3 seminarians kidnapped and guard killed in assault on minor seminary in Nigeria

Jul 15, 2025 17:57

ZENIT Staff

The gunmen fled into the surrounding forest with the abducted students Photo: Catholic Diocese of Auchi

Persecuted Christians

Christians in Remote Indian Village Attacked for Resisting Forced Conversions

This wasn’t just a family quarrel,” said Pallab Lima, state secretary of the Rashtriya Christian Morcha. “It was an orchestrated attempt to coerce an entire group of believers back into the fold of Hinduism, using violence as leverage.”

Jun 29, 2025 23:46

Elizabeth Owens

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

PHOTO GALLERY: Islamist attack on church in Syria leaves 30 dead

The attacker entered the church during the vesper service, opened fire on the congregation, then detonated an explosive vest amid the chaos. Children were among the casualties. Eyewitnesses described the moment as surreal—»bodies flying,» as one survivor put it. Others recalled the assailant’s covered face and the eerie silence before the explosion.

Jun 24, 2025 21:42

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Local Church•Persecuted Christians

500 Attacks on U.S. Catholic Churches since May 2020 to 2025

The attacks on Catholic churches have been widespread across the country, affecting 43 states plus DC. The top ten states with the most attacks are California (69), New York (57), Pennsylvania (35), Florida (23), Texas (23), New Jersey (19), Ohio (18), Oregon (18), Colorado (17), and Massachusetts (16).

Jun 20, 2025 14:20

ZENIT Staff

Persecuted Christians

Nigeria: 200 Christians killed, the largest slaughter in a single day in an African country

IDPs burned alive, shot dead and macheted. The militants stormed in, shouting “Allahu Akhbar” (‘God is great’), before killing people at will.

Jun 18, 2025 19:07

John Pontifex

Persecuted Christians•Testimonies

First Catholic priest killed by paramilitary militias in Sudan

Since the beginning of the war, many people have sought refuge on church compounds, and the Church in Sudan has almost no resources. ACN is supporting about 500 families in the Archdiocese of Khartoum with money for food, medical treatment, mosquito nets, tarpaulins and blankets

Jun 18, 2025 19:03

ZENIT Staff

3 seminarians kidnapped and guard killed in assault on minor seminary in Nigeria

“There is no future for you here”: the harassment of Jewish settlers against Christians in the Holy Land (and the response of Christian leaders)

Attacks by Jewish settlers against our peaceful community must stop in Taybeh: note from Christian leaders in Holy Land

Google cancels major Catholic blog: closure of traditionalist website sparks widespread debate on digital censorship

Poland: half of the Catholic clergy have been attacked and/or assaulted in the last year

Fires set by Jewish settlers threaten the town of Taybeh, the only completely Christian town in the world

Taybeh, the last fully Christian city in the West Bank, is facing increasing pressure from encroaching Jewish settlers

Christians in Remote Indian Village Attacked for Resisting Forced Conversions

PHOTO GALLERY: Islamist attack on church in Syria leaves 30 dead

500 Attacks on U.S. Catholic Churches since May 2020 to 2025

Nigeria: 200 Christians killed, the largest slaughter in a single day in an African country

First Catholic priest killed by paramilitary militias in Sudan