Syria: in 14 years, the Christian presence has fallen by 84%: these are the numbers

Dec 13, 2025 19:15

the war has killed more than 520,000 people, displaced millions internally, and forced around seven million into exile. Photo: CIRL

Persecuted Christians

The wave of persecution against Christians in Nigeria intensifies: girls kidnapped, parish attacked… this has happened

This pattern of coordinated assaults continued as a Catholic parish in the Archdiocese of Kaduna was targeted soon after the Kebbi abduction. The parish priest was seized during an attack on the remote community of Kushe Gugdu, prompting parishioners to hold prayer vigils and appeal urgently for his release

Nov 23, 2025 21:12

ZENIT Staff

Persecuted Christians

Nigeria: epicenter of a crisis of extermination against Christians. Another village massacred

One of the most haunting testimonies came from Christiana Joseph, who woke on the morning of the attack preparing to attend the 6 a.m. Mass. She remembers the sudden roar of engines circling her compound. Moments later, bursts of gunfire filled the air. By the time silence returned, her husband of fourteen years, John, lay lifeless on the ground. “They surrounded us,” she recounted. “It lasted only minutes, but it destroyed everything.”

Nov 20, 2025 20:22

ZENIT Staff

Persecuted Christians•Testimonies

This is what famous rapper Nicki Minaj said at the UN in support of persecuted Christians in Nigeria

Introducing her at the event, U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz framed Minaj not as a celebrity guest but as a witness—someone, he said, whose large following may help illuminate a crisis often overlooked by those far from the affected regions

Nov 20, 2025 18:22

Tim Daniels

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Muslim groups commit massacre of Christians in Congo: nearly 30 dead

Villagers had been preparing for an ordinary night. Instead, they awoke to gunfire, flames, and the frantic cries of neighbors. By dawn, at least 28 bodies had been recovered from Makuta and Django—two districts whose names now mark the latest chapter of a tragedy that has become routine in Congo’s eastern provinces

Nov 19, 2025 17:07

ZENIT Staff

Persecuted Christians

1 Catholic priest and 25 secondary school girls kidnapped in Nigeria

The Archdiocese of Kaduna, shaken but accustomed to issuing such statements, urged the country to unite in prayer for the safe return of all those abducted. But in Nigeria—a nation that has lived with kidnappings for ransom on a massive scale for more than a decade—prayer is only one element of a painfully familiar ritual

Nov 18, 2025 17:48

Elizabeth Owens

One in three Mexican bishops will be replaced by Pope Leo XIV between 2026 and 2027

The generational shift is also visible in the provenance of current appointments. As of the beginning of 2026, 52.5 percent of Mexico’s bishops and archbishops were appointed by Pope Francis, 27.6 percent by Benedict XVI, 17.2 percent by John Paul II, and just 2.6 percent by Leo XIV himself. That last figure is set to rise sharply

For the first time, a Pope will address the Spanish Parliament: it will be Leo XIV during his visit to Madrid in June 2026

According to converging confirmations from parliamentary and ecclesial sources, the Vatican and the Spanish Congress have agreed to convene a joint session of both chambers of the Cortes Generales so that the Pope may address deputies and senators gathered in the hemicycle

Syria: in 14 years, the Christian presence has fallen by 84%: these are the numbers

100 children kidnapped from Catholic school in Nigeria are freed… hostages remain

A Tested Church in a Tense Land: Beijing’s Recognition of a Detained Bishop Rekindles Debate Over the Vatican–China Deal

French government security office confirms that Christians in the country are being targeted by Islamism

Nigeria: President Tinubu declares state of emergency due to insecurity and orders recruitment of additional police officers and soldiers

Pope invites us to pray for Christian communities living in areas of war or conflict: here is the video

Empty Tabernacles and Closed Schools to Protest Kidnappings in Cameroon

The wave of persecution against Christians in Nigeria intensifies: girls kidnapped, parish attacked… this has happened

Nigeria: epicenter of a crisis of extermination against Christians. Another village massacred

This is what famous rapper Nicki Minaj said at the UN in support of persecuted Christians in Nigeria

Muslim groups commit massacre of Christians in Congo: nearly 30 dead

1 Catholic priest and 25 secondary school girls kidnapped in Nigeria