Police in Sudan have arrested nine men in connection with a series of arson attacks on church property and for threatening churchgoers in the Dar El-Salam area of Omdurman in the capital, Khartoum, according to a report.
A church in Iraq's capital of Baghdad that witnessed the massacre of dozens of worshippers by al-Qaeda gunmen in 2010 celebrated Christmas in their place of worship for the first time in 10 years, with their faith still intact.
It could be Christmas 2021 before the Holy Land starts to get back on its feet, Friends of the Holy Land has warned.
A predominantly Christian village in Nigeria was attacked on Christmas Eve, leaving several people dead.
This is the seventh Christmas that 11-year-old Fakhri is celebrating away from home, his church and his friends. Fakhri and many other children who fled Mosul, Iraq, with their families years ago, barely remember what their homes looked like.
Pope Francis, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Moderator of the Church of Scotland General Assembly have urged the leaders of South Sudan to pursue peace.
Hardline Hindus have petitioned the authorities in Gujarat to stop Christians from celebrating Christmas.
All Nigerians are living in fear of attacks and kidnappings, says Open Doors' Illia Djadi, but for Christians being consistently targeted by Islamist radicals, Christmas is an especially anxious time.
A ritual bath dating to the time of Jesus has been unearthed at Gethsemane, the place where Jesus prayed just before his Crucifixion.
Armenians in the region fear that their ancestral Christian heritage is now threatened under Azerbaijan's control.
Spain is set to become the fourth country in Europe and the sixth in the world to legalise euthanasia.
At least 2,200 Christians were killed by Islamist extremists in Nigeria in 2020, according to a new report.
