Burkina Faso: ‘Faith has grown’ despite killings

Mar 17, 2024 23:46

The charity has also provided emergency aid – including food – to hundreds of people driven out of their homes by the insurgency. Photo: Aid to the Church in Need

Persecuted Christians

Call in India to Remove Christian Symbols from Faith-Run Catholic Schools

Moreover, Hindu groups promote the image of Christianity as a diabolical force that intends to destroy the native Hindu culture with the conversion of Hindus to Christianity.

Feb 26, 2024 01:13

Rafael Llanes

Persecuted Christians

Pakistani Supreme Court calls Muslim government’s report on attacks on Christians garbage. Bishop values commitment

Speaking to Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Bishop Samson Shukardin praised Pakistan’s highest court which threw out the government report on the attacks in Jaranwala where in a single day last August a mob torched more than 25 churches and up to 100 homes belonging to Christians.

Feb 21, 2024 00:16

John Pontifex

Holy Land•Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Holy Land: Christian crisis goes from bad to worse, discriminated against for wearing a cross in Jerusalem

Pressure is growing amid a financial catastrophe and deepening religious hatred. Many Christians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem face economic ruin, with a record unemployment rate of 72%.

Feb 20, 2024 00:41

ZENIT Staff

Persecuted Christians•Religious Freedom

Mozambique: clergy forced to flee, churches burned as violence escalates

In the latest episode of violence in an ongoing armed conflict, terrorists claiming allegiance with Daesh (ISIS) raided three communities in Cabo Delgado on 9th February, killing and kidnapping an unknown number of people and prompting hundreds to flee.

Feb 15, 2024 23:22

Amy Balog

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Two orthodox Jews harass and spit on Catholic priest in Jerusalem

The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem issued a statement condemning the «shameful and unprovoked attack.» The police reportedly arrested the two assailants immediately after the incident

Feb 05, 2024 23:41

Elizabeth Owens

During the audience, he delivered the fifteenth reflection on joy as a fruit of the Holy Spirit

Joy explained by the Pope as a fruit of the Holy Spirit

Pope’s General Audience, November 27, 2024 on Joy as Fruit of the Holy Spirit

he clarified that the document is not “strictly normative” and will require thoughtful interpretation and application over time.

Pope Francis determines that final synod document on synodality is papal magisterium

Drawing from “Amoris Laetitia”, he reiterated that not every doctrinal or moral debate requires magisterial intervention. Local churches are encouraged to explore “inculturated solutions” that honor traditions while addressing unique challenges.

Burkina Faso: ‘Faith has grown’ despite killings

Nearly 70,000 people flee Islamist horror in northern Mozambique

USA: VT snowboard coach favorably settles after being fired for stating biological fact

USA: Youth ministry sues OR officials for stripping funding because of its faith

India: Hindu radicals humiliate nun and forcibly remove her from bus just for being Catholic

Burkina Faso: Islamist attack on Catholic church leaves 15 dead

Haiti: the wave of attacks against Catholics continues. 6 religious kidnapped

Call in India to Remove Christian Symbols from Faith-Run Catholic Schools

Pakistani Supreme Court calls Muslim government’s report on attacks on Christians garbage. Bishop values commitment

Holy Land: Christian crisis goes from bad to worse, discriminated against for wearing a cross in Jerusalem

Mozambique: clergy forced to flee, churches burned as violence escalates

Two orthodox Jews harass and spit on Catholic priest in Jerusalem