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

Jun 05, 2024 17:39

Margaret Attah – who lost both legs and an eye in the atrocity and has been in a wheelchair since then Photo: Aid to the Church in Need

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

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Easter massacre: extremists kill 10 people, including a pregnant woman and her baby in the womb

Ten people were killed and a pregnant woman had her stomach slit open. The baby was not spared.

Apr 11, 2024 23:32

ZENIT Staff

Persecuted Christians

Attacks Against Christians Increase in India So Far in 2024: These Are the Data

The first 75 days of 2024 have seen a large-scale erosion of human rights and protection for Christians. Chhattisgarh is the state with the highest number of attacks against the Christian minority, especially with the prohibition of access to water wells for Christian families in villages.

Apr 07, 2024 14:56

Rafael Llanes

Leo XIV in the Eyes of Macron and the Secular French World: A Lesson in French History Rooted in Christianity, with Contemporary Implications

Address by the Holy Father during the meeting with French authorities, representatives of civil society, and the diplomatic corps

Compensation for Abuse in the French Church: Nearly 2,000 survivors have asked to be heard and/or to receive compensation. Leo XIV will speak with 7

At a Paris briefing on September 22, INIRR president Marie Derain de Vaucresson said the authority’s experience had yielded lessons not only for the Church but also for civil society

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