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Church responds to mob attack on Christians in Pakistan

May 31, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Catholics attend Mass at Sacred Heart Cathedral, the seat of the Archdiocese of Lahore, on Aug. 20, 2023, four days after mob attacked several Pakistani churches over blasphemy allegations. More than 80 Christian homes and 19 churches were vanda… […]

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Mary, Mother of Persecuted Christians gains a shrine in Wyoming

May 14, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Bishop Robert Pipta of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Parma, Ohio, celebrates a Divine Liturgy on Saturday, May 11, 2024, at the Byzantine chapel at Wyoming Catholic College, on the occasion of the installation and blessing of the new shrine…. […]

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March for the Martyrs raises awareness of persecuted Armenian Christians and more

April 27, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

Gia Chacón (right), founder of March for the Martyrs, said the plight of the tens of thousands of Christian Armenians pushed out of their homes in the disputed Artsakh or Nagorno-Karabakh region hash been "completely overlooked by the main… […]

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Vatican: 20 Catholic missionaries killed in 2023

January 2, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Nahida Anton and her daughter Samar Anton were killed as they were walked to the Missionaries of Charity convent in the compound of Holy Family Parish in Gaza on Dec. 16, 2023. / Credit: Father Gabriel Romanelli/Facebook

CNA Staff, Jan 2, 2024 … […]

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Here’s where Christians continued to face persecution in 2023

December 30, 2023 Catholic News Agency 3

A screen grab from a video shared with ACI Africa that shows the parish house at St. Raphael Fadan Kamantan Catholic Church of the Diocese of Kafanchan in flames Sept. 7, 2023. / Credit: ACI Africa

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 30, 2023 / 09:5… […]

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Christian villages in Nigeria reeling after Christmas attacks leave nearly 200 dead

December 27, 2023 Catholic News Agency 17

This image made from an AFPTV video taken in the Nigerian village of Maiyanga on Dec. 27, 2023, shows families burying in a mass grave their relatives killed in deadly attacks conducted by armed groups in central Plateau State. The death toll fr… […]

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‘Anti-Christian hate crimes’