Ted Cruz Confronts Nigeria Over Christian Killings, Igniting Diplomatic Tensions

Oct 10, 2025 13:11

Tim Daniels

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Holy Land•Persecuted Christians

Christian leaders in the Holy Land condemn Israeli local government threat to confiscate Armenian church property

We further join the Armenian Patriarchate in calling upon the offices of the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister to intervene by urging the competent authorities to suspend the current legal proceedings and to ensure that any further deliberations on this matter are referred to the appropriate venues

Sep 29, 2025 11:52

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Image of Christ scourged, destroyed by Jewish extremist, reinstalled in Jerusalem

The restoration, entrusted to the Spanish restorer Pedro Escudero, was a work of patience and skill. For two months, day after day, Escudero rebuilt the missing parts, strengthened the broken legs and brought back the brightness of the original colors, up to the final varnishing

Sep 26, 2025 19:01

ZENIT Staff

Persecuted Christians

Nigerian Priest Abducted Amid Rising Wave of Clergy Kidnappings

The abduction adds to a disturbing pattern that has placed religious leaders on the front lines of Nigeria’s worsening security crisis

Sep 19, 2025 18:41

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Nigeria: Report shows that 100 churches are attacked every month and 32 Christians are killed every day in the country

The destruction is not the only marker of persecution. According to Intersociety’s August report, more than 7,000 Christians were killed across Nigeria in the first 220 days of 2025 alone — an average of thirty-two a day. Since the violence erupted in 2009, the death toll has climbed to 185,000, including some 125,000 Christians and 60,000 Muslims accused of being “liberal” or insufficiently radical

Sep 18, 2025 18:30

ZENIT Staff

Persecuted Christians

Iraqi Christian Killed in Lyon Sparks Renewed Alarm Over Anti-Christian Violence in France

The political response has been muted, though not absent. Marine Le Pen, leader of the Rassemblement National, denounced the act on social media as the work of an “Islamist,” tying it to what she called France’s failed migration policy

Sep 17, 2025 08:31

Covadonga Asturias

Amid the polarization between Trump and Leo XIV, U.S. police respond to a bomb threat at the home of the Pope’s brother

Police in New Lenox, a suburban community outside Chicago, responded on the evening of April 15 at approximately 6:30 p.m. to reports of a bomb threat at the home of John Prevost, one of the Pope’s two older brothers

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Ted Cruz Confronts Nigeria Over Christian Killings, Igniting Diplomatic Tensions

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Christian leaders in the Holy Land condemn Israeli local government threat to confiscate Armenian church property

Image of Christ scourged, destroyed by Jewish extremist, reinstalled in Jerusalem

Nigerian Priest Abducted Amid Rising Wave of Clergy Kidnappings

Nigeria: Report shows that 100 churches are attacked every month and 32 Christians are killed every day in the country

Iraqi Christian Killed in Lyon Sparks Renewed Alarm Over Anti-Christian Violence in France