Anti-Christian persecution Archives

UK government imposes sanctions on those involved in religious persecution

Jul 10, 2020

Britain marked the one-year anniversary of the publication of groundbreaking report on the persecution of Christians by announcing the first wave of designations under the UK’s new sanctions regime for those involved in religious persecution.

By Charles Collins

Christian aid worker says time in Sudanese prison allowed him to share Gospel

Jun 29, 2020

etr Jasek is a Czech national and aid worker who was imprisoned in Sudan for over a year. Jasek, who works for Voice of the Martyrs, had been sentenced to life in prison for allegedly spying and working for an NGO without a permit. He was released in 2017.

By Crux Staff

Nigeria facing ‘systematic, planned, calculated’ genocide of Christians

Jun 29, 2020

Nigeria has had over 50,000 people killed since 2009 due to the Boko Haram insurgency, which has also displaced over 2 million people. In the country’s “Middle Belt” – where the Muslim North meets the Christian South – Muslim Fulani bands have killed thousands of Christians.

By Charles Collins

Nicaragua and El Salvador bishops push back against government-backed critics

Jun 23, 2020

Bishops in El Salvador have defended the country’s cardinal after he was attacked in social media over his comments about the government. Meanwhile, the president of Chile attended the funeral of his late uncle, a bishop who was under investigation for sexually abusing a minor and a bishop in Nicaragua warned about the persecution of the Church.

By Inés San Martín

After two years in captivity, Christian schoolgirl’s example ‘should challenge us all’

Jun 20, 2020

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – A kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirl who refuses to renounce her faith should “inspire every Christian,” according to a leading human rights group. Leah Sharibu was the only Christian among 110 schoolgirls kidnapped by the Islamic State’s West African Province (ISWAP) on February 19, 2018 in Dapchi located in

By Crux Staff

With Slovak cleric’s new job, big things in a small package

Jun 16, 2020

Generally speaking, only three things happen in Rome on Sundays: Mass, lunch and soccer. Thus it was a bit of a surprise last Sunday to see the Vatican announce a personnel move, in this case the pope’s nomination of a new cerimoniere, meaning an official who assists the pope in his liturgies and public events.

By John L. Allen Jr.