India: Hindutva nationalism to blame for violent clashes, bishop says

Jun 21, 2023 05:19

ZENIT Staff

Temple Attacked In India. Photo: AIN

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Police intentionally kill two girls at Catholic school in Pakistan. Bishops raise their voices

Five other children and a woman were also injured in the shooting at Sangota Public School, in the Swat Valley run by the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in the north-east of the country.

May 23, 2023 05:18

ZENIT Staff

Justice and Peace•Local Church•Persecuted Christians

At Present, Mexico Is the Most Dangerous Country for Priests in Latin America. Here Are the Figures

In the first five months of 2023, 3 have been killed. If the threats and attacks against representatives of the Catholic Church are taken into account, the number is more than alarming, since there were 800 incidents between October 2021 and October 2022. .

May 17, 2023 15:05

Rafael Llanes

Persecuted Christians

Jihadist terror forcing Christian girls to wear burqas

Many Christian girls have to wear veils to school in order to avoid being branded, maligned, beaten or even kidnapped.

May 03, 2023 02:13

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

A decade on – kidnapped archbishops still missing

Greek-Orthodox Metropolitan Boulos Yazigi and Syriac-Orthodox Metropolitan Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim were seized in the area between Aleppo and the Turkish border. They were travelling to negotiate the release of two priests – Armenian Catholic Michael Kayyal and Greek Orthodox Maher Mahfouz – who had been abducted by jihadists.

Apr 27, 2023 18:42

John Newton

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

China Issues the Implementation Measures for the Administration of Internet Religious Information Services

No organization or individual may raise money in the name of religion on the Internet, set up online donation boxes, offering boxes, or Niyyah boxes, raise funds for the construction, renovation, and maintenance of religious places, or provide paid religious services.

Apr 14, 2023 15:21

ZENIT Staff