Persecution of Christians

Kidnappers kill young Nigerian seminarian

Fredrick Nzwili · March 19, 2025

A young seminarian has become the latest victim of killings in Nigeria, the West African country where attack and kidnapping of Catholic clergy is on the rise.

Pastoral center in northern Myanmar among latest Catholic sites bombed by governing military junta

Junno Arocho Esteves · March 7, 2025

A Catholic pastoral centre in northern Myanmar is among the latest Christian sites bombed by the country's governing military junta.

A silent genocide is unfolding in Congo, church sources warn

Fredrick Nzwili · February 25, 2025

A "silent genocide"—mimicking the Rwandan one of 1994—is occurring eastern Congo, said some Catholic Church sources, as shock greeted the killing of 70 people in a Protestant church in the North Kivu Province.

Persecution Index outlines perils of world's Christians

A resilient Church thriving in hostile territories

Quinton Amundson · January 15, 2025

International Christian Concern’s (ICC) 2025 Global Persecution Index outlines how authoritarianism, religious nationalism, mass surveillance, displacement and acts of terror are imperilling believers of Christ around the world.

Vatican says 13 missionaries were killed in 2024

Cindy Wooden · December 30, 2024

Thirteen Catholic "missionaries" were killed in 2024, most of them during the commission of a robbery, but several obviously were targeted for the church work they did.

MP launches defense of Christianity

Anna Farrow · December 13, 2024

Durham MP Jamil Jivani has joined forces with a group of Protestant pastors to ignite a national conversation on the challenges faced by Canadian Christians in the public square – just as Quebec’s premier is threatening to ban all prayer in public spaces.

Seeing red about persecuted Christians

Susan Korah · November 21, 2024

Red light, illuminating St. Michael’s Cathedral in Toronto on the night of Nov. 20 stood in sharp contrast to the darkness of the city’s skyline.

Day of prayer Nov. 3 for persecuted Christian women

Luke Mandato · October 29, 2024

Christians from around the world are called to "Remember Her" on Nov. 3 as this year’s International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church focuses on the impact of religious persecution on women and girls.

‘Wall of silence’ on Christian persecution must fall

Quinton Amundson · October 5, 2024

Dr. Tristan Azbej came to Ottawa determined to recruit allies in the mission to support oppressed followers of Christ around the world.

Pope Francis prays Mary will protect persecuted Christians in Nicaragua

Justin McLellan · August 28, 2024

As the Catholic Church and Christians at large experience intense persecution in Nicaragua, Pope Francis expressed encouragement and support to the people living under the country's authoritarian regime.