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Suspected Drug Traffickers Kill Pastor In Guatemala

January 30, 2012

By BosNewsLife Americas Service

GUATEMALA CITY, GUATEMALA (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in Guatemala were mourning Monday, January 30, a pastor who was shot and killed by suspected drug traffickers on his way to a regional meeting of church leaders in a violent border area near Mexico.

 

US Evangelist Schambach Dies At 85

January 28, 2012

By BosNewsLife Americas Service

WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- Robert William Schambach, the legendary American evangelist who brought "countless thousands" to personal faith in Jesus Christ has died of heart failure, his organization and daughter said in comments monitored by BosNewsLife Saturday, January 28. He was 85.

Cuba Pastor Denied Visa To Leave Island For U.S.

January 19, 2012

By BosNewsLife Americas Service

HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- Cuban Pastor Omar Gude Perez, who was jailed on "trumped up charges" for leading a major network of independent churches, has so far been denied a visa to leave Cuba to seek asylum in the United States, a Christian rights group confirmed to BosNewsLife Thursday, January 19.

Dozens Of Catholic Missionaries Killed In 2011

January 16, 2012

By BosNewsLife News Center



VATICAN CITY/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)--  The Vatican's missionary news agency says more than two dozen priests, nuns and lay Catholics were killed worldwide in 2011, BosNewsLife monitored Monday, January 16.

NEWS ALERT: Activists “Deeply Concerned” Over Feared Closure Of U.S. Freedom Commission

December 9, 2011

By BosNewsLife Americas Service



WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- Rights activists say they are "deeply concerned" about plans to effectively close down the United States Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF).

 

Evangelist Billy Graham Released From Hospital

December 7, 2011

By BosNewsLife Americas Service



WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- Saying he was "grateful for the many thoughts and prayers" famous American evangelist Billy Graham has arrived home after being released from a North Carolina hospital following a bout with pneumonia.

BREAKING NEWS: Evangelist Billy Graham Hospitalized; Tested For Pneumonia

November 30, 2011

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife

ASHEVILLE, UNITED STATES (BosNewsLife)-- American evangelist Billy Graham was hospitalized Wednesday, November 30, near his home in the U.S. state of North Carolina for evaluation and treatment of his lungs amid concerns he may suffer pneumonia, his organization said

 

U.S. Denies Entry To “Thousands” Of “Persecuted” Iraqi Christians (UPDATE)

November 28, 2011
(ADDS MORE BACKGROUND, CHANGING LEAD)

By BosNewsLife Correspondents Joseph DeCaro and Stefan J. Bos

BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife)-- The immigration status of thousands of Christians fleeing bloodshed and persecution in Iraq remained uncertain Monday, November 28, due to new security measures in the United States following fresh terrorism concerns, aid workers said.

Cuba Urged To Let Church Leader, Family Leave Island

November 7, 2011

By BosNewsLife Americas Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos

HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- The leader of a major Cuban network of independent churches and his family have urged Cuba's government to let them leave the Communist-run island following years of harassment, including imprisonment, Christian rights activists told BosNewsLife Monday, November 7.


 

‘No Churches Left in Afghanistan,’ US Says

October 15, 2011

By Joseph DeCaro, Worthy News Correspondent

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- The U.S. State Department says there are no Christian churches left standing in Afghanistan after local courts backed the destruction of the last known church building in the troubled nation.