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New World Liberty Congress president analyzes ‘silence’ of Church in Nicaragua
The new president of the World Liberty Congress recently analyzed the “silence” of the Catholic Church in Nicaragua, which is... Read more
Hundreds of Nigerian students remain captive; Cameroon archbishop warns of church closures
In Nigeria, 265 students from a Catholic school remain captive after being kidnapped last week while an archbishop in Cameroon... Read more
Pope Leo XIV on Nigeria: ‘Christians and Muslims have been slaughtered’
Both Christians and Muslims have been slaughtered in Nigeria, where there is terrorist activity over economic questions, Pope Leo XIV... Read more
More than half a million people to participate in Aid to the Church in Need ‘Red Week’
Here is a roundup of Catholic world news from the past week that you might have missed. Read more
Pope Leo XIV receives exiled Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Álvarez
Pope Leo XIV received on Nov. 13 Rolando Álvarez, the exiled bishop of Matagalpa and apostolic administrator of Estelí in... Read more
CPAC Summit focuses on ending Christian persecution
CPAC hosted a Summit on Ending Christian Persecution at the Kennedy Center on Oct. 30 as a part of its... Read more
The ‘General of the Secret Church’: Remembering Vladimír Jukl a century after his birth
A hundred years ago, Vladimír Jukl was born — a secretly ordained Catholic priest in communist Czechoslovakia who endured imprisonment... Read more
Aid to the Church in Need: Authoritarian regimes are greatest threat to religious freedom
Authoritarian regimes are among the main drivers of religious discrimination and persecution in 52 countries, according to an Aid to... Read more
Catholic nonprofit’s global religious freedom report to be released Oct. 21
International Catholic nonprofit Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) will release its religious freedom report on Oct. 21 in... Read more
There is a strategy to annihilate all Christians and Islamize Nigeria, expert says
Criminologist and researcher Emeka Umeagbalasi has spent 30 years denouncing human rights violations in his country and is clear that... Read more
Chinese government bans Catholic priests from teaching, evangelizing online
For “serious offenders,” the new regulations recommend religious institutions suspend their teaching activities or revoke their religious status. Read more
FBI director: There have been ‘terminations’ related to 2023 anti-Catholic memo
FBI Director Kash Patel said in a U.S. Senate hearing that there have been “terminations” and “resignations” of employees related... Read more
Catholic father murdered while on pilgrimage to Marian shrine in Pakistan
Men on motorcycles murdered a father and injured a 16-year-old boy while they were taking part in a pilgrimage to... Read more
Christian in wheelchair killed while livestreaming his faith in France
A 45-year-old Iraqi Christian who fled his homeland to escape Islamist persecution was stabbed to death in Lyon in southern... Read more
Nicaraguan dictatorship banned more than 16,500 religious processions, new report reveals
Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, have banned more than 16,500 religious processions in recent... Read more
No justice 2 years after ‘the worst episode of violence against Christians’ in Pakistan
In August 2023, Muslims in the village of Jaranwala in the Diocese of Faisalabad in Pakistan looted and burned more... Read more
Nigeria, Iran, China top priority countries for new religious freedom commission chair
Nigeria is the deadliest country in the world for Christians, according to the new chair of the U.S. Commission on... Read more
Nicaraguan dictatorship confiscates Catholic school: ‘An outrage against religious freedom’
The dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and his wife and “co-president” Rosario Murillo in Nicaragua on Aug. 12 confiscated one of... Read more
Bishops demand justice after massacre at Catholic church in Democratic Republic of Congo
Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo are demanding justice following the massacre perpetrated by a group linked to the... Read more
Catholic nuns arrested in India on human trafficking and conversion allegations released
Two Catholic nuns who were arrested at a train station in central India have been released on bail after spending... Read more
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