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Philippine Catholics honor St. John the Baptist with a mud-covered display of faith

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In this photo released by Nigerian Army, freed women and children that were abducted by Boko Haram in southern Borno, Nigeria. Saturday, June 6, 2026. (Credit: Nigerian Army via AP.)

Premium article: Catholic priest says UN admitting Christians are targeted in Nigeria is ‘long overdue’

Jun 11
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Pope Leo XIV presides over a Mass marking the Catholic feast of Corpus Christi at Plaza de Cibeles in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, June 7, 2026, on the second day of his seven-day apostolic visit to mainland Spain and the Canary Islands. (Credit: Manu Fernandez/AP.)

Premium article: Murder of Mozambique bishop highlights Christian persecution as Pope Leo visits Spain

Jun 7
Charles Collins

Rights group raises alarm over anti-Christian violence in India

Jun 6
Nirmala Carvalho

Advocates call National Convention as India’s Christians face surge in persecution, harassment

Nov 16, 2025
Nirmala Carvalho

Women mourn the death of a family member following the attack by gunmen in north-central Nigeria on April 15, 2025. (Credit: Samson Omale/AP.)

Catholics welcome Trump designation of Nigeria as Country of Particular Concern

Nov 3, 2025
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Flag of Pakistan. (Credit: Pixabay.)

After 23 years in prison for blasphemy, Catholic man in Pakistan freed

Jun 27, 2025
Nirmala Carvalho

Sergiy and Svetlana Melyanets and their seven kids. (Credit: Mission Eurasia.)

Calls increase for ending human rights violations in Belarus

Dec 10, 2024
Charles Collins

Sergiy Rakhuba, is president of Mission Eurasia. (Credit: Mission Eurasia.)

Religious minorities facing attacks in Belarus, charity says

Dec 7, 2024
Charles Collins

An ambulance said by residents to have been damaged and stripped for parts by Eritrean soldiers sits next to people as they wait to be seen at a medical clinic in Abi Adi, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, May 11, 2021. (Credit: AP.)

Eritrea arrests over 200 Christians in one year

Jul 4, 2024
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Ongoing violence in Nigeria a sore trial for Christians especially

Jul 3, 2023
Crux Now Staff

Latest Stories

Philippine Catholics honor St. John the Baptist with a mud-covered display of faith

Jun 24
Joeal Calupitan,
Aaron Favila

Photos show Philippine Catholics smearing mud on their bodies for festival honoring John the Baptist

Jun 24
Aaron Favila

These traditionalist Catholics are defying Pope Leo XIV, and embracing their outsider status

Jun 24
Nicole Winfield

Vatican says “No” to German bishops’ request for lay homilies

Jun 23
Crux Now Staff