PAKISTAN: 1,000 frightened and homeless Christians forced to sleep rough
Nearly 1,000 panic-stricken Christians in Pakistan spent last night in fields of sugar cane having narrowly escaped…
PAKISTAN: Tensions rise after burning of Qur’an in Sweden
Several churches in Pakistan have been forced to close after Islamist extremists declared they are seeking revenge…
UK/NIGERIA: Killings of Christians on the rise
The number of Nigerian Christians killed or abducted because of their faith has drastically increased since 2020,…
INDIA: Hindutva nationalism to blame for violent clashes, bishop says
The ongoing violence in India’s Manipur state is part of a larger plan “to destabilise interreligious harmony”…
DRC/UGANDA: School massacre follows bishops’ dire warning
Just weeks after bishops warned that militant attacks in central Africa were spiralling out of control, an…
MOZAMBIQUE: Church promoting interfaith dialogue in conflict zone
The Church is set to launch an interreligious dialogue and peace initiative which aims to end armed…
NIGERIA: Bishop reflects on evils of terrorism and lack of justice a year after church massacre
On the first anniversary of the Pentecost Sunday 2022 church attack in Nigeria, the bishop of the…
NIGERIA: Call to beatify the Owo martyrs
A Nigerian priest has called for the beatification of more than 40 Christians who were killed in…
VATICAN: Pope adds Coptic Orthodox martyrs to Roman Catholic calendar
During a meeting with the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Pope Francis announced that he would…
BURKINA FASO: Jihadist terror forcing Christian girls to wear burqas
Christian girls and women in Burkina Faso need to wear burqas to avoid attacks in the face…
SYRIA: A decade on – kidnapped archbishops still missing
Ten years after two archbishops went missing, Churches across the Middle East have chosen the date of…
NIGERIA: Good Friday turns black
More than 35 people in Nigeria’s Middle Belt died on Good Friday when gunmen opened fire at…