How to Find an Authentic Cross of St Benedict
Although handmade costume jewelry and vintage pieces are not valueless, it is important not to be conned into thinking you have the real thing. Not only that, but you also do not want to be paying high prices for More...
Senate confirms Air Force Gen Charles Brown as spy drones fly over China
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Gen. Charles Q. Brown to be the next Air Force chief of staff, making him the first African American leader of a military service making Brown the second African American officer More...
Pakistan: Muslim mob attack and damage Shekhupura church, desecrating cross
On Saturday, May 9, a mob of Muslim men attacked and damaged a church in Hakeempura, located in Pakistan’s Shekhupura district. As a result of the attack, the church’s wall and main gate were damaged and a cross More...
Chinese government targets Christians in the wake of COVID, takes down crosses, raiding churches
Across China, the Chinese government continues its crackdown against Christianity, with ongoing raids, cross removal, and disbandment activities. According to Chinese Christian Fellowship of Righteousness (CCFR), More...
Turkey removes soccer flags because they contains symbols of a cross
Turkish police in Istanbul removed the flags of football (soccer) fans sporting the symbol of a cross. The football match between Mönchengladbach (Germany) and Basaksehir (Turkey) occurred on October 3rd as part More...
Pastor Li Juncai jailed after fighting against China’s demand to remove cross from Zhongxin Church in Xinxiang
Pastor Li Juncai, along with three staff from Zhongxin Church in Xinxiang County, Henan, was criminally detained by local authorities on February 20, after having firmly resisted the cross removal at their church. More...
Philippine President Duterte, No Need to Celebrate Arrival of Christianity
(International Christian Concern) –On Friday, Sept. 6, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte stated that there is no need to celebrate 500 years of Christianity in the Catholic majority country in 2021. Speaking More...
Indonesia Muslim scholar Abdul Somad says Christian cross is ‘an element of the devil’
A Muslim preacher in Indonesia, has sparked religious controversy since a video of him calling the Christian cross “an element of the devil” during a sermon went viral on social media. The insulting remarks More...
Court rules Lehigh County seal with cross can stay, doesn’t violate the first amendment
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the official seal of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania can remain on government property, despite efforts from the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) to have it More...
Mississippi Man, Graham Williamson Pleads Guilty to Federal Hate Crime for Crossburning
The Department of Justice announced that Graham Williamson pleaded guilty yesterday to federal charges related to the commission of a crossburning on Oct. 24, 2017, in Seminary, Mississippi. Specifically, Williamson, More...
Egypt graverobbers steal dead priest’s cross, then body for ransom
Graver robbers in Sharouna, a village south of Cairo, targeted the tomb of a priest who died 13 years ago, according to the Watani news outlet. They initially wanted to steal his crucifix, but then also stole the More...
Iran Responds to Global Outcry over Removed Cross
(International Christian Concern) –The cross of an Assyrian Presbyterian Church in the northwest city of Tabriz was replaced on July 9th following an international outcry. In May, Iranian intelligence agents More...
Supreme Court secures Pensacola World War II cross, dismissing the ‘Lemon Test’
The U.S. Supreme Court ordered a lower court to reconsider its earlier ruling that a World War II-era memorial cross in Pensacola must be removed. In Kondrat’yev v. City of Pensacola, a federal appeals court had More...
Louis Farrakhan tweets his anti-Semitic belief in Jesus ‘to bring about the end of the civilization of the Jews’
Nation of Islam leader and anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan recently tweeted a segment of his Saviour’s Day speech in February in which he attacked the accepted death of Jesus Christ and proclaimed that Jesus is More...
Indonesia: Muslims fight to get cross-shaped road mosaic in front of its city hall painted over
(International Christian Concern) –After receiving multiple complaints from conservative Muslim groups, the Surakarta administration in central Java has decided paint over a cross-shaped road mosaic in front of More...
Malaysia: Jelutong, Penang residents outraged and called police on ‘cross shaped lighting’
(International Christian Concern) –The lights at the Grace Residence building in Jelutong, Penang were recently tested since the installation was nearly completed. However, when onlookers saw the cross-shape like More...
Cross removed from Church in India’s Jharkhand State
(International Christian Concern) –Members of the Sarna tribal community, an animist group in India, removed a cross from a church building in Jharkhand state before holding a purification ceremony to covert the More...
Vatican and China deal doesn’t stop removal of cross from Lingkun Catholic church in Wenzhou
(International Christian Concern) –Although the Vatican recently signed a provisional agreement on bishop appointment with China, hoping to improve the situation for the Chinese Catholics, Chinese authorities More...
China continuing to target Christian churches, harassing officials, take down crosses
(International Christian Concern) –International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that several churches across China were raided and had their crosses removed by authorities over the past week. Additionally, More...
Burma rebels have shut down at least 10 churches, detaining Christians
(International Christian Concern) –In September, ethnic Wa rebels in eastern Burma have shut down at least 10 churches and detained 92 Christian leader. Additionally, the militants burned crosses, destroyed church More...
