Holy Land: Christian crisis goes from bad to worse, discriminated against for wearing a cross in Jerusalem

Feb 20, 2024 00:41

West Bank and East Jerusalem are facing financial ruin, with unemployment running at a record 72 percent. Photo: Aid to the Church in Need

Persecuted Christians

Record number of priests arrested, kidnapped or murdered in 2023

Of the 132 cases, 86 members of clergy were arrested or detained in 2023, while the rest were already in custody or missing at the start of the year.

Jan 17, 2024 23:37

Amy Balog

Persecuted Christians

The 50 Countries Where Christians Are Most Persecuted at Present: Communism and Islamism Head the Persecutions

Christianity is the most persecuted religion in the world. In many countries Christians suffer all sorts of vexations because of their faith. Some 317 million Christians suffer persecution in those 50 countries.

Jan 17, 2024 23:34

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians•Vatican City

Nicaraguan dictatorship frees Bishop Rolando Álvarez and expels him from the country

The release and expulsion from Nicaragua come after Pope Francis, on January 8th, denounced before the Diplomatic Corps of the entire world the following

Jan 14, 2024 00:51

Enrique Villegas

Persecuted Christians

United States Points at Cuba for Violations of Religious Freedom

The U.S. State Department also pointed out groups that attack religious freedom, such as Al-Shabab, Boko Haram, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the Houthis, ISIS-Sahel, ISIS-West Africa, Al Qaeda’s affiliate Jamaat Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin and the Taliban

Jan 10, 2024 23:59

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Gender Ideology•Justice and Peace•Persecuted Christians

England: Teacher Refuses to Teach LGBT Ideology in “Christian” School and Is Persecuted

After teaching classes for 12 years, Glawdys Leger, 43, was dismissed and singled out as a “dangerous criminal” for refusing to impart LGTQI lessons of the Religious Education Program to 7th year students.

Jan 06, 2024 00:27

Rafael Llanes

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

Holy Land: Christian crisis goes from bad to worse, discriminated against for wearing a cross in Jerusalem

Mozambique: clergy forced to flee, churches burned as violence escalates

Two orthodox Jews harass and spit on Catholic priest in Jerusalem

Turkey: Catholic church attacked during mass. There is one dead

Nigeria: more than 400 people died in one state alone in 2023 due to anti-Christian persecution

6 kidnapped nuns freed in Haiti

Calls for six kidnapped Sisters to be freed

Record number of priests arrested, kidnapped or murdered in 2023

The 50 Countries Where Christians Are Most Persecuted at Present: Communism and Islamism Head the Persecutions

Nicaraguan dictatorship frees Bishop Rolando Álvarez and expels him from the country

United States Points at Cuba for Violations of Religious Freedom

England: Teacher Refuses to Teach LGBT Ideology in “Christian” School and Is Persecuted