Aggression against Catholic priests and religious — including kidnappings, imprisonment, and murder — is on the rise.
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Six Haitian Nuns Kidnapped in Latest ‘Reign of Terror’ Blamed on Gangs
Church leaders around the world are pleading for the release of six women religious kidnapped in Haiti Jan. 19 and are urging the country’s government to crack down on gang violence.
Nigerian Clergy Decry Violent Attacks by Muslims
Bishop Wilfred Anagbe, during a recent stop in Brooklyn, said massacres by Fulani herdsmen have continued in Nigeria, even as a new president has taken office.
New Religious Freedom Report Shows Attacks Growing Worldwide
A report issued June 22 by Aid to the Church in Need, a Catholic international aid organization, said that religious freedom rights were violated in 61 countries, impacting more than 4 billion people.
Only In Print: Students Prepare to Pray Rosary for Persecuted Christians Worldwide
As fifth graders Sienna Jeanty and Carolyn Tomaselli prayed the rosary with fellow St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Academy (SJWCA) students on Friday, Oct. 7, they were doing so with a special intention.
Nigerian Bishop Says Vision of Christ Gave Him Hope For End of Boko Haram
A vision of Christ helped give Bishop Oliver Dashe Doeme of Maiduguri, Nigeria, hope for the eventual end of the Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram, after the kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls in the remote town of Chibok in April 2014.
In War-Torn South Sudan, Starvation is Endemic
Some in the troubled African nation hoped Pope Francis’ visit would foster “reconciliation and peace.” But because of his ailing knee, the Pope Francis will send the Vatican’s secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, to Africa in his place.
Brutal Attack on Worshippers in Nigeria Is Called Attack on ‘Entire Church’
The brutal attack on people at a Catholic church in Nigeria on Pentecost Sunday is “an attack on the entire church,” said a U.S. official of Aid to the Church in Need, an international Catholic charity.
Pope Francis Asks Catholics World Wide to Join Him in Praying for China
Pope Francis is asking Catholics to join him in praying for the faithful in China.
Ukraine War Cuts Global Food Exports, Makes Lebanon Unstable
A hunger crisis was already underway because of the 2020 explosion in the Port of Beirut, but now it is worse because the war in Ukraine has curtailed grain exports to Lebanon.
