13 Dead, 100 Injured After Van Hits Crowd in Barcelona; ISIS Claims Responsibility Published on August 17, 2017 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Europe Continue reading Late Thursday afternoon in Barcelona, Spain, the tranquility of a tree-lined pedestrian pathway was shattered by a bloody vehicular attack […]
Will Christianity Survive In the Middle East? Published on June 23, 2017 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Christian Persecution Continue reading The Context of Global Christian Persecution According to the most recent information available from the Pew Research Center, in 2014 […]
Religious Leaders Unite to #PrayForManchester After Terror Attack Leaves 22 Dead, Dozens Injured Published on May 23, 2017 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Europe Continue reading Several children are among the 22 dead after a suicide attack hit a teen pop concert in Manchester on Monday […]
Vicar of Baghdad Says Christianity In Iraq Is Finished Published on March 28, 2017 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Christian Persecution Continue reading He is one of the world’s most prominent priests, but Canon Andrew White – known as the “Vicar of Baghdad” […]
One Year Ago, ISIS Atrocities Were Declared Genocide – Much More Still Needs to Be Done Published on March 18, 2017 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Opinion Continue reading On year ago today, on March 17, 2016, then-Secretary of State John Kerry formally designated the actions of ISIS as genocide. As […]
Christians Flee Their Homes After ISIS Attacks In Egypt Published on March 9, 2017 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Africa Continue reading “Are you a Christian?”
Faith Groups Say Trump’s New Immigration Order Is Still Anti-Immigrant Published on March 7, 2017 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Immigration Continue reading Federal judges may find the President Donald Trump’s new executive order on immigration more acceptable than the last.
Egyptian Government Has Failed to Protect Coptic Christians, Amnesty International Says Published on March 2, 2017 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Africa Continue reading Amnesty International says the Egyptian government has failed to protect hundreds of Coptic Christians who fled their homes in northern […]
Trump Aims for Unity In First Address to Congress: ‘We Are All Made by the Same God’ Published on March 1, 2017 / ucnwp-admin Posted in National Continue reading President Trump, long-chided for failing to address a surge in hate crimes, began his first address to Congress by invoking […]
Fearing Attacks by ISIS, Egyptian Christians Flee the Sinai Peninsula Published on February 26, 2017 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Africa Continue reading Egyptian Christians fearing attacks by Islamic State group militants fled the volatile northern part of the Sinai Peninsula for a […]
ISIS Vows More Attacks on Egypt’s Christians Calling Them ‘Favorite Prey’ Published on February 20, 2017 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Africa Continue reading As violence against Christians reaches a climax in Egypt, an Islamic State group affiliate released a video vowing more attacks […]
Some Iraqi and Syrian Christians Don’t Want U.S. to Prioritize Christian Refugees Published on February 16, 2017 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Middle East Continue reading When President Donald Trump suggested recently the U.S. should prioritize persecuted Christian refugees, not all Christians in the Middle East […]
Open Doors Releases 2017 World Watch List: Christian Persecution Continues to Rise Published on January 13, 2017 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Christian Continue reading Open Doors’ 2017 World Watch List made waves on the international scene yesterday as it exposed the new top 50 […]
Four Arrested for Bombing of Cairo’s Coptic Christian Cathedral Which Killed 28; President al-Sisi Promises New ‘Megachurch’ for 2018 Published on January 10, 2017January 10, 2017 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Africa Continue reading Egyptian police have arrested four people in the wake of the bombing that killed dozens of Christians at Cairo’s Coptic […]
Creative Soul’s Gretchen Keskeys Releases Video for “The Battle” Published on January 5, 2017 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Music Continue reading Creative Soul Records artist Gretchen Keskeys has just released a new video for her powerful single, “The Battle.” The religious […]
Trump Has Opportunity to Save Coptic Christians Published on December 27, 2016 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Opinion Continue reading Egypt’s minorities, long persecuted, are counting on the U.S. president to defend religious freedom.
For Iraq’s Christians, Christmas Cheer Tinged With Despair Published on December 24, 2016December 24, 2016 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Middle East Continue reading The Nativity scene and Christmas tree are in place on the corner of the street. Some of the children proudly […]
The Actual War on Christians: Egypt’s Copts are Under Attack Published on December 20, 2016 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Africa Continue reading Little could dampen the enthusiasm of 13-year-old Tony Atef as he wore his soccer outfit and headed to Egypt’s most […]