Alarming increase in hostilities by Jews against Christians (including Catholics) in Israel in 2023

Jun 12, 2024 17:56

ZENIT Staff

Hana Bendcowsky, director of programs at the Rossing Center Photo: Rossing Center

Bishop Samson Shukardin, President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Pakistan

Nurse Margaret Attah – who lost both legs and an eye in the atrocity and has been in a wheelchair since then

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Nigeria: another priest kidnapped

Just a few days earlier another Catholic priest had been kidnapped in Nigeria.

May 23, 2024 17:23

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Nigeria: fourth priest abducted in five months

In 2023, Nigeria topped the list of countries with cases of abducted priests and religious with 28 incidents in total, including three Sisters.

May 20, 2024 16:28

Amy Balog

Persecuted Christians•Testimonies

Gunmen attack Catholic school in Nigeria: priest saves students

Father Emmanuel Ogwuche, principal at Father Angus Frazer Memorial High School in Makurdi, promptly switched off all the lights in the building after hearing gunshots outside, preventing the terrorists from finding their way inside the school.

May 10, 2024 02:49

Amy Balog

Persecuted Christians

Catholic charity shines a light on Nigeria massacres in UK Parliament

The account, given by Daniel Beurthe of Aid to the Church in Need ACN (UK), the Catholic charity for persecuted Christians, was provided yesterday (23rd April) at a meeting hosted by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Freedom of Religion or Belief in the House of Commons, Westminster.

May 01, 2024 00:11

John Newton

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Burkina Faso: Catholic catechist kidnapped and subsequently murdered

The lifeless body of Edouard Yougbare was discovered at the Saatenga parish on the morning of Friday, April 19th, according to local reports received by the Catholic organization Aid to the Church in Need (ACN).

Apr 23, 2024 21:18

Amy Balog

Lebanon Turns to the Pope: Lebanese President Visits Leo XIV Amid the Israeli Siege

On Thursday, August 20, Pope Leo XIV received Aoun at the Apostolic Palace for a private meeting lasting around half an hour. The Lebanese president then held talks with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican Secretary of State, and Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Holy See’s secretary for relations with states and international organizations

What should the music be like during Mass (or in the liturgy in general)? Leo XIV provides the answer

Pope’s General Audience, August 19, 2026, on Sacred Music

Alarming increase in hostilities by Jews against Christians (including Catholics) in Israel in 2023

Proliferation of false accusations of blasphemy by Muslims against Christians, Catholic bishop calls for help from other countries

Nigeria: church ‘always full’ two years after massacre despite lack of justice

14 Christians murdered in Congo after refusing to convert to Islam

Pakistani police charge Christian brutally assaulted by Muslims with blasphemy

Violent Attack on Pakistani Shoe Factory Owner Over Blasphemy Allegations

100 years since China’s consecration to Our Lady

Nigeria: another priest kidnapped

Nigeria: fourth priest abducted in five months

Gunmen attack Catholic school in Nigeria: priest saves students

Catholic charity shines a light on Nigeria massacres in UK Parliament

Burkina Faso: Catholic catechist kidnapped and subsequently murdered