Traditional Congregation Accused of “Brain Washing”: Superior Faces Prison

Jul 18, 2024 06:38

Covadonga Asturias

The Missionary Family of Notre Dame (MFND)

The incident occurred late June 2024 at the Church of the Holy Family

Mikah Suleiman was released on Sunday night, July 7

the attacks, apparently launched by the Israeli army against the Holy Family School in Gaza

Bishop Samson Shukardin, President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Pakistan

The faith of the Christian community in Muslim-majority Mocímboa da Praia remains strong despite no priests or religious being left in the town

Holy Land•Persecuted Christians

Israel also against Christians: pressure to take away temples under the pretext of taxes?

«These efforts represent a coordinated attack on the Christian presence in the Holy Land,» wrote the religious leaders, emphasizing that the global Christian community is closely monitoring developments in Israel.

Jun 25, 2024 17:24

Elizabeth Owens

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Congo: Bishop calls on authorities to stop killings of Christians by Muslims

The terrorist group known as Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) – which is affiliated with Daesh (ISIS) – carried out the killings in villages in North Kivu Province in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between 4th and 8th June.

Jun 25, 2024 16:51

ZENIT Staff

Persecuted Christians•Religious Freedom

Pakistan: Muslims lynch and burn holidaymaker, wife dies in shock

The man was holidaying in the Swat Valley. Police arrested him on charges of burning pages of the Qur’ān, but a mob stormed the station and killed him. Activist accuses Pakistan of being «a barbarian state» while the authorities remain silent. For Naveed Walter, “No one is safe now.” In another case, the wife of Nazir Masih, another lynch mob victim, died from the traumatic experience. In Sialkot, a Christian man is on the run.

Jun 24, 2024 17:34

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Revealing Report Highlights Growing Marginalization of Christians in the United Kingdom

Many of those surveyed mentioned that Muslims receive more sensitive treatment, and any criticism of them is perceived almost as racism.

Jun 20, 2024 13:53

ZENIT Staff

Persecuted Christians

Pakistani human rights body calls for “swift and impartial justice” following mob killing of Christian man

The report also called for the implementation of security measures to provide protection for the Christian community and prevent false blasphemy charges being filed against them in future.

Jun 16, 2024 18:32

ZENIT Staff

Buenos Aires, Argentina’s capital, will lose the title of the country’s Primate Archdiocese

By Pope Francis’ Decision, Buenos Aires Is No Longer the Primate Diocese of Argentina

A Primate Diocese is a diocese that has a preeminent position or leadership in the Catholic Church in a region or country.

Pope Francis delivered the traditional weekly address before the Marian prayer of the Angelus

What do the Gospel, rest and compassion have to do with each other? Pope Francis explains and warns against «dictatorship of doing»

Allocution on the occasion of the recitation of the Angelus on Sunday, July 21, 2024

L	M	X	J	V	S	D
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

Traditional Congregation Accused of “Brain Washing”: Superior Faces Prison

Nigeria: government inaction in the face of ongoing killings of Christians by Muslims

Vandal Decapitates Statue of Infant Jesus at New York Parish

Nigeria: Catholic priest freed after two weeks in captivity

Israel targets Catholic Church school in Gaza

Pakistan: Desperate plea for Catholic man condemned to death by Muslims

Muslims destroyed their church, but Catholics still go there on Sundays

Israel also against Christians: pressure to take away temples under the pretext of taxes?

Congo: Bishop calls on authorities to stop killings of Christians by Muslims

Pakistan: Muslims lynch and burn holidaymaker, wife dies in shock

Revealing Report Highlights Growing Marginalization of Christians in the United Kingdom

Pakistani human rights body calls for “swift and impartial justice” following mob killing of Christian man