Trump 'Jesus' post sparks outrage
en staff
Date posted: 13 Apr 2026
US President Donald Trump is attracting a torrent of outrage after posting a picture in which he apparently likened himself to Christ.
The picture - shared on social media network Truth Social - appeared to show Trump, as Jesus, healing a man, while surrounded by military and national symbols.
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Pakistan: Pressured to drop charges
A Christian family is being pressurised by neighbouring Muslims to drop charges against their relative, who sodomised their six-year-old daughter. The girl had been in the Muslim family’s home for a tutoring lesson by the attacker’s sister, having received lessons there for several months, before he assaulted her.
Students had been left with the accused man, who is in his early 20s, when his sister went to do jobs around the house. The girl’s father revealed to Morning Star News that he then allowed the other students to leave the home before raping her in another room.
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Drawn to Jesus – but repelled by Trump
John Newton Webb
Date posted: 30 May 2026
In the space of ten days, three Japanese people have asked me about Donald Trump and Christianity.
A non-Christian academic, who said he is drawn to Christianity but that Christian nationalism keeps him from embracing it, a non-Christian lady who is attracted by the Christian faith but was worried that following Jesus would also mean supporting Trump, and a Christian who was troubled by Trump/Hegseth’s claim to be doing God’s will.
Franklin Graham says Pope should thank Trump
en staff
Date posted: 16 Apr 2026
Evangelist Franklin Graham says he hopes the Pope and Donald Trump will meet - and that the Pontiff should express his thanks to the President.
Writing on social media platform X, the son of the late Billy Graham said he was sharing "thoughts" having "received some questions about President Trump's recent posts".
Nigeria: Violence ongoing after strikes
Luke Randall
Date posted: 20 Feb 2026
Recent US airstrikes have “clearly had an impact” on the situation facing Christians in Nigeria, but religiously motivated violence continues, according to an Open Doors source.
Militant Islamist groups previously feared no punishment for their continual persecution of Christians across the nation’s northwest, but US intervention seems to have alerted them to stronger repercussions for their actions.
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Canada: Protesting pastor returned to jail
A pastor from Calgary, Canada has been arrested and accused of breaching the terms of his year-long house arrest after attending a protest ahead of his own court appeal. Derek Reimer had been charged with criminal harassment and breaching bail conditions following his participation at protests against drag storytime events at a library last year.
CBC News reports that Reimer was allowed to attend court hearings while serving his sentence, but is accused of exploiting this allowance by arriving at the court 90 minutes beforehand. His lawyer expressed concern that he has been “punished for going to court too early and saying the wrong thing”.
Iranian pastor: 'The people are not backing down'
Lydia Houghton
Date posted: 16 Jan 2026
Iranian evangelical pastor Pooyan Mehrshahi says the people of Iran are not backing down, despite thousands having been killed and tens of thousands reported to have been arrested amid the country's protests against the government.
In an update earlier this week, en shared statistics from the Human Rights Activist News Agency (HRANA) stating that 490 protesters and 48 security personnel had died in Iran in recent days, with 10,600 reported arrests.