Anti-Christian persecution

Grassroots group to host Good Friday prayer marathon for persecuted Christians
- Apr 7, 2020
The Good Friday prayer event is set to start at sunrise Jerusalem on Holy Friday and to end at sunrise Jerusalem on Saturday, is organized by Save the Persecuted Christians (STPC).

By Inés San Martín
Charity seeks to spark solidarity among virus victims, persecuted Christians
- Mar 21, 2020
This Sunday the façade of the Basilica of Saint Petronius in Bologna will be lit read by Catholic charity organization Aid to the Church in Need in a bid to raise awareness of modern-day anti-Christian persecution.

By Elise Ann Allen
Priest cites religious freedom violations in northern Nigeria
- Mar 11, 2020
A priest who serves as director of the Justice, Development and Peace Commission in his diocese in northern Nigeria cited an ongoing series of religious freedom violations in his region of the country, which is majority Muslim.

By Mark Pattison

Archbishop in India condemns removal of Jesus statue from Christian cemetery
- Mar 5, 2020
Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore has condemned the removal of a 12-foot statue of Christ from a Christian burial place in a rural district of the city by local police on Tuesday.

By Nirmala Carvalho
Explaining Pope’s soft touch on survival of Middle Eastern Christianity
- Feb 26, 2020
One might have expected the pontiff to use his trip to Bari on Sunday to issue a passionate cri de coeur in defense of a local church representing the historic roots of the faith, and which is presently fighting for its life.

By John L. Allen Jr.
Heightened U.S.-Iran tensions a threat to Middle Eastern Christianity, aid group says
- Feb 23, 2020
One man with up close and personal experience of the risks threatening Christianity in the Middle East has said those in Iraq and Syria, at least in part, blame fundamentalist terrorism and heightened tensions between the United States and Iran for the region’s dwindling number of Christians.

By Elise Ann Allen