• Priest to Be Crucified By ISIS on Good Friday Still Not Accounted For, Says Indian Government

  Although Cardinal Christoph Schonborn of Vienna confirmed on Monday that Indian Catholic priest, Father Thomas Uzhunnali, was crucified by Islamic State radicals on Good Friday in Yemen, Indian government officials on Monday (March 28) stated they had no information of his whereabouts. Uzhunnali was taken hostage from a retirement home in Aden during an attack by on March 4. It has been assumed since that time he was being held hostage.

  

• Muslim Shopkeeper Sharing Easter ‘My Beloved Christians' Post Murdered by Fellow Muslim

  Hundreds of people paid their respects to a Scottish Muslim shopkeeper in a vigil Friday evening after he was brutally murdered Thursday night in an attack outside of his shop that police stated occurred after the shop owner posted a message on Facebook professing love for Christians and for Jesus and wishing them a happy Easter.

  

• Easter Mercy Embraced: Pastor Couple Resurrect Lives After Car Crash Claimed Young Sons

  This year was the first Easter Gentry and Hadley Eddings had to face without their 2-year-old son, Dobbs. They also lost their newborn son, Reed, to the same tractor trailer/car crash that took Dobbs' life on May 23 last year, however they've embraced the promise of Easter as they work to resurrect their lives. Following Jesus' example, the couple has forgiven the 28-year-old truck driver who caused the wreck, and found peace in their certainty they will see their sons again in heaven.

  

• Crucifixion Death Like Jesus Experienced is 'Medical Catastrophe,' Says Physician

  Crucifixion, a method of slow and painful fatal execution in which a victim is tied or nailed to a large wooden beam and left to hang for several days until eventual death from exhaustion and asphyxiation, was thought to be invented by the Persians in 300 B.C., and perfected by the Romans in 100 BC. Millions of Christians this Easter weekend will be thinking about the pain to Jesus Christ from dying on the Cross.

  

• Cuban Christians Get Million Bibles from Canadian Bible Society, Replacing Scripture Scraps

  Canadians make up the majority of foreign visitors to Cuba, and have been cheering for church congregants who are flourishing under difficult conditions on the Caribbean isle. One group decided to do more than just cheer for their fellow Christians. Canadian Bible Society (CBS) representatives plan to provide the Cuban Church, and Cuban Christians, with a million bibles in the next 18 months.