Two priests were killed over the weekend in Nigeria, one in Kaduna state and one in Edo state. Fr. Vitus Borogo, a priest serving in the Archdiocese of Kaduna, was killed June 25 “at Prison Farm, Kujama, along Kaduna-Kachia Road, after a raid on the
Two Christian churches in Nigeria were attacked by gunmen during Sunday services, on June 19, leaving several dead and many more captured by the assailants. The assault came just two weeks after 41 Christians were killed in a Catholic Church bombing on Pentecost Sunday. The armed
In less than four years, the Catholic Church in Nicaragua has been the target of 190 attacks and desecrations, including a fire in the Managua Cathedral, as well as police harassment and persecution of bishops and priests under the regime of Daniel Ortega, the country’s
At least 50 people were killed and others injured Sunday when gunmen attacked worshippers at a Catholic church in southwestern Nigeria, according to media reports. A doctor at a hospital in Owo, a town in the Nigerian state of Ondo, told Reuters that no fewer than 50
For more than 1,500 days, Nigerian Christian teenager Leah Sharibu has been held captive by the Boko Haram terrorist group as Christians continue to be the target of attacks in the West African nation. Gloria Puldu-Samdi, who was with Sharibu’s family in early May, told
The Islamic State terror group has released a video showing the execution of about 20 Christian civilians in Nigeria’s Borno State in revenge for the killing of their leader in Syria by the United States special forces in February, according to reports. The video, published
Gunmen attacked a Catholic rectory and kidnapped two priests in northwest Nigeria on Wednesday. Father Stephen Ojapah and Father Oliver Okpara were abducted after gunmen broke into the rectory of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Gidan Maikambo, in the middle of the night on May 25,
In January 2020, Alexandre Goodarzy was bundled into the back of a car in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad along with three other colleagues belonging to SOS Chrétien d’Orient, a French-based charity helping people in disaster areas requiring humanitarian aid. Fearing for their lives, the four Catholic charity workers
A young Christian couple in Sudan who have two children together are facing 100 lashes on charges of “adultery” after a sharia (Islamic law) court nullified their marriage following the husband’s conversion to Christianity. The couple, 34-year-old Hamouda and 25-year-old Nada from Al Jazirah state, got
Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun is scheduled to appear in court May 24, according to a report by the British daily The Guardian. “A source close to him said the cardinal was set to appear in court on 24 May, adding it was possible that he
