Israel continues to attack Christians and seize land from Palestinians now in the West Bank

Sep 05, 2024 18:07

ZENIT Staff

On August 28, Israel launched a large-scale military offensive across several West Bank cities Photo: BBC

Mrs Kausar and her disabled husband were acquitted and released in 2021 after more than seven years’ imprisonment

Victims of the massacre on Friday (24th August) included women, children and elderly people.

the new settlement will total about 60 hectares (148 acres) and received preliminary approval along with four others in June

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Nigeria: Christians brace for more attacks after new killing

Father Ihyula told ACN that the goal of the militant herdsmen is to “suffocate people through hunger”, making it difficult for them to collect their food products – so “when it is time to harvest, beginning in August, September and through December, more attacks are coming”.

Aug 12, 2024 17:30

Amy Balog

Good News•Local Church•Persecuted Christians•Religious Freedom

Preserving Christianity in Iraq 10 years after Daesh invasion

More than 120,000 Christians sought refuge in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region after Daesh conquered Qaraqosh and other ancient Christian settlements in the Nineveh Plains on 6th August 2014.

Aug 08, 2024 18:13

Amy Balog

Persecuted Christians

Pakistan: young Christian widow beaten in the countryside by Muslims after accusing her of blasphemy

Saima Farhad Gill, a widow, living in a village, near Gojra, in the Punjab, was saved by police and placed in custody after being charged under Pakistan’s notorious blasphemy laws.

Aug 08, 2024 18:10

John Pontifex

Persecuted Christians•Vatican City

One week after Paris 2024 opening ceremony, Vatican issues communiqué

Vatican Denounces Olympic Opening Ceremony’s Mockery of Jesus

Aug 03, 2024 19:37

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land•Persecuted Christians

Attacks on Christians increasing in Israel

The findings are part of a report by the Jerusalem-based Rossing Center, called Attacks on Christians in Israel and East Jerusalem, which examined the increase in hostilities towards Churches and their members in 2023.

Aug 01, 2024 17:53

John Newton

Dates and Locations Announced for Mass Events with Pope Leo XIV in Spain

Pope Leo XIV will celebrate a great Prayer Vigil with young people and three great Masses during his Apostolic Journey to Spain. Registration forms are now open for participation in these first confirmed events on the Pope’s agenda. Registration can be done through the official website of the trip: conelpapa.es.

On the Controversy with Trump, Leo XIV Denounces a «Not Entirely Accurate Narrative»

During the flight from Cameroon to Angola, the third leg of an itinerary that will ultimately take him to Equatorial Guinea, the Pope explained to the approximately 70 journalists accompanying him that many media interpretations are based on a dynamic of «comments upon comments,» rather than reflecting his true intentions.

Israel continues to attack Christians and seize land from Palestinians now in the West Bank

Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy against Islam in Pakistan

150 killed (22 of them Christians) in “unprecedented” Islamist attack in Burkina Faso

Research Indicates That Discrimination Against Christians in Europe Has Increased by 44%

Nicaraguan Dictator Accuses Vatican of Being a “Fascist Conglomerate”

Nicaraguan dictatorship imposes taxes on Catholic Church donations

Under shadow of Gaza, Israeli government backs settlers expropriating Christian land

Nigeria: Christians brace for more attacks after new killing

Preserving Christianity in Iraq 10 years after Daesh invasion

Pakistan: young Christian widow beaten in the countryside by Muslims after accusing her of blasphemy

One week after Paris 2024 opening ceremony, Vatican issues communiqué

Attacks on Christians increasing in Israel