News January 2010

• Bishop Jean Zache Duracin Says Thank you to Aid Workers, Invites the World Community to Partner in Rebuilding His Nation
  
  
  
• Professor Salamat Akhtar requested to Chief Justice of Pakistan on Shazia case
  
  
  
• 'Life for All' announced to support Skeikh Rasheed Ahmed for the election of NA-55 Rawalpindi
  
  
• Lithuanian Priest and Free Market Advocate to Receive Acton Institute's 2010 Novak Award
  
  
  
• African bishop held for ransom
  
  
• Bishop Christodoulos: Closer and closer... does Great Lent approach
  
  
• Latest Update: Shazia murder case, Chaudhry Naeem's remand extended till February 3, 2010
  
  
• 'The Bible in the Life of the Church' project launched by the Anglican Communion
  
  
• Special prayer request for Shazia - CLAAS
  
  
• 12-year-old is latest victim of Muslim cruelty - CLAAS
  
  
• New Archbishop of Mosul calls persecuted Iraqi Christians to hope
  
  
• Archbishop Chaput addresses the reality of Satan
  
  
• Gospel must be shared with technology and personal witness, says Archbishop Chaput
  
  
• Russia - Muslims raided, more Jehovah's Witness literature banned
  
  
• Vitality of the Pontifical Academies
  
  
• Christian's House was Burnt in Gujranwala on 26 January by Three Muslim Brothers
  
  
• Indian Church torched by unknown miscreants
  
  
• Ministry Grows in Bangladesh, Needs Still Persist
  
  
• Special Issue of Postage Stamps in Favour of Haiti
  
  
• Pope Remembers the Victims of the Holocaust
  
  
• Francis of Assisi, a Giant of Sanctity
  
  
• Christians, Muslims, Jews Worship at Evangelical Megachurch
  
  
• Presbyterians Provide Assistance for Medical Services in Haiti
  
  
• International Catholic Charity says Haitian communities must be 'at center' of long-term recovery
  
  
• Israeli families offer to adopt Haitian orphans
  
  
• The Pakistani Christians vehemently condemn the double role of Punjab Govt and Punjab police - Professor Salamat Akhtar
  
  
  
• Communique from Pontifical Council for Christian Unity
  
  
• Pontifical Academies: Open to New Knowledge
  
  
• Commitment to Christian Unity Is a Task for Everyone
  
  
• While the Nation Remembers Roe v. Wade, a New Book is Hot Off the Electronic Press
  
  
• WCC Calls for Hauti's Foreign Debt to be Cancelled
  
  
• Catholic Church Will Always Stand Alongside Haitians - Pope Benedict XVI
  
  
• The Priest and Pastoral Ministry in a Digital World
  
  
• Message to New Patriarch of Serbian Orthodox Church
  
  
• 13 years old Shazia Bashir was laid to rest today
  
  
• Rev. Peterson Calls on Michael Steele to Resign
  
  
• Haiti: Reconstruction must be based on justice - WCC
  
  
• Strong condemnation of the murder of Shazia; Enforcement of Child Labors laws demanded: NCJP
  
  
• Archdiocese of Hanoi condemns savage beating of Redemptorist brother
  
  
• WCC congratulates newly elected Serbian Orthodox Patriarch Irinej
  
  
• Pope Presides Meeting of Heads of Dicastery of Roman Curia
  
  
• Pope Benedict XVI Confirms His Confidence in Cardinal Bertone
  
  
• Haiti Relief 'Compassion Window' Still Open But for How Long?
  
