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April 20, 2017

Egypt arrests 13 suspected of planning attacks against Christians

Members of the special police forces stand guard to secure the area around the Coptic Orthodox cathedral complex Dec. 11, 2016 after an explosion inside the complex in Cairo.

CAIRO, Egypt – Egyptian police on Sunday arrested 13 people who were allegedly planning attacks against Christians and public institutions in the country.

Published in International
April 13, 2017

Egypt's Christians to hold restrained Easter services in light of attacks

Mourners attend the April 10 funeral for victims of a bomb attack the previous day at the Orthodox Church of St. George in Tanta, Egypt. Also April 9, an explosion went off outside the Cathedral of St. Mark in Alexandria where Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II was presiding over the Palm Sunday service.

MINYA, Egypt – After two bomb attacks on worshippers at Coptic Orthodox churches on Sunday, the Coptic Orthodox Archdiocese of Minya has announced it will celebrate Easter without the typical festive accoutrements.

Published in International
April 10, 2017

Egypt's attacks won't stop Pope's visit, says Vatican official

Security personnel investigate the scene of a bomb explosion on April 9 inside the Orthodox Church of St. George in Tanta, Egypt. That same day an explosion went off outside the Cathedral of St. Mark in Alexandria where Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II was presiding over the Palm Sunday service.

VATICAN CITY – Despite recent and repeated terrorist attacks against Egypt's minority Christian communities, Pope Francis will not cancel his visit to Egypt.

Published in International
October 26, 2016

Al-Shabab attack on Kenyan border town once again targets non-Muslims

Kenya Red Cross staff members console relatives of the civilians killed in an attack at the Bisharo lodging by Islamist militants from the Somali group al-Shabab in Mandera, at the Chiromo mortuary in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, on Oct. 25, 2016.

NAIROBI, Kenya – A suspected al-Shabab raid in the border town of Mandera has left at least 12 people dead and has reignited a sequence of bloody attacks on Christians in northern Kenya.

Published in International
September 11, 2016

15 years after 9/11, are congregations prepared for disasters?

Rescue workers carry fatally injured New York City Fire Department chaplain, the Rev. Mychal Judge, from the wreckage of the World Trade Center in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001.

In late August, as the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks loomed, religious leaders tuned into a webinar to prepare themselves for a possible future disaster.

Published in Faith
June 14, 2016

Bangladesh’s deadly attacks terrify its religious minorities

Buddhist monks participate in a protest against the murder of a monk in Bangladesh, in Mumbai, India, on May 23, 2016.

The killings of two Hindus, one Christian and the wife of an anti-terror official in Muslim-majority Bangladesh last week have left members of minority religious communities afraid for their lives and skeptical of the government’s ability to provide security.

Published in International