The following video is from our friends at The Voice of the Martyrs Canada. Please take some time to watch this 12 minute video and pray for our brothers and sisters in Nigeria. As you know, Boko Haram, has been slaughtering Christians for quite some time and often we forget about the younger victims, who often lose their parents.

Egypt (MNN) ? Egypt has a new Coptic pope to help guide Christians through increasingly perilous times.

USA (MNN) ? Politics have an impact on religious freedom around the world, like it or not. At this election time in the USA, Mission Network News looks at how the presidential election will impact not just religious freedom, but also outreach and evangelism.

Possible good news comes with the election of a new pope for the Coptic Church. Watch CBN's news coverage and pray for the persecuted Christians in Egypt.

Earlier today, Todd Nettleton, who is the Director of Media Development for The Voice of the Martyrs, joined Moody Radio broadcaster, Chris Fabry, about this years International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church and his recent trip to Nepal.

When the boy in the hotel finally spotted the visiting “businessman,” he ran to him and grabbed his hand. The startled visitor tried to pull away but soon realized that the boy was making the sign of the cross on his palm silently with his finger. The man, a missionary who had prayed to make contact with the church, looked down into the face of the rail-thin boy and immediately understood the message: “The church is alive in North Korea!”

Within two days of inter-faith peace effort, suspected Islamic extremist attacks.

In this weeks persecution podcast Todd and Dory share prayer updates for the countries of Indonesia, Iran, Tanzania, and Colombia.