Pakistani Supreme Court calls Muslim government’s report on attacks on Christians garbage. Bishop values commitment

Feb 21, 2024 00:16

in a single day last August a mob torched more than 25 churches and up to 100 homes belonging to Christians. Photo: Aid to the Church in Need

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Calls for six kidnapped Sisters to be freed

The abduction took place in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital, when six Sisters of Saint Anne – who have not been named – were travelling to a university.

Jan 22, 2024 23:23

Amy Balog

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

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

Pakistani Supreme Court calls Muslim government’s report on attacks on Christians garbage. Bishop values commitment

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