Holy Land: In Taybeh, Christian olive farmers are being driven away from their trees while Jewish settlers steal their olive trees

Oct 10, 2026 19:47

Photos and video documented by local sources show settlers moving between the trees and collecting olives from Palestinian-owned land. Photo: Asia News

Persecuted Christians

Christian Teen Beaten for Protecting Women in Pakistan

Masih was rushed to the hospital and later referred to the District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital due to the severity of his condition. An official medical certificate was issued confirming severe injuries across multiple parts of his body.

Sep 16, 2026 18:52

ZENIT Staff

Persecuted Christians

Nigeria: 3,000 people killed and 3,000 kidnapped: the toll of anti-Christian persecution in the first 8 months of 2026

The broader figures compiled by Intersociety are even more alarming. Since Boko Haram launched its campaign in 2009, the organization says at least 19,800 churches have been attacked. Its researchers estimate that 130,783 Christians have been killed and at least 82,603 abducted during the same period.

Sep 10, 2026 10:33

Elizabeth Owens

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Gang Attacks Church, Kills Dozens in Haiti

Dozens of families who were displaced by ongoing violence within Port-au-Prince, the capital city, were hiding in the church’s prayer center. According to a statement from the secretary general, at least 22 people were executed within the church’s walls.

Sep 01, 2026 08:48

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land•Local Church•Persecuted Christians

These are not isolated incidents: Violence by Israelis against Palestinian Christians (and others) is on the rise

The Holy Land’s Quiet Emergency, Caused By Israel : Christians Warn That Fear, Restrictions and Displacement Are Reshaping Their Future

Sep 01, 2026 08:31

ZENIT Staff

Persecuted Christians

Arrest Made in Arson of Historic Canadian Church

Firefighters received a call at 3:30 a.m. regarding a fire alarm activation in the community of Saint-Simon. «Sometimes we get false alarms, but I had a bad feeling,» Caraquet Fire Chief Luc Dugas told Radio-Canada. «I told myself we’d never had issues with this alarm before.»

Aug 29, 2026 08:49

Rafael Manuel Tovar

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Argentina Prepares to Welcome Leo XIV: Papal Vehicles, a Mass of 2,000 Ministers and a Nation Invited to Rise Together

Toyota Argentina formally handed over the Buenos Aires vehicle to Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Michael Wallace Banach on October 28, at the Kansai dealership, which represented the Holy See in the arrangement. The second vehicle is already in Córdoba, where it is being held under the protection of the National Gendarmerie until the Pope’s activities there

Holiness, beautifully explained by Leo XIV on the Solemnity of All Saints

Address on the Occasion of the Angelus Prayer on Sunday, November 1, 2026

Holy Land: In Taybeh, Christian olive farmers are being driven away from their trees while Jewish settlers steal their olive trees

Jewish settlers attack the olive trees belonging to Christians in the only entirely Christian village in the Holy Land. Leo XIV writes to the parish priest of Gaza

Two Christian women killed in yet another Israeli military airstrike on Gaza

Pakistan: New Report Highlights Discrimination Against Religious Minorities

Christian Educational Institutions in India Face Mounting Pressure

Nigeria: Gunmen Kill 11 Christians in Benue State

A Muslim father tries to burn his daughters alive for becoming Christians

Christian Teen Beaten for Protecting Women in Pakistan

Nigeria: 3,000 people killed and 3,000 kidnapped: the toll of anti-Christian persecution in the first 8 months of 2026

Gang Attacks Church, Kills Dozens in Haiti

These are not isolated incidents: Violence by Israelis against Palestinian Christians (and others) is on the rise

Arrest Made in Arson of Historic Canadian Church