The global Catholic community faced an alarming increase in the persecution of its clergy in 2023 as a total of 132 priests and religious figures were arrested, abducted or killed,…
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Christian man killed by militants in Sudan; church set on fire
A Sudanese Christian 85 miles southeast of Khartoum has succumbed to his injuries after militants from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) assaulted him, sources said. Read More The Christian…
Pastor, 3 other Christians ambushed, taken captive in central Nigeria
Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists kidnapped a pastor and three other Christians on Saturday in central Nigeria, sources said. Read More The Christian Post | RSS
Unborn baby killed as Christian mother beaten by co-worker; police refuse to prosecute
Police in Pakistan refused to file charges in the case of a Christian mother who lost her unborn child in a Muslim co-worker’s attempt to rape her, sources said. Read…
Christians faced record level of violent attacks in 2023, Open Doors warns
The international Christian persecution watchdog group Open Doors warned in its latest annual report about a dramatic increase in violence against Christians and places of worship worldwide, as nearly 5,000…
Attacks on Christians, forced conversions belie Pakistan’s claim of religious freedom: church leader
Continuing violence against religious minorities in Pakistan belies the government’s Jan. 8 statement that it promotes religious freedom and protects the members of non-Muslim faiths, rights activists said. Read More…
Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Álvarez released from prison, exiled to the Vatican
A Nicaraguan bishop imprisoned for denouncing the government’s human rights violations against the Catholic Church and its members was among over a dozen religious leaders released and handed over to…
Woman brutally murdered at church compound in India
A Christian woman was brutally attacked and murdered at the St. Mary’s Cathedral Church compound in Varanasi, India, on Jan. 1, markng the second murder in that city this year.…
NYC man’s brother-in-law held hostage by Hamas: ‘Piecing together the broken pieces’
Moshe Lavi says his family will never be able to mend the “broken pieces” after his brother-in-law Omri Miran was kidnapped from his kibbutz by Hamas during the terror group’s…
80 Christians die after being displaced by violence in Manipur
Tens of thousands of Christians from the Kuki-Zo tribal community in India’s northeastern state of Manipur continue to be displaced, more than eight months after the onset of ongoing violence.…