  
• Missionary Organization Says Networking Key to Haiti Relief Efforts
  
  
• Silent No More Co-Founder Georgette Forney and Priests for Life National Director Fr. Frank Pavone to Speak at Walk for Life Saturday in San Francisco
  
  
• 1st International Conference of English Speaking Clergy Meet in Rome; Back Pope & New Missal
  
  
• Cardinal asks Bolivians to 'tone down' carnival celebrations following Haitian earthquake
  
  
• First Female Under Secretary of Justice and Peace Council
  
  
• Mass for 25th Anniversary Pontifical Healthcare Council
  
  
• Blessing of the Lambs for the Feast of St. Agnes
  
  
• Now the believers can see miracles of Lord in Peshawar - Fr. James Shamaun
  
  
  
• NCJP is not serious on common Christian's demand to repeal Pakistan's blasphemy law - Dr Nazir S Bhatt
  
  
• Blasphemy victims struggle in hiding - CLAAS
  
  
• Gojra accused is granted bail - CLAAS
  
  
• Muslim extremists target mentally ill Christian - CLAAS
  
  
• 'Helping' the People of Haiti
  
  
• Dr. Alveda King to Planned Parenthood: Stop Lying About Martin Luther King, Jr.
  
  
• Christians Gunned Down After Christmas Service in Egypt - White House Prayer Vigil January 21 Followed by a Peaceful Rally
  
  
• Michael Youssef Shares Biblical Perspective on Natural Disaster in Haiti
  
  
• 16th Annual National Clergy Conference for the Preborn and Their Mothers and Fathers to be Held This Friday Morning
  
  
• From the Heights to the Battery-The 1st Annual Pilgrimage of New York City
  
  
• Top 10 Chinese Christian Persecution Cases of 2009 Report
  
  
• Is Martyrdom Only for Other People in Other Countries
  
  
• Second American Revolution Begins Once Again in Massachusetts
  
  
• Lutheran World Relief Health Kits, Layettes Enroute to Haiti; More Quilts and Kits Needed
  
  
• Heartbeat International Provides Capitol Hill Opportunity for Women Grateful for Pregnancy Support
  
  
• Pakistan Christian Congress - Lahore council paid tribute to Martin Luther King
  
  
• Conclusion of Ninth Meeting of Holy See-Israel Commission
  
  
• Continue to Pray for the Unity of All Christians
  
  
• Benedict XVI to Preside at Vespers in St. Paul's Basilica
  
  
• Draft Guidelines for October's Middle East Synod
  
  
• Organization Positioned to Assist Media Covering Haiti Disaster
  
  
• Dr. Alveda King on King Day: The Dream Includes Us All, Born and Unborn
  
  
• Beatification ceremony of brave Spanish martyr announced
  
  
• Caritas relief teams arrive in Haiti, say situation is 'very bad'
  
  
• U.S. bishops urge Obama to grant Temporary Protected Status to Haiti
  
  
• Chief Rabbi of Rome defends Pope's visit to synagogue
  
  
• Pope entrusts victims of Haitian tragedy to Virgin Mary
  
  
• Acts of the Oriental Churches
  
  
• Jews and Christians, Co-operate to Face Challenges
  
  
• Angelus: Migrants, Dialogue with Jews, Christian Unity
  
  
• ABC, CBF plan multi-pronged responses to Haitian earthquake
  
  
• Congregation for the Faith, Priority to Christian Unity
  
  
• Archbishop of Canterbury's message of support for the victims of the earthquake in Haiti
  
  
• Radio Lumiere, Churches to be Assessed for Damage in Haiti
  
  
• NCC condemns violence against Christian churches in Malaysia
  
  
• National Council of Churches leaders condemn attacks on Christians in Egypt
  
  
• Co-ordination of Church's Efforts for Haiti Earthquake
  
  
• Government urged to address abuse of religion through Constitutional and Legal Reforms: NCJP
  
  
• Chinese Official Says Gao Zhisheng 'Went Missing' Act Now to Help Gao's Family Learn the Truth!
  
  
• Is 70 million too many? Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali
  
  
• Visiting Evangelicals Silent on China's Persecuted House Churches
  
  
• Kinnamon: Devastation in Haiti calls for 'unprecedented' response
  
  
• Creflo Dollar Ministries Supports Samaritan's Purse to Provide Funding for Haiti
  
  
• Adventures in Missions Sends Help to Haiti Earthquake Victims
  
  
• Concerned Women for America (CWA) Expands Leadership Team: Names Penny Young Nance as CEO
  
  
• Pontifical Mission Societies Establishes Haitian Solidarity Fund
  
  
• Billy Graham Rapid Response Team Deploys in Response to Massive Devastation in Haiti
  
  
• Study says larger churches hit harder by economy
  
  
• Baptists prep for immediate, long-term responses to Haiti quake
  
  
• Catholic Families for America Endorses Scott Brown for Massachusetts Senate Seat
  
  
• New Directions International Responding to Earthquake in Haiti
  
  
• Pastors Commit Sanctity of Life Sunday to Petitioning for Preborn Lives
  
  
• Water Missions International Prepares to Help Haitians in Need
  
  
• ECFA Creates Special 'ServantMatch(tm)' Link to Connect Donors to Ministries Involved in Haiti Disaster Relief
  
  
• 20th Annual Worldwide Weekend of Prayer for the Addicted
  
  
• Haiti Stuck by Earthquake; Mission Organization Prepares to Help
  
  
• Haitian Orphanage Rides Out Massive Earthquake and Aftershocks
  
  
• Cardinal Bertone urges respect for Christians in Egypt
  
  
• St. Anthony chapel in India being rebuilt after extremist attacks
  
  
• Religious freedom does not exist in Egypt, says Coptic lawyer
  
  
• Malaysia: WCC expresses solidarity after attacks on churches
  
  
• Mendicant Orders: Profound Ecclesial Renewal
  
  
• Papal Appeal Following Earthquake in Haiti
  
  
• Liberalism Killing French Catholic Church: Traditionalists Taking Over
  
  
• More attacks on churches in Malaysia 'Allah' conflict
  
  
• Pope addresses Israeli and Palestinian impasse
  
  
• Cartel violence starts a bloody 2010 in Mexico
  
  
• Churches mobilize support for Haiti quake victims
  
  
• Bishop Michael Nazir Ali calls for religious freedom in Eritrea, Petition to be handed in on Jan 15
  
  
• 2010 New York Encounter: A Two-Day Cultural Festival in Times Square
  
  
• Catholic Families for America Begins Nationwide Pro-Family Voter Rallies for 2010 Elections; First Stop Set for Wichita, Kansas, on January 19th
  
  
• JOY (Jesus Owns You) Koinonia Pakistan hoping for more blessings in 2010
  
  
  
• Rally in Protest to Attempted Assassination of Coptic Bishop and Christmas Day Massacre of Coptic Christians in Egypt
  
  
• Scholar: Bush faith-based push failed to boost churches' social-service role
  
  
• Watchdogs: Persecution of Christians in N. Korea likely to worsen in 2010
  
  
• Churches Around the Country to Host Seminars to Reduce Crime and Prepare for Emergencies
  
  
• Church Leaders' Training Needs Revealed in Top 10 Resources
  
  
• Without Walls International Church and Pastor Paula White Welcome Bishop T.D. Jakes and Prophet Kim Clement Back to Tampa for the Start of an Explosive Month of Guests at WWIC
  
  
• Caritas Pakistan Lahore arranged Career Guidance Seminar in Tariq Abad, Sangla Hill
  
  
  
• Violence Must Never Be Used to Resolve Differences - Pope
  
  
• Rediscovering and Bearing Witness to the Gift of Faith - Pope Benedict XVI
  
  
• Meeting of Permanent Working Commission Holy See - Israel
  
  
• Twenty Ugandan priests form breakaway sect of married clerics
  
  
• Vietnam archdiocese condemns crucifix attack as 'sacrilege'
  
  
• 30 Chinese House Church Alliance Leaders Detained, Facing Administrative Detention
  
  
• Korla Police and Farm Leaders Burn Bibles and Persecute Elderly Christians
  
  
• Fourth Malaysian Church Attacked
  
  
• Holy See hoping for greater religious freedom in Turkey
  
  
• Egyptian Police Arrest Suspects in Drive-By Church Shooting
  
  
• 3 Malaysian Churches Attacked as Protests Rage Over 'Allah' Ruling
  
  
• PCC- Lahore Council congratulates Inderias Dominic Bhatti on successful video for 'Democracy Video Challenge'
  
  
• Court Hearing to Decide Personhood Initiative Fate Held Today in Carson City
  
  
• Rutland Banned from Abortions but Retains License for Now
  
  
• 30,000 expected for sixth Walk for Life West Coast
  
  
• Youth pray before WYD cross for victims of terrorism in Madrid
  
  
• Pope Urges Full Religious Freedom in Turkey
  
  
• Despite persecution, churches are being planted
  
  
• Eight Coptic Christians in Egypt Shot Dead As They Left Christmas Mass
  
  
• Yemen: Abducted Christians Alive
  
  
• Human Personhood Leaders and Activists to Gather in Washington for Strategic Conference
  
  
• Breedlove Challenges Restrictions on the Production of Life-Saving Humanitarian Food Aid
  
  
• Abortionist Faces Revocation in Wake of Abortion Death
  
  
• Church in Ireland facing one of its 'most challenging' moments, says cardinal
  
  
• Cardinal Vlk warns of 'Islamization' of Europe, calls for return to Christianity
  
  
• Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan today warned the groups planning to stage protest rallies against the use of the word 'Allah'
  
  
• CBF Launches Audio Bible Listening Campaign
  
  
• Smallest Nation Gets Help in Fighting AIDS
  
  
• Christ-Centered Prison Reform Project Contract Signed and Backed by Dominican Republic Government Delivers Hope
  
  
• Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2010 - WCC
  
  
• Report tallies more than 1,200 crimes involving U.S. churches in 2009
  
  
• Malaysian Bishop Laments 'Allah' Ban Says Church Holds Firm on Minority Rights
  
  
• Pope Sends Condolences for 2 Cardinals, Funerals Held for Retired Archbishops of Tokyo, Armagh
  
  
• A fading symbol
  
  
• BCWI Announces 2010 Best Christian Workplaces in the US and Canada
  
  
• N. Korea Top Persecutor of Christians for Eighth Straight Time
  
  
• Nik Aziz: Non-Muslims can use 'Allah'
  
  
• Car Bomb Explodes Near Iraqi Church; Dozen People Injured
  
  
• Bible Animators Training Sessions in Karachi
  
  
• Two Catholic parish priests banned from religious activity
  
  
• More Than Two Million People Attend Papal Events in 2009
  
  
• ChinaAid challenges 'misleading' report
  
  
• Blessed are the Persecuted: Where persecution is real, it's intense
  
  
• Malaysian protesters and hackers target Catholic newspaper after 'Allah' ruling
  
  
• Persecution Attacks From January to December 2009 in India
  
  
• Rejected by Community but Loved by God
  
  
• Protestors block church service
  
  
• Deaf Bible translation picking up steam
  
  
• Daughter of Baha'i minister fled Iran, found new hope in America
  
  
• Livestock Animal Competition Fair in Tariqabad, Sangla Hill by Livelihood Program Caritas Pakistan Lahore
  
  
• Gospel artist Calvin Hunt passes away
  
  
• Commitment to Building a World More Worthy of Mankind
  
  
• Papal Condolences for Death of Cardinal Daly
  
  
• Christian Security Network Releases 2009 Crime Report Against Christian Organizations in the United States
  
  
• Top 10 Anti-Christian Acts of 2009, a CADC Report
  
  
• Irish Atheists Challenge Nation's New Blasphemy Law
  
  
• New Year's Eve in Sydney
  
  
• Christians have been crushed and crippled in Pakistan, Prof. Salamat claimed in Pasdar-e-Pakistan program
  
  
  
• Education fundamental to environmental protection and peace says Holy Father
  
  
• Thousands commit to missions at Urbana 09
  
  
• Senior Pastor abducted by Local Hindu Radicals in Andhra Pradesh
  
  
• India Church Backs Investigation into Catholic School Over Girl's Suicide
  
  
• Pope Calls for Respect, Peace at Start of 2010
  
  
• After Two Years, Full Horror of Orissa Attacks Emerging; Christians Still Under Siege
  
  
• She'd Rather Have Jesus
  
  
• Death Threats Await Christians in West Bengal
  
  
• New Vice Chairman of National Commission for Minorities Dr. H.T Sangliana has asked the Indian Christian community to keep him informed of acts of violence
  
  
• Caritas Pakistan Lahore - Update for Dec. 2009