Dutch Priest Among Four Injured in St. Lidwina Church Attack

February 13, 2018 — ICC Note: An 81-year-old Dutch priest was among the victims of a sword attack at St. Lidwina Church, Yogyakarta on February 11. A radicalized college student went on a rampage...

Church Leaders in Sudan Were Fined For Defending Church Property

February 7, 2018 — ICC Note Seven Church leaders in Sudan have been fined for defending a Churches school property from Muslim businesses who are illegally trying to take over the land. The leaders...

Church Evicts Mugabe Family from Land Illegal Stolen in 2015

January 29, 2018 — ICC Note The Church in Zimbabwe has evicted the Mugabe family from land that they claim was illegally confiscated in 2015. The land in question is 23 acres and has...

Bishop returns to his damaged Cathedral for the first time since Marawi siege

January 14, 2018 — ICC Note: Bishop Edwin de la Peña returned to his cathedral in Marawi city for the first time since May 23, 2017, when IS-linked militants attacked and burned his church...

China: Christian faced lengthy questioning for attending Christmas Eve celebrations

January 8, 2018 — ICC Note: Lou Yuanqi, a Christian in China’s northwestern Xinjiang was questioned by police for 10 hours on Christmas day last year, after neighbors of the church reported them for...

Petrol Bombs were thrown at church and temple in Kota Baru, Malaysia

January 8, 2018 — ICC Note: A Methodist church and Hindu temple in Kota Baru were damaged on 1/7 in what police believe was an act of vandalism. The suspect(s) allegedly threw the objects...

Catholics in China Protest demolition of their church

January 6, 2018 — ICC Note: Chinese authorities demolished the only Catholic church in the village of Zhifang, in Shaanxi province after Christmas last year, claiming the building "illegally occupied" the ground. Cross was...

Catholics in Northern Vietnam Protest Officials’ Interference in their parish

January 5, 2018 — ICC Note: Catholic leaders in Vietnam’s north-central province are protesting authorities’ interference in their parish, accusing local officials of wanting to remove their priest due to land ownership dispute at...

Three bystanders injured by ‘water bomb’, firecrackers outside Malaysia church

January 2, 2018 — ICC Note: As church-goers were finishing a New Year’s Eve service in Selangor, Malaysia, two groups of eight motorcyclists facing off in front of the church threw firecrackers and ‘water...

Sixteen Christians Killed by Gang Violence in Southern Nigeria

January 2, 2018 — ICC Note Sixteen Christians were killed in Southern Nigeria while they were leaving a New Year’s Eve Church service. The reason for the killing is yet unknown as are the...

Teen sisters beaten, tied up by family for following Jesus

January 1, 2018 — ICC Note: According to OpenDoors, two teenage sisters in Laos who converted from animism to Christianity have experienced persecution after they decided to believe in Jesus— they were beaten and...

Cathedral in Cambodia returned to Catholic Community

January 1, 2018 — ICC Note: The Cathedral built by the French during colonial times in the southern province of Kampot, Cambodia has been returned to local Catholic community by the country’s Environment Ministry....

Chinese government forcibly demolished Catholic church in Xi’an

December 29, 2017 — ICC Note: Right after Christmas, the Chinese government has forcibly demolished the only Catholic church in Zhifang, a village near Xi’an in Shaanxi province without giving any reason. The church...

Government backed ‘Red Flag’ Mob attacked Vietnam parishioners

December 20, 2017 — ICC Note: Catholics in Nghe An province, Vietnam have experienced harassment yet again from communist supporters. Just last week, Dong Kieu Catholic church in the area was asked by local...

Vietnam: Catholic church asked to remove Nativity scene

December 18, 2017 — ICC Note: Local officials in northern Vietnam has asked a Catholic church in the area, Dong Kieu church, to remove a nativity scene in their parish. While authorities claim that...

Indonesia detains 18 to ramp up security ahead of Christmas season

December 16, 2017 — ICC Note: In an attempt to prevent possible terrorist attacks during Christmas season, the Indonesian police has arrested 18 people and put them in detention. These suspects are mostly linked...