• Italy Gov't to Appeal Ruling on Classroom Crucifixes

  The Italian government will appeal a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights, which decided this past week that hanging of crucifixes school classrooms violates religious and education freedoms.

• 'Green Patriarch' Meets with Obama to Discuss Climate Change

  The spiritual leader of the world's 300 million Orthodox Christians met with President Obama on Tuesday and raised the issue of climate change, following up on a conversation they had engaged in during the president’s visit to Turkey.

  

• Clashes Erupt After Murder of Christian Man in Egypt

  Clashes broke out in a southern Egyptian village Saturday after Muslim youth began throwing stones at Coptic Christian churches and homes in the area in response to the extended detention four Muslim murder suspects.

  

• Christian Groups Draw Attention to Typhoon-Hit Areas in Cambodia, Vietnam

  While much of the attention following Typhoon Ketsana’s landfall has been upon the Philippines, where the death toll is nearly 900 and still climbing, a network of Christian groups is drawing attention to Cambodia and Vietnam, where the typhoon had also wrought havoc.

• Faith Groups 'Stand Up' with Millions Worldwide Against Poverty

  Congregations and faith communities around the United States are taking this Sunday to focus on the principles of Jubilee – a time when those enslaved because of debts are freed, lands lost because of debt are returned, and community is restored.