One in seven Christians worldwide suffers persecution: revealing data from a new professional report

Jan 18, 2026 19:45

this means that one in every seven Christians globally now faces serious discrimination, pressure, or violence because of their faith

Analysis Opinion•Young People

Beyond “No Religion”: Why Britain’s Young Adults Are Rethinking God, Gratitude, and Meaning

Gratitude itself proved to be a revealing lens. Asked who or what they felt grateful to, respondents most often cited nature, other people, and themselves. God ranked fourth overall, but among 18- to 34-year-olds it rose sharply

Jan 04, 2026 19:46

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Analysis Opinion•Local Church•Persecuted Christians

American missiles, persecuted Christians, and a country that cannot protect them: why did Trump bomb part of Nigeria?

The airstrikes, carried out in coordination with Abuja, targeted militant camps hidden in dense forest areas of Sokoto State, near the border with Niger

Dec 29, 2025 15:55

Elizabeth Owens

Analysis Opinion•Persecuted Christians

Nigeria: A decade of terror for Catholic priests

New data highlights scale of priest kidnappings amid Nigeria’s security crisis

Dec 23, 2025 15:36

Maria Lozano

Analysis Opinion•Local Church

Polonia: Sunday Mass Attendance Rises as Sacramental Life Continues to Thin

According to the 2024 edition of the Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae in Polonia, 29.6 percent of Polish Catholics eligible to attend Mass were present on an average Sunday last year

Dec 22, 2025 15:29

Joachin Meisner Hertz

Analysis Opinion

Two out of three Protestant pastors use AI to prepare sermons: these and other revelations from a new study

According to the 2025 State of AI in the Church Survey, produced by AiForChurchLeaders.com in collaboration with Exponential AI NEXT, nearly two-thirds of pastors report using artificial intelligence on a weekly or even daily basis

Dec 19, 2025 11:29

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Reflections of Pope Leo XIV on the art of Christian education

Address of the Pope to participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life

Pope Leo XIV Opens the Vatican Doors to the Only Orthodox Apostolate Accompanying Homosexual People to Live in Chastity

Members of Courage are men and women who experience same-sex attraction and who, inspired by the Gospel’s call to holiness and the Church’s beautiful teachings on the good and end of human sexuality, have freely chosen to live in chastity.

One in seven Christians worldwide suffers persecution: revealing data from a new professional report

The Philosophy and Theology Behind Stranger Things

China’s Fertility Crisis: Free Babies, Subsidized Embryos, and the Ghost of the One-Child Policy

Investigation: How the Holy See sought a final diplomatic solution for Maduro

Haunted Without God: Why Secular Americans Still Believe Something Lingers

U.S. Congressional Report Maps a Broadening Repression in China

The Ten Countries That Contributed the Most Pilgrims to the Jubilee and Other Surprising Interesting Data

Beyond “No Religion”: Why Britain’s Young Adults Are Rethinking God, Gratitude, and Meaning

American missiles, persecuted Christians, and a country that cannot protect them: why did Trump bomb part of Nigeria?

Nigeria: A decade of terror for Catholic priests

Polonia: Sunday Mass Attendance Rises as Sacramental Life Continues to Thin

Two out of three Protestant pastors use AI to prepare sermons: these and other revelations from a new study