Catholic church was destroyed in Mozambique

Pope Francis prays for Mozambique and Sudan to end the senseless violence. 

A statue of the Virgin Mary was vandalized at the Washington National Shrine.

The vandals hit the face of the statue with a hammer in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.

Christians from Hong Kong arrested in China

Nine Christians were arrested; the condition or whereabouts of most of them are unknown.

Sisters of Charity in Cameroon against the poverty and prostitution

In Cameroon, nuns are working to improve the condition of women. 

Clash over church land leaves 21 Christians injured

A group of Hindu believers attacked the Christians over a land dispute in southern India.

Forest tribe in Cambodia will have a new church

The church will serve the Bunong Christians in a nature reserve.

A church-run school was told to remove Christian symbols in India

A Hindu nationalist group in India told the school to remove Christian symbols or face the dire consequences.

Going forward, Christian holidays will have more appropriate names in Indonesia

The outgoing leader of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, changed the names of public holidays from Islamic names to Christian terms.

In Lucknow, India, a Catholic priest was arrested on charges of conversion

Fr Dominic Pinto was arrested on charges of trying to convert poor Hindus.

Mob in Laos destroyed a church and burned Bibles

In the rural part of Laos, Buddhist villagers destroyed a church and burned Bibles during a Sunday gathering.