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Pope Leo XIV granted a special audience in St. Peter's Square to participants in the Jubilee of Workers for Justice Photo: Vatican Media

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Nigeria: Report shows that 100 churches are attacked every month and 32 Christians are killed every day in the country

The destruction is not the only marker of persecution. According to Intersociety’s August report, more than 7,000 Christians were killed across Nigeria in the first 220 days of 2025 alone — an average of thirty-two a day. Since the violence erupted in 2009, the death toll has climbed to 185,000, including some 125,000 Christians and 60,000 Muslims accused of being “liberal” or insufficiently radical

Local Church•Religious Freedom

Beijing sets online rules for clergy: no sermons, no rituals, no educational activities

The Department of Religious Affairs has issued a new Internet code of conduct for priests and ministers of other faiths, who “must not engage in online activities as such”. The crackdown on educational initiatives for children has also been extended to the web with a ban on organising online religious training. Fundraisers to support places of worship or activities are out. Only the websites of authorised religious denominations are allowed.