French government security office confirms that Christians in the country are being targeted by Islamism

Nov 29, 2025 22:39

ZENIT Staff

France’s Directorate-General for Internal Security (DGSI)

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Muslim groups commit massacre of Christians in Congo: nearly 30 dead

Villagers had been preparing for an ordinary night. Instead, they awoke to gunfire, flames, and the frantic cries of neighbors. By dawn, at least 28 bodies had been recovered from Makuta and Django—two districts whose names now mark the latest chapter of a tragedy that has become routine in Congo’s eastern provinces

Nov 19, 2025 17:07

ZENIT Staff

Persecuted Christians

1 Catholic priest and 25 secondary school girls kidnapped in Nigeria

The Archdiocese of Kaduna, shaken but accustomed to issuing such statements, urged the country to unite in prayer for the safe return of all those abducted. But in Nigeria—a nation that has lived with kidnappings for ransom on a massive scale for more than a decade—prayer is only one element of a painfully familiar ritual

Nov 18, 2025 17:48

Elizabeth Owens

Analysis Opinion•Persecuted Christians•Religious Freedom

This is what the study says, which shows a growing wave of anti-Christian persecution in Europe

The Vienna-based observatory has documented 2,211 anti-Christian hate crimes committed in 2024, a figure assembled by triangulating police data, OSCE/ODIHR reports, and its own independent research to avoid duplications

Nov 17, 2025 17:36

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Persecuted Christians

A 500% Increase in Attacks Against Christians in India

Indian Christian leaders explain that violence against Christians has intensified since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power under Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014.

Nov 12, 2025 17:13

ZENIT Staff

Persecuted Christians

Mexico Is Confirmed in 2025 as One of the Most Dangerous Countries to Be a Priest

Mexico is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for pastoral work. Exercising the ministry or professing the faith increases the risk of losing one’s life. San ACN Report states that, during the six-year term of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, 10 priests were murdered, another 10 suffered attacks, and there were nearly 900 cases of extortion against members of the Catholic Church.

Nov 06, 2025 13:39

Rafael Manuel Tovar

The gunman who attempted to assassinate John Paul II tried to meet with Leo XIV in Turquí: what happened?

Agca arrived with the unmistakable intention of inserting himself into the story. Speaking to Turkish media, he expressed hope for a brief conversation with the pontiff—a few minutes, nothing more—while insisting that the papal presence in Iznik was “extraordinary.”

The homily with which Pope Leo XIV instilled hope in the Lebanese people

Homily of Pope Leo XIV at the concluding Mass of his pastoral visit to Lebanon

French government security office confirms that Christians in the country are being targeted by Islamism

Nigeria: President Tinubu declares state of emergency due to insecurity and orders recruitment of additional police officers and soldiers

Pope invites us to pray for Christian communities living in areas of war or conflict: here is the video

Empty Tabernacles and Closed Schools to Protest Kidnappings in Cameroon

The wave of persecution against Christians in Nigeria intensifies: girls kidnapped, parish attacked… this has happened

Nigeria: epicenter of a crisis of extermination against Christians. Another village massacred

This is what famous rapper Nicki Minaj said at the UN in support of persecuted Christians in Nigeria

Muslim groups commit massacre of Christians in Congo: nearly 30 dead

1 Catholic priest and 25 secondary school girls kidnapped in Nigeria

This is what the study says, which shows a growing wave of anti-Christian persecution in Europe

A 500% Increase in Attacks Against Christians in India

Mexico Is Confirmed in 2025 as One of the Most Dangerous Countries to Be a Priest