Israel damages Gaza Catholic parish with airstrike

Dec 11, 2023 23:01

ZENIT Staff

Holy Family Church Photo: Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

United Kingdom: Prime Minister supports initiative to help persecuted Christians

At Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) on Wednesday (22nd November), Mr Sunak said: “#RedWednesday is an important moment to demonstrate our solidarity with Christians and all those persecuted around the world for their religion or belief.”

Nov 26, 2023 19:31

ZENIT Staff

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

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

Israel damages Gaza Catholic parish with airstrike

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