TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico (AP) Rescue workers rushing to a highway accident found a horrific scene of death and injury after a freight truck jammed with as many as 200 migrants tipped over and crashed into the base of a steel pedestrian bridge in southern Mexico. The migrants inside the cargo trailer were tossed and crushed in a pile of both the living and the dead. By … [Read more...] about 53 Dead After Truck Smuggling Migrants Crashes in Mexico
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Korean Buddhist Group Calls Christmas Carols ‘Deadly Weapon’
South Korea (International Christian Concern) A Buddhist association in South Korea is upset about Seoul’s decision to subsidize the playing of Christmas songs in the coming weeks. It is filing a lawsuit to prevent the government from using its budget for the carol campaign. Copyright laws have been enforced in South Korea to the extent that Christmas songs are disappearing … [Read more...] about Korean Buddhist Group Calls Christmas Carols ‘Deadly Weapon’
Religious Freedom Advocates Ask Biden To Put Nigeria Back on Watchlist for Anti-Christian Violence
(Fox News) A broad array of religious freedom advocates has banded together in asking President Biden to put Nigeria back on the State Department's list of countries of particular concern (CPC) on religious freedom, citing the ongoing violence, killing and displacement of Christians at the hands of Boko Haram, Fulani militants and other mostly Muslim aggressors. Last month, … [Read more...] about Religious Freedom Advocates Ask Biden To Put Nigeria Back on Watchlist for Anti-Christian Violence
No Singing Christian Carols on December 25, Orders Patriarch of Jerusalem
(Christianity Today) AMMAN, Jordan — The Orthodox patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos III, whose authority extends over some 130,000 Middle Eastern Christians, has posted a memo on the patriarchate website that appears to overturn a 45-year-old agreement with Western Christian churches to unify the celebration of Christian holidays. Since 1975, Western and Eastern Christians … [Read more...] about No Singing Christian Carols on December 25, Orders Patriarch of Jerusalem
Christian Families in Central India Face Social Boycott for Refusing to Recant Faith
(International Christian Concern) On November 22, eight Christian families from Bansgoam village in India’s Chhattisgarh state were summoned to a village gathering where they were told to recant their faith. When they refused, a social boycott was declared against the Christian families until they left the village or recanted their faith. According to one of the Christian … [Read more...] about Christian Families in Central India Face Social Boycott for Refusing to Recant Faith