Türkiye Labels Christians as ‘National Security Threats’ to Justify Mass Expulsions

Oct 26, 2025 19:56

ZENIT Staff

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Persecuted Christians•Rome

Rome to host official launch of Religious Freedom Report 2025

The programme will include the participation of Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, who will deliver the inaugural address. Victims of religious persecution will also give first-hand testimonies, including two women who spent years on death row for their faith.

Oct 08, 2025 11:11

ZENIT Staff

Persecuted Christians

Tehran: Confessions, torture and prison. New sentences for Christian converts

A court has upheld decades of prison sentences for five defendants. Their ‘crime’ was participating in house church services, taking online courses on faith and attending training courses abroad (Turkey). On 7 October, another trial for blasphemy. In August, state television broadcast a propaganda documentary featuring forced confessions by converts.

Oct 06, 2025 11:23

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians•Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV receives documented report on religious persecution in Nicaragua

The data contained in Molina’s report is stark. Since 2019, more than 16,500 religious processions have been banned by state authorities. Over 300 priests, nuns, and religious workers have abandoned pastoral service in Nicaragua, many forced into exile

Oct 03, 2025 15:37

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

86 Senators Demand Action as Anti-Christian Attacks Surge in France

What has long been described as an underreported reality is now impossible to ignore. Eighty-six senators, nearly a quarter of the French upper chamber, have issued a public appeal urging the government to take decisive measures to safeguard Christians as fully as it protects other religious communities

Oct 02, 2025 17:17

ZENIT Staff

Persecuted Christians

The genocide against Christians in Congo and Nigeria: the evidence that no one talks about

Wave of Anti-Christian Violence Sweeps Central Africa and Nigeria Amid Fears of Systematic Persecution

Sep 30, 2025 17:38

Elizabeth Owens

Peruvian government announces Pope’s trip; Vatican officially announces he will not visit the United States

On February 8, the Holy See confirmed that Leo XIV, the first American-born pope, has no plans to travel to the United States during the coming year, despite the symbolic coincidence of the country’s semiquincentennial

Joy, the taste of life, and how to rekindle it: a simple meditation by Pope Leo XIV

Address on the occasion of the Angelus prayer on Sunday, February 8, 2026

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Türkiye Labels Christians as ‘National Security Threats’ to Justify Mass Expulsions

“They Took Our Children”: Christian Parents Bring Sweden Before European Court of Human Rights After Almost 3 Years’ Separation from Daughters

Priest Attacked with Acid in 2018 Dies in Nicaragua

Seven Legionaries of Christ and one consecrated woman charged: Chilean justice responds by closing investigation due to lack of evidence

Two out of three people suffer violations of their religious freedom, according to a new report by Aid to the Church in Need

Ted Cruz Confronts Nigeria Over Christian Killings, Igniting Diplomatic Tensions

Violence at the Washington Cathedral: The Foiled Attack That Exposed America’s Deepening Tensions

Rome to host official launch of Religious Freedom Report 2025

Tehran: Confessions, torture and prison. New sentences for Christian converts

Pope Leo XIV receives documented report on religious persecution in Nicaragua

86 Senators Demand Action as Anti-Christian Attacks Surge in France

The genocide against Christians in Congo and Nigeria: the evidence that no one talks about