Christians are concerned that a 16-point questionnaire given by the police to at least 40 churches in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, may be used as a weapon by radical Hindus to harm them.
A new research project has delivered an unprecedented range of insights into the religious and spiritual practices of the world's most populous nation.
Kaduna state remains a hotbed of violence.
Pope Francis is set to make the first-ever visit to Mongolia, a country with fewer than 1,500 Catholics, all of whom have come to the faith since 1992. But the pope's visit is a reminder that the country has a long and complex history with Christianity, among many other faiths.
Alix Dorsainvil, an American Christian nurse kidnapped from the school of Christian education ministry El Roi Haiti and released this month, has spoken out in a public video saying she "holds no grudges" against her kidnappers and forgives them.
The Kerala Catholic Bishops Council in India has called for United Nations intervention amid escalating anti-Christian violence in Pakistan's Punjab province and Manipur state in northeast India.
A court in northern Nigeria has granted a court order protecting an 18-year-old Christian convert from threats to her life by family members, a ruling that emphasizes the fundamental right to change religion, in this case, from Islam to Christianity.
"There is a danger that NSW parents could lose the legal right to discuss issues of sex and sexuality with their children under new conversion practices legislation."
"This is a really good precedent-setting decision for all Christians who want to stand up and speak out against the sexualisation of children."
Video posted of content that led to prior attacks in Jaranwala.
While deploring the mass starvation of members of Good News International Ministries in Malindi, officials of established churches are resisting calls for more regulation of religious groups.
A Christian would have received harsh punishment for same crime, rights advocate says.
Visiting the Stella Maris monastery in Haifa to express his solidarity with Christians, Israel's President, Isaac Herzog, spoke out against the growing trend of religious intolerance.
