Radical Israeli groups trying to drive Christians out of the Holy Land, say Bishops
Groups accused of assaulting priests and clergy, desecrating Holy Sites and acquiring "strategic property" in the Christian quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem.
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Three seminarians abducted from chapel
Clergy kidnappings are becoming more common in Nigeria, where atrocities committed by Islamist extremists are committed every day against Christians.
Pakistan: Churches increase security because of the Taliban threat
Christians and other minority faith communities are preparing for possible extremist incidents.
Pakistan: Senior imam backs Christian nurses in blasphemy crisis
Muslim leaders intervened to diffuse a situation in which Christian nurses were allegedly threatened and forced into hiding.
In Myanmar, cardinal urges protestors not to turn to violence
Cardinal Charles Bo made an impassioned plea, begging those protesting to stick to the path of peace.
In Pakistan, another Christian girl is kidnapped
Aid to the Church in Need is providing legal and paralegal aid in the case of Arzoo Raja, a Catholic, who was kidnapped from her home in Karachi.
Pakistan: Christian acquitted after spending 7 years in prison on blasphemy charge
Sawan Masih, a Christian from Lahore, was at the center of a storm in which a mob of more than 3,000 descended on the city, torching 150 houses, 75 businesses and two churches.
In Pakistan, 14-year-old Catholic girl flees Muslim kidnapper’s house
On April 28, 202,0 two armed accomplices kidnapped her in broad daylight close to her home.
Young ministers of mercy help victims of bomb blast in Beirut
The body of one of the Maronite young people, named Joe, aged 25, was discovered deep in the rubble. He was holding a cross.
Catholic charity offers emergency food aid to Beirut
Aid to the Church in Need reports that at least 10 churches were destroyed, 300,000 people are homeless and many others are seeing their livelihoods “totally destroyed” by the blast.
In Pakistan, imam’s fatwa gives parents of kidnapped Catholic girl hope
The ruling said the marriage certificate between the girl and her Muslim abductor was false.
Pakistan: In prison on blasphemy charges, Christian man sees appeal hearing postponed nearly 70 times
It has now been 11 years since his lawyer submitted his first appeal petition in Lahore High Court.
In Pakistan, family seeks the return of 14-year-old daughter held in forced marriage
Lawyers for the family say the girl was taken at gunpoint, and forced to marry and abandon her faith.
Pakistan: Christians denied COVID-19 aid
There have been reports of COVID-19 emergency aid staff on the ground refusing to give help to non-Muslims as the donations had come as Zakat charitable offerings, in accordance with Islamic Shari‘a law.
Missionary Catholic bishop who toiled in the heart of Islam dies on Easter Sunday
Bishop Camillo Ballin wore his cassock and cross even in parts of the Persian Gulf where symbols of Christian faith are not welcome or banned.
In northern Iraq, a ravaged Christian village comes back to life
After the ISIS occupation ended in October 2016, the village became a ghost town.
Keep the Faith in Syria
'Instead of bringing arms into our country, bring peace' says Melkite Bishop to Obama.
Give Peace a Chance
Patriarch Gregorios warns against military intervention in Syria