The Vatican’s chief prosecutor said Pope Francis has given him free rein to investigate the 1983 disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi, a 15-year-old Vatican resident.
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Russia’s Persecution of Faith in Ukraine Part of ‘Cultural Genocide’ Campaign, Say Analysts
A new report concludes that Russia is systematically persecuting believers of several faiths in Ukraine as part of a campaign of “cultural genocide.”
Over 50,000 Massacred in Nigeria For Being Christian in The Last 14 Years, Report Says
At least 52,250 people have been killed over the last 14 years in Nigeria just for being Christian, a new report published April 10 revealed.
New Discovery Finds Hidden Text Between the Lines of Biblical Passages
Reading between the lines of a couple of biblical passages, a researcher has rediscovered a hidden chapter within the text, according to a report from last month’s New Testament Studies.
Holy Land Spirals Into Violence Amid Celebrations of Passover, Easter and Ramadan
A British-Israeli mother and her two daughters were killed in a drive-by-shooting terrorist attack in the Jordan valley on April 7, during a week that, instead of seeing the holidays of Passover, Easter and Ramadan celebrated in parallel peacefully, spiraled the region into violence.
Dozens Killed in Nigeria as Violence Marks Holy Week
On April 8, Fulani herdsmen attacked Mgban in Benue State, located in north central Nigeria.
Pope Prays That Easter Joy Would Break Through Gloom of Sin, War, Strife
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — On a bright spring morning, Pope Francis prayed that Christians would experience the joy of Easter and allow Christ’s resurrection to be “the light that illuminates the darkness and the gloom in which, all too often, our world finds itself enveloped.” “In Jesus the decisive passage of humanity has been made: […]
Pope Skips Good Friday Way of the Cross Procession Due to Cold Weather
One week after Pope Francis was released from the hospital, having been admitted for a bout of bronchitis, the Vatican announced that he will not preside over the late-night Way of the Cross procession on Good Friday as planned due to cold weather.
Nigerian Catholics Dismayed Over Post-Election Violence Back Home
People of the Nigerian diaspora in the Diocese of Brooklyn had hoped the national election back home in February would bring a new president, serious about quelling anti-Christian violence.
Peace Holding in Northern Ireland 25 Years After The 1998 Signing of the Good Friday Agreement
“The Troubles” of Northern Ireland — a dispute between Catholic nationalists and Protestant loyalists — roiled violently for three decades until the Good Friday Agreement of 1998.