A bus driver was killed and four female members of an Anglican Church abducted while driving along …
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Eighty-four-year-old Jesuit Fr. Stan Swamy, the voice of marginalized indigenous people in India, ha…
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Asia News reports another episode related to the blasphemy law in Pakistan. The accused are two Chri…
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Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem discusses Christmas under Covid in Bethlehem
“The community in Galilee is stronger than the community in Palestine, so they support each other with the food and the …
Free your prisoners. The Aid to the Church in Need report on persecuted Christians around the world
“It is time for the world to hear their stories; it is time to tell the truth to those in power so that those who defy t…
Cardinal Dolan encouraged Catholics to think of persecuted Christians
Christians must be better advocates for the world’s persecuted Christians, according to speakers at an event last Nov. 19 featuring victims of persecu…
New campaign to give voice to women who are persecuted for their faith
The #StandTogether project is preparing a documentary with stories from around the world. Collaboration is possible thro…
Pope Francis will travel to Iraq
“Accepting the invitation of the Republic of Iraq and the local Catholic Church, Pope Francis will make an Apostolic Journey to that country fro…
Arzoo Raja, 13-year-old Pakistani Christian abducted and forced to convert and marry
On Oct. 13, Arzoo Raja, a 13-year-old Pakistani Christian, was abducted by her 44-year-old Muslim neighbor, Ali Azhar. O…
Chhattisgarh (India): Christians attacked who celebrate Christmas
“Our sacred Indian constitution guarantees religious freedom. Why are our tribals treated like second-class citize…
Kazakhstan: symbolic church of the martyrs under communism becomes minor basilica
After several cases of desecration, there’s good news for the people of Kazakhstan: the inauguration of a new basilica i…
The pope for the first time says Uighurs are persecuted
“I often think about persecuted peoples: the Rohingya, the poor Uighurs, the Yazidi.” For the first time, in his new boo…
Fr. Mussie Zerai: Eritrean government closed Catholic schools and hospitals
Fr. Mussie Zerai explains how persecution and violence have forced hundreds of thousands of Eritreans to flee into neigh…
“We are citizens of Pakistan and then we are a religious minority”
Fides Agency reports on the words of Cardinal Coutts, Archbishop of Karachi, during a meeting organized by the “Ju…
The Episcopal Conference of Mozambique asks for peace for Cabo Delgado
«I leave you my peace, I give you my peace». The document issued by the Plenary Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of …
The Catholic Patriarchs of Lebanon express solidarity with their Armenian brothers
The presidency of the Council of Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops in Lebanon, which met on Thursday 12 November, expresse…
Two hundred Christian families return to Mosul
Agenzia Fides reports the news of the return of about two hundred Christian families to Mosul, in the Nineveh plain. The…
Fr. Pierluigi Maccalli met with Pope Francis
Fr. Pierluigi Maccalli, a missionary set free this past Oct. 8 after two years in captivity in Niger and Mali, met with …
Priests opens bakery in Syria to give young people work and a future
He will employ dozens of people and sells bread at a low price to about 10,000 families. You’re witnessing a small…
Cardinal Christian Tumi set free
Card. Christian Tumi was freed on Nov. 6. Archbishop emeritus of the city of Douala, in southwest Cameroon, he was kidna…
Christians must return to Mosul
In Mosul, young people, mostly Muslim, are collaborating on an initiative spearheaded by the NGO “Sawaed Mosuliya” to re…
Human trafficking survivor: We think it can never happen to us
Blessing Okoeyedon says religious persecution in Nigeria makes it easier for traffickers to ensnare internally displaced…
The pope is close to the Chilean people
“I would like to transmit to all the Chilean people, not only Catholics, the solidarity of the Holy Father, who is so cl…
Christians in Iraq: Use the popemobile, Holy Father, we want to see you
Christians remember messages from Isis saying not even the pope could help …
UNESCO continues project to rebuild Mosul, city destroyed by ISIS
The goal of the project is not only to rebuild these important structures, …
Pope Francis remembers 21 martyrs killed by ISIS in Libya
In a video message honoring modern martyrs, Pope Francis calls attention to…
