Persecution of Christians

Another Nicaraguan bishop remains missing after being apprehended by police.

A Catholic priest working for peace and reconciliation in the Central African Republic was killed by armed men near his residence in the town of Zemio on June 29.

With Christian persecution continuing to rise globally, Open Doors Canada’s One With Them campaign is inviting the faithful to look beyond the troubling statistics.

Pope Leo XIV commemorated the World Day of Prayer for the Church in China on May 24 with a call to entrust Chinese Catholics to Mary’s care.

The situation of Syria’s remaining Christians and other minorities continues to deteriorate despite the passing grade that Canadian ambassador Gregory Galligan recently gave the post-Assad government.

A Catholic church in northern Mozambique was targeted in an attack by the Islamic State group that has carried out attacks against Christians and Muslims in the country since 2017.

After news reports that Israeli bulldozers demolished Holy Savior Christian school in the village of Yaroun, in southern Lebanon, the Israeli Defense Forces said that while some damage was caused, they denied "demolishing" the site.

The Vatican's permanent observer to the United Nations in Geneva called on governments and international organizations to strengthen religious freedom protections for persecuted Christians.

Nigeria is facing "a terrifying crisis of religious violence," the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom said in its 2026 annual report, released March 4.

About 40,000 devotees gathered at St. Anthony's shrine in Bangladesh despite fears of violence ahead of national elections, praying for peace in the Muslim-majority nation where Christians make up less than 1% of the population.