamic body to advise on whether content that has left a Catholic on death row for 22 years was in fact blasphemous, sources said.

Authorities in Belarus this month sentenced a pastor to 15 days in jail for calling for prayer to end the Russian invasion of Ukraine after arresting him on Feb. 22, sources said.

Muslim extremists on March 8 ambushed and killed an evangelist from Kenya and severely injured three others from Uganda near a town on Kenya’s border with Uganda, sources said.

Nicaragua has banned the Catholic Church’s public Holy Week celebrations for a second straight year amid other repressive measures that have included Protestant organizations.

An artist in the U.K. has taken legal action against a local council for banning her art exhibit and reporting a “hate crime” to police after she said in a private conversation that sex transition harms children.

Fulani herdsmen killed 15 Christians in a cluster of predominantly Christian villages in central Nigeria’s Benue state Tuesday through Thursday (March 19-21), area sources said.