Over the past two weeks, Katherine Jean Lopez had the honor of spending some extended time with Archbishop Bashar Warda of Irbil, Iraq. Compared to other countries, like Sudan and Nigeria, to which Americans often turn a blind eye regarding Christian persecution,
From intolerance to genocide: religious liberty violations driven by ‘tense’ global conditions, says report
"Tense" global conditions -- including the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, the fallout of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and increases in the cost of living -- lead to religious freedom violations in countries around the world, according to a new report by
The killing of Father Charles Igechi June 7 is further evidence of Christian persecution in Nigeria, church officials in the country say.
The priest was on his way to St. Michael College in Ikhueniro, where he was assigned, when unidentified gunmen swooped in
A Catholic parish priest accused of "offending state authorities" in Belarus said he understood the hardships facing prisoners of conscience after just four days in jail.
"I wouldn't wish this on anyone -- not a single hour in such a place," said Father
Nicaraguan regime freezes bank accounts of dioceses nationwide in another wave of Church persecution
Nicaragua has frozen the bank accounts of dioceses nationwide as the regime of President Daniel Ortega escalates its persecution of the Catholic Church with accusations of theft and money laundering.
900 civilians died in Nigeria’s Imo state in just 29 months, most of them were Christians, human rights group say
A leading Nigerian human rights organization has published a report with sobering statistics on summary executions, maiming, forced disappearances and illegal detentions in Imo state of southeast Nigeria.
Presenting the report during a press conference May 21, Emeka Umeagbalasi, a Catholic human rights
A parish priest was shot dead as he drove on a rural Mexican highway May 22, marking yet another attack in what has become the most murderous country for Catholic clergy.
Russian forces have reportedly seized a Roman Catholic church in Ukraine, according to published accounts.
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a nonpartisan, nonprofit public policy research organization based in Washington, released an April 22 assessment stating that Viktoria Halitsina, head
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."
"We see that Russia is now exporting (its) policies of state repression with laws in occupied Ukraine, which the Russian
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.
The report, titled "Martyred Christians in Nigeria" and published by the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule