The pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) reported Friday that at least ten priests of the underground Catholic Church have been arrested in Baoding, China, since the beginning of 2022.
Global Christian persecution spread still further during 2021, according to the Christian charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN).
Catholic League president Bill Donohue warned Wednesday that Christians who live in North America and Europe face an increasingly hostile secularism hidden beneath a cloak of progress and new “rights.”
Chinese authorities have significantly intensified their crackdown on all religious minorities over the past two years, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) revealed Tuesday in a comprehensive report.
Nearly one third of the world’s countries, where two thirds of the world’s population live, violate religious freedom, the pontifical charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) reported Tuesday.
The brutal violence of Islamist militants in northern Mozambique is “driving the local population from their homes in terror,” the Barnabas Fund reported Friday.
Americans’ awareness of global hostility toward Christians made a leap forward in 2021, according to a survey released this week.
A number of churches, public buildings, and monuments across four continents were lit up in scarlet Wednesday in protest of Christian persecution.
Mozambique Bishop Luiz Fernando Lisboa said that citizens are “terrified” over a spate of recent jihadist attacks in the country, as emboldened Islamists show no sign of letting up in their assaults.
Sudanese Christians are cautiously hopeful that their new civilian government will allow them the freedom long denied under the oppressive Islamist dictatorship of general Omar al-Bashir.
More than 60 percent of the world’s population of more than 7.5 billion reside in countries where the right to religious freedom is obstructed or denied. An estimated 505 million Christians face persecution for following their faith, a Catholic NGO Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) report indicated this week.
