Rumors in Hebei Blame Christians for Latest COVID-19 Spread

January 10, 2021 — 01/10/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – A Northern city in China of 11 million people has seen a spike in COVID-19 cases and went into lockdown on January 6. There...

Indonesian Terrorist Suspects Linked to Church Bombing Killed by the Police

January 8, 2021 — 01/08/2021 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – On January 6, two suspected Islamic militants with alleged links to Indonesian suicide bombers who attacked a southern Philippines church in 2019, were killed...

Extremist Group in Southern Philippines Target Church, Law Enforcement

January 5, 2021 — 01/05/2021 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – Last December, the Islamic State-linked Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), a terrorist group based in the southern Philippines, attacked a parish church after conducting...

Chinese Nuns Working in Vatican’s Hong Kong Mission Detained in Hebei

January 3, 2021 — 01/03/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – Two Chinese nuns working at Vatican’s unofficial diplomatic mission in Hong Kong were detained and put under house arrest after their return to China’s...

Vietnamese Catholic Activist Arrived in the U.S. for Asylum

November 26, 2020 — 11/26/2020 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) – A Vietnamese Catholic activist, who joined to protest the Nghe An police harassment of students organizing religious activities and was arrested, has arrived in...

Indonesian Bishops Condemn Killing of Catechist in Papua

November 8, 2020 — 11/08/2020 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – Last week, Catholic bishops in Indonesia met with government officials to express concern about the violence in Papua province after a Catholic catechist was...

Priests, Seminarians, Nuns in China’s Baoding Taken Away

November 6, 2020 — 11/06/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – An underground Catholic community in China’s Hebei province has been raided by the local authorities, with many taken away. According to Asia News, on...

Imprisoned Vietnamese Activist Banned from Reading Bible

October 13, 2020 — 10/13/2020 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) – Vietnamese activist and veteran Le Dinh Luong, who was arrested on July 24, 2017 for alleged subversion, while serving his 20-year sentence, has been...

Kidnapped Priest Tortured to Force Him to Join State-Sanctioned Church

September 28, 2020 — 09/28/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – A priest from the Diocese of Mindong who was kidnapped by the Chinese government, was tortured during his detention in an effort to solicit...

China’s Approved Churches Still Face Persecution

September 23, 2020 — 09/23/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) promised churches affiliated with the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association (CPCA) that if they follow certain provisions, they could peacefully...

Chinese Underground Priest Banned by the Government

September 10, 2020 — 09/10/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – A priest in China’s Jiangxi province who has refused to join the state-approved Catholic church in China, received a notice from the government on...

Thien An Monks Reject False Media Accusations

September 2, 2020 — 09/02/2020 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) – On August 17, a Vietnamese state-run Radio and Television Station aired a documentary, Some Monks at Thien An Monastery Appropriate Land and Distort the...

Monastery Fights Against Government-Sent Land Grabbers

August 15, 2020 — 08/15/2020 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) – Local authorities and land grabbers, backed by the Vietnamese government, have advanced their campaign to kick members of the Benedictine monastery off their land....

Monastery in Vietnam Attacked for Land Grab Campaign

July 15, 2020 — 07/15/2020 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) – A monastery in Vietnam’s Thua Thien Hue province was attacked by thugs backed by local authorities as part of a land grab campaign, according...

Underground Church in Jiangxi Faces Intensified Persecution

July 10, 2020 — 07/10/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – An underground church in China’s Jiangxi province has been threatened by the Chinese government to submit to its power and register under the Sino-China...

CCP Demands Church to Ban Minors in Order to Reopen

July 9, 2020 — 07/09/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – As the pandemic in China gradually fades out from people’s attention, and the country is seeking to bring everything back to normal, the Chinese...