(Kath). The Armenian Catholicos Karekin II calls for peace negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, which also deserve the name, as well as the protection of Armenian Christian cultural assets in Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh)….
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Indian Christians seek end to police checks on churches
(UCAnews. Bijay Kumar Minj). A Christian forum in India’s northeastern Assam state has appealed to the district authorities to stop a police survey of churches, which has caused panic among community members. The…
Catholic Diocese seeks to convert teachers working in its state schools
(Humkanists UK). A project led by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark which has the express aim to convert non-Catholic staff working in state-funded Catholic schools has been condemned by Humanists UK,…
Nigeria: 15 étudiants libérés, après un enlèvement massif à Osara
(Vatican News). Trois jours après un enlèvement de 24 étudiants dans une université à Osara, dans l’État de Kogi, au centre-nord du Nigeria, la police a annoncé la libération de 15 d’entre…
Christians in Mozambique praying for peace as attacks grow ‘more severe’
(CRUX. Ngala Killian Chimtom). Violence has escalated in recent days in Cabo Delgado in Mozambique, with the Director of the Denis Hurley Peace Institute of the Southern Africa Bishops’ Conference telling Crux that attacks…
Christianophobia News Summary
Posted on May 16, 2024 On a weekly basis, we will include a selection of news items on lack of freedom of expression, conscientious objection and violence against Christians, although the most…
AFRICA/MOZAMBICO – Attacco jihadista all’alba nel distretto di Macomia; la popolazione in fuga nella foresta
(L.M. Agenzia Fides). Maputo (Agenzia Fides) – Dalle prime ore di oggi, 10 maggio, è in corso un attacco dei jihadisti legati allo Stato Islamico nel distretto di Macomia, nella Provincia settentrionale…
Christianophobia News Summary
On a weekly basis, we will include a selection of news items on lack of freedom of expression, conscientious objection and violence against Christians, although the most important ones will be included…
Another Religious Priest Shot Dead in South Africa, Southern African Catholic Bishops Decry “pandemic” of Murder
(Redaction. ACI Africa). Fr. Paul Tatu Mothobi, a member the Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata (CSS/ Stigmatines) and former Media and Communications Officer of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC), is the latest victim of…
AFRICA/NIGER – Pagare, convertirsi o partire: il dilemma delle comunità cristiane
(Mauro Armanino. Fides). Accade a un centinaio di kilometri dalla capitale Niamey. Arrivano con alcune moto, armati e propongono di scegliere quanto conviene delle citate operazioni. Pagare una tassa di 50 000…
Rapporto sulla libertà religiosa nel mondo
(ACS. Staff). Il Rapporto sulla libertà religiosa nel mondo viene pubblicato da ACS ogni due anni per divulgare il grado di rispetto e il livello di violazione del fondamentale diritto alla libertà religiosa nei…
Christianophobia news round-up
On a weekly basis we will include a selection of news items on lack of freedom of expression, conscientious objection and violence against Christians, although the most important ones will be included…
Catholic Irob minority has lost its home in Ethiopia’s Tigray region
( Catholic Herald). A Catholic minority in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region is “in danger of disappearing” after three and a half years of brutal and violent occupation by the Eritrean army, according…
Catequista secuestrado y asesinado en Burkina Faso
(Exaudi. Catholic News). Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) expresa su más profunda preocupación y tristeza tras el secuestro y posterior asesinato del catequista Edouard Yougbare, de la parroquia de Saatenga,…
El bulo anticatólico del genocidio nativo en Canadá: «Ni una fosa común, ni un cuerpo, ni un hueso»
(Religión en Libertad. ReL Staff). En 2021 se fabricó en Canadá un bulo anticatólico que incluía todos los elementos de emotivización y victimización característicos de la cultura woke: 150.000 menores nativos arrancados a sus padres e internados en residencias a…
Twenty-nine Nigerian Christians slaughtered in three-day pogrom
(The Catholic Herald). Suspected Fulani Islamist militants carried out on a three-day massacre in Pankshin Diocese in Nigeria’s Middle Belt, killing 29 Christians, injuring a further two, and burning down churches and…
Hindu mob attacks Catholic school in southern India
(UCA News Reporter). A hardline Hindu group has vandalized a Catholic school and assaulted a priest in southern India after a few students were questioned for attending classes wearing religious costumes instead of the…
Nigerian Catholics address reasons behind ongoing violence
(The Catholic World Report). Year after year, Islamic extremists in Nigeria have been perpetrating massacres. And, year after year, major media outlets in the West tend to frame these incidents as general…
Destituyen e inhabilitan por 15 años a juez que se negó a celebrar “por cuestiones religiosas” el matrimonio de una pareja del mismo sexo.
(Semana). Ramiro Eliseo Flórez Torres, juez décimo civil municipal de Cartagena, fue destituido e inhabilitado por 15 años para ejercer cualquier función pública, por negarse “por cuestiones religiosas” a celebrar el matrimonio civil entre dos…
Myanmar priest shot while celebrating Mass amid violent conflict
(CNA – Daniel Payne). A Myanmar priest was shot this week while celebrating Mass in the state of Kachin, according to media reports, with the assault coming amid ongoing violent conflict between…
Hong Kong cardinal, activists appeal against protest fund conviction
(UCANews Reporter). Hong Kong’s outspoken Cardinal Joseph Zen and four other pro-democracy activists have appealed against a court verdict that found them guilty of associating with a fund that supported protesters in…
Bishop allegedly stabbed during service in Sydney
(Angie Raphael. News.com.au). A prominent Sydney bishop has been rushed to hospital after being stabbed multiple times during a service, while three other people have also been injured. Police have confirmed a…
Burkina Faso : « Je ne prie pas pour éviter la mort »
(Zenit). À l’extrême nord du pays, deux prêtres burkinabés ont été enlevés et menacés par des terroristes qui voulaient les contraindre à se convertir à l’islam. Voici le récit de leur mésaventure :…