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.
Tags: Daughters, Mexico, Pastor Neftali Leiva, Widow, Wife
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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.
Tags: Asia, Heart, Pacific, Robert William Schambach. Donna Schambach, Tent
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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.
Tags: Apostolic, Gude, Indeppendent, Movement, Omar, Pastor, Perez
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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.
Tags: Catholics, Criminals, Fides, Macias Castro, Maria Elizabeth, Missionaries, Sister Angelina, Threats, Valsha John, Vatican
Posted in Africa, Americas, Brazil, Europe, Hungary, Mexico, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Paraquay, Vatican | No Comments »
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).
Tags: Commission, Frank Wolf, Freedom, Religious, USCIRF, Worldwide
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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.
Tags: Billy Graham, Evangelist, Grateful, Mission, Prayer, Thoughts
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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
Tags: Billy Graham, Concerns, Lungs, North Carolina, Organization, Pneumonia
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November 28, 2011
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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. Tags: Chaldeans, Immigration, Persecution, Refugees
Posted in Americas, Austria, Europe, Iraq, Middle East, United States of America | 1 Comment »
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.
Tags: Apostolic Movement, Cuban Christians, Omar Gude Perez, Pastor
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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.
Tags: Afghan, Churches, Schools, U.S. State Departmen
Posted in Afghanistan, Americas, Asia/Pacific, United States of America | 1 Comment »
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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. 
