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Nigeria: Priest Released After Three Months in Captivity

Father Nathaniel Asuwaye was kidnapped on Saturday, 7th February, when gunmen attacked Holy Trinity Parish in Karku, Kaduna State, where he serves as Parish Priest.

May 19, 2026 09:50

ZENIT Staff

Homosexuality•Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Gay couple breaks into 29 churches in France: here’s how they were apprehended and the sentence handed down by the police

According to investigators and court findings, Raphaël Hourdeaux, 35, and his partner Tony Paupière, 30, broke into 29 Catholic churches during the summer of 2025, mainly in isolated villages in rural northern France.

May 16, 2026 10:29

Covadonga Asturias

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Over 100 dead, 98,000 displaced, 217 churches destroyed in the diocese of Wukari

After destroying houses, churches, and other buildings, the attackers often illegally occupy the land of the displaced residents. The herding raids exacerbate the centuries-old land conflict between the Tiv and the Jukun.

May 12, 2026 18:15

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land•Persecuted Christians•Priests

Israel expels (from Palestine!) a young Catholic priest: the most influential figure in Palestine’s Christian community

Father Salman’s influence among Palestinian youth helps explain why his removal has resonated so deeply

May 12, 2026 17:55

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Local Church•Persecuted Christians

128,750 Christians in Nigeria killed over 17 years: the $10 million cover-up of the genocide in Nigeria

Tinubu’s administration has launched a $10 million lobbying front to silence human rights accountability in the U.S. and whitewash the genocide of Nigerian Christians. This isn’t just spin — it’s a calculated effort to rewrite history while innocent lives are increasingly at risk

May 11, 2026 17:24

ZENIT Staff

Bishop who spoke out against Islamist violence in Mozambique is murdered

Turkey seizing Christian and Yazidi land for energy development

India: 180 Christian Families Denied Water, Economic Rights in Chhattisgarh

Lebanon, Gaza and the Holy Land: Christians Caught Between War, Humanitarian Collapse and a Struggle for Religious Freedom

The Grammar of Hate: An Interview with Bishop Rafic Nahra, Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem, on the Situation in the Holy Land

Another attack on Christian symbols in Jerusalem: Jews spit on an image of the Virgin Mary

Nigeria: Fulani Militias Kill 19 Christians in Plateau Attacks

Nigeria: Priest Released After Three Months in Captivity

Gay couple breaks into 29 churches in France: here’s how they were apprehended and the sentence handed down by the police

Over 100 dead, 98,000 displaced, 217 churches destroyed in the diocese of Wukari

Israel expels (from Palestine!) a young Catholic priest: the most influential figure in Palestine’s Christian community

128,750 Christians in Nigeria killed over 17 years: the $10 million cover-up of the genocide in Nigeria