Persecuted Christians

By Charmaine Hedding | Shai Fund | Jul 31, 2025 Update: Human Rights Abuses Committed Against Christians in Nagorno-Karabakh Caught between two totalitarian regimes and facing systematic erasure, Armenian Christians seek to rebuild their lives with the help of Shai Fund after the abuses inflicted on them because of their faith. Learn more at https://www.theshaifund.org/projects/restore-hope-and-dignity-for-displaced-armenian-christians…

Lara Logan on X (formerly Twitter): “”They’re burning women and children alive – and the media covers it up.” While Western journalists repeat government talking points without even stepping foot in the villages, Nigerian reporters risk their lives to document Christian genocide. @TruthNigeria123 Lara Logan calls… pic.twitter.com/42UnMoXVBI / X” “They’re burning women and children alive…

One struggling country that is often forgotten is Christian Armenia. In recent years, the country has been in conflict with neighboring Azerbaijan. Nadine Maenza of the International Religious Freedom Roundtable discusses the relationship between Azerbaijan & Armenian Christians. EWTN News Nightly on X (formerly Twitter): “One struggling country that is often forgotten is Christian Armenia.…

By Charmaine Hedding | The Epoch Times | 8/2/2025 Over 2,500 Yezidi women and children remain missing to this day following ethnic cleansing in 2014. It was Aug. 3, 2014, and I remember sitting in front of the television, watching in horror as the so-called Islamic State swept across Iraq and Syria ethnically cleansing Yezidis…

By Dede Laugesen | The Christian Post | Thursday, July 24, 2025 Later this month, I will travel to Armenia as part of a delegation of American Christian leaders. We are going to visit an ancient Christian civilization that is, right now, under assault. It is a shame that so many Christians in the United…

Assist News The Golden Lampstand Church in Linfen City, Shanxi Province, was handed a harsh sentence June 20. Ten church members were each sentenced to multiple years in prison on charges of “fraud.” Among them, core member Brother Li Shuangping was sentenced to nine years and two months in prison, fined 100,000 yuan — the…

By David Barton | DailyWire.com | Jul 19, 2025 Armenia is the world’s first and oldest Christian nation, and it’s under siege. Later this month, I will travel to Armenia as part of a delegation of American Christian leaders. By historical consensus, Armenia is the world’s first Christian nation, having adopted Christianity in AD 301,…

By Nicholas Ballasy | Just the News | July 20, 2025 Trump’s post on Truth Social was in reaction to an exclusive Just the News report. President Trump said on Sunday that he will attempt to save Afghan allies who aided the U.S. military from being forced to return to the Taliban. Trump’s post on…

By Andrea Picciotti-Bayer | The Hill | July 19, 2025 Christians in Nigeria are becoming modern-day martyrs. People of faith must raise our voices to respond to their plight. I read the account of the horrific terror attack on June 13, where over 200 Christians were slaughtered in Yewalta, Nigeria, while I was taking a break at the…

By Charmaine Hedding | The Washington Stand | July 18, 2025 The bombing at Mar Elias Church in Damascus, Syria, on June 22 was not an isolated incident. It was the latest and most visible act in a broader campaign of targeted violence and systemic marginalization against Syria’s Christian community and other religious components. The…

URGENT NOTICE For Immediate Release July 17, 2025 CONTACT: Dede Laugesen [email protected] UAE to Deport Afghan Refugees who Fought with U.S. Troops Back to Afghanistan Overnight in a Deal Made Under Duress WASHINGTON, D.C.— Human rights and religious freedom advocates are sounding the alarm on news of a deal just exposed to deport Afghan allies…

By Zeng Liqin | Bitter Winter | July 11, 2025 Despite the agreement with the Vatican, China continues to arrest priests, nuns, and believers who refuse to join the CCP-controlled Patriotic Church. Pope Leo XIV is reportedly deliberating on the future of the recently renewed Vatican-China deal from 2018. Meanwhile, authorities in Beijing are intensifying…

By Andrew Law | AsiaNews.it | July 11, 2025 In the Catholic Church of Zhejiang Province, where Bishop Shao is a victim of repression, the priest who administered the “official” diocese is also targeted. Missing since November, he set to go on trial for publishing a book of sacred hymns without permission in another province,…

Securing America and Frank J. Gaffney | Jul 04, 2025 Dede Laugesen, Save the Persecuted Christians & Matias Perttula, Director of Save Armenia Dede Laugesen and I interviewed Matias Perttula about some troubling developments in the long-suffering nation of Armenia. Internal challenges may open the doors to external threats to people that have been subjected…

By Frank Gaffney | RAV | June 29, 2025   Dede Laugesen, Save the Persecuted Christians and Lauren Homer, Esq., Law and Liberty Trust I spoke with Dede and Lauren about the Damascus church attack at Mar Elias and who may be behind it. We also talked about the resurgence of ISIS in Syria and…

Dr. Karen Sigemund, President The American Freedom Alliance Dr. Karen Sigemund and I spoke about the extraordinary and strategically epic attack by Israel on Iran, its nuclear weapons program, and its leadership with the very, very profound hope that this will translate into not only the end of the threat that that regime poses to…

SEE THE TRAILER HERE As the Catholic Church prepares to elect a new pope, a critical question looms: will he answer the prayers of millions in China by ending the Vatican’s secret agreement with the Chinese Communist Party? This urgent “instant documentary”—produced by filmmaker Frank X. Panico in collaboration with the Committee on the Present…

Hong Kong’s Cdl. Chow, a veritable agent of the Chinese Communist Party, helped elect the new Pope, and if the Sino-Vatican deal is not promptly repealed, he will surely not be the last. By Dede Laugesen | LifeSiteNews | Fri May 30, 2025 The conclave that elected the first American pope had another first that few have…

By ChinaAid | May 29, 2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Midland, Texas (May 29, 2025) — ChinaAid expresses deep concern over the ongoing secrecy and consequences of the 2018 Vatican-China agreement. Since its signing, religious persecution in China, particularly against Catholics, has escalated, not diminished. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continues to tighten its control over…

A JOINT CPDC/STPC WEBINAR Repeal the Deal: A New Pope Must Adopt a New, Pro-Freedom Policy towards the CCP Friday, May 16, 2025 1:00-2:15 pm ET <!– CLICK HERE TO REGISTER –> FULL TRANSCRIPT NOTE: This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may contain grammatical and spelling errors incurred during translation. Please…