• Persecution Watchdog Predicts 'Great Holocaust of Christians in Pakistan' Following Reversal of Ban on Death Penalty

  Pakistan recently ended the ban death penalty, which means that all of the people in Pakistani prisons who have been sentenced to death, many of them Christians falsely accused of blaspheming the Muslim prophet Muhammad, will be killed.

  

• Jordan’s King Abdullah ‘Outraged’ by Persecution of Christians, Says Christians, Muslims Can Peacefully Coexist

  Jordanian King Abdulla II has said he is "outraged" by the crimes committed against Christians by ISIS militants and emphasized that Christians and Muslims must live in peaceful coexistence to effectively defeat the jihadist group.

  

• Casting Crowns' Mark Hall 'In Great Spirits' Following Surgery To Remove Cancerous Kidney

  Mark Hall, frontman for the Christian worship band Casting Crowns, is doing well after undergoing surgery to remove a cancerous kidney, according to a recent Facebook update.

  

• 'Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson Asks for Prayers for Granddaughter Mia, Whose Jaw Will Be Broken for Cleft Palate Surgery

  "Duck Dynasty" patriarch Phil Robertson has asked fans to pray for his granddaughter, Mia, who will undergo surgery to repair a cleft lip and palate.

  

• 80 Traumatized Children Who Fled Boko Haram Can No Longer Speak, Remember Names

  About 80 children who were rescued from a Boko Haram camp in Cameroon were so traumatized by the experience they are unable to speak or remember their parents, their homes, or their names.