Biden administration promotes initiative to veto adoptions by Christian couples

Dec 05, 2023 23:05

ZENIT Staff

Joe Biden President of the United States Photo: CNN

Analysis Opinion•Persecuted Christians

Hate Crimes on The Rise Against Christians in Europe

On November 16, the Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe (OIDAC) published its Annual Report on the occasion of International Tolerance Day. The Report points out that hate crimes against Christians increased. In 2022 alone, 748 hate crimes were committed.

Nov 21, 2023 23:20

Rafael Llanes

Church and World•Persecuted Christians

15 countries to illuminate their main monuments in red for persecuted Christians

From November 19 to 26, at least 20 cathedrals and hundreds of churches and monuments will be illuminated in 15 countries around the world.

Nov 21, 2023 22:06

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Burkina Faso: Jihadist terror escalates with murder of two children and expulsion of Christians

Last month, the terrorists targeted Débé’s Christians, giving them a 72-hour ultimatum to leave. This followed the killing of two boys who were caught flouting the extremists’ ban on going to school.

Nov 20, 2023 23:37

John Newton

Holy Land•Persecuted Christians

Gaza: more than 50 Christian homes bombed and 1 nuns’ school bombed

One of the buildings destroyed was the Rosary Sisters’ School. The school had 1,250 students, both Christian and Muslim, and was one of the largest institutions in Gaza educating poor communities.

Nov 18, 2023 22:19

ZENIT Staff

Persecuted Christians•Testimonies

Christian survivor of Islamist attack in Nigeria receives award

Nurse Margaret Attah will be the first individual to be honoured with Aid to the Church in Need (UK)’s ‘Courage to be a Christian’ award. Mrs Attah lost both legs and the sight in one eye when a bomb went off in St Francis Xavier’s Church in Owo, Ondo State on Pentecost Sunday 2022.

Nov 18, 2023 22:14

John Newton

Biden administration promotes initiative to veto adoptions by Christian couples

Christian mother accused of blasphemy by Muslims in Nigeria is sentenced to trial

Philippines: Muslims kill Catholics in Mass attack

Priest freed after more than a year in Islamist captivity

USA: Jews and Muslims support Catholics against LGBT law that imposes indoctrination in parish and school

Muslim leaders join Christians in denouncing extremism

United Kingdom: Prime Minister supports initiative to help persecuted Christians

Hate Crimes on The Rise Against Christians in Europe

15 countries to illuminate their main monuments in red for persecuted Christians

Burkina Faso: Jihadist terror escalates with murder of two children and expulsion of Christians

Gaza: more than 50 Christian homes bombed and 1 nuns’ school bombed

Christian survivor of Islamist attack in Nigeria receives award