10 Years On: Recognition of ISIS Genocide Must Lead to Renewed Action to Protect Religious Minorities

Feb 08, 2026 23:19

ISIS carried out a coordinated campaign of mass executions, sexual enslavement, forced displacement, and the systematic destruction of religious and cultural heritage Photo: ADF International

Persecuted Christians

New Mass Kidnapping of Christians in Nigeria

The region, considered strategic because it is located in a transition zone between the predominantly Muslim north and the predominantly Christian south, has frequently been targeted by criminal group and armed militias, which operate by taking advantage of the weak State presence in rural areas.

Jan 21, 2026 17:38

ZENIT Staff

Persecuted Christians•Religious Freedom

New arrests of house church members in China

On Tuesday, the authorities began cracking down on the leaders of Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, an underground Evangelical community founded by Rev Wang Yi, who has been in prison since 2018. In October, the Zion Church suffered the same fate.

Jan 19, 2026 17:10

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land•Justice and Peace•Persecuted Christians•Religious Freedom

Between Drones, Settlers and Classrooms: How Violence and Administrative Israeli Pressure Are Reshaping Palestinian Life

The issue is further complicated by a draft law under consideration in the Knesset that would ban the employment of teachers who studied in Palestinian territories

Jan 18, 2026 19:52

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Persecuted Christians

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

Behind North Korea, a pattern becomes clear. Three of the top five countries—Somalia, Yemen, and Sudan—are states with strong Islamic social frameworks combined with political instability and active extremist movements

Jan 18, 2026 19:45

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Sacred Spaces Under Strain: A Wave of Attacks Jolts Catholic Parishes on NY

Speaking on January 13, Senator Scarcella-Spanton said she has been in direct contact with both parish leaders and the local police precinct regarding the attacks, all of which occurred within her district

Jan 15, 2026 17:09

Tim Daniels

Peruvian government announces Pope’s trip; Vatican officially announces he will not visit the United States

On February 8, the Holy See confirmed that Leo XIV, the first American-born pope, has no plans to travel to the United States during the coming year, despite the symbolic coincidence of the country’s semiquincentennial

Joy, the taste of life, and how to rekindle it: a simple meditation by Pope Leo XIV

Address on the occasion of the Angelus prayer on Sunday, February 8, 2026

10 Years On: Recognition of ISIS Genocide Must Lead to Renewed Action to Protect Religious Minorities

Ethiopia: Catholic compound trashed and looted by clashing ethnic tribes

Convent, Catholic Hospital, and two Protestant Churches attacked in North-Central Nigeria

Significant drop in arrests of priests in 2025 but deaths increase

After one month of Nicolás Maduro’s imprisonment, the Venezuelan government restores Cardinal Porras’ passport

Jewish settlers attack Christian family in the West Bank, and the Israeli army arrests… the Christians!

Nicaraguan regime bans urban and rural “door-to-door” missions in the country’s dioceses

New Mass Kidnapping of Christians in Nigeria

New arrests of house church members in China

Between Drones, Settlers and Classrooms: How Violence and Administrative Israeli Pressure Are Reshaping Palestinian Life

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

Sacred Spaces Under Strain: A Wave of Attacks Jolts Catholic Parishes on NY