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Waqas suffered severe neck injuries and is receiving treatment at a public hospital in Lahore Photo: ACN

Analysis Opinion•Local Church•Persecuted Christians

After 112 vandalized churches, Canada ends funding for research on Catholic school tombs

The global uproar surrounding unmarked graves began in 2021 when the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation claimed to have discovered 215 burial sites at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. However, the claim was based solely on ground-penetrating radar scans, which detect soil disturbances but do not confirm the presence of human remains. In the years since, the claim has been revised from “215 graves” to “200 potential burials,” with no excavations providing further clarity.

Holy Land•Persecuted Christians•Religious Freedom

Christian Leaders Unite Against Jerusalem Municipality’s Move to Seize Armenian Patriarchate Properties

In April 2023, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, noted a sharp increase in such incidents since Netanyahu’s current government took office in December 2022. His coalition, widely described as Israel’s most right-wing government in history, includes ultra-nationalist figures with open hostility toward Christian institutions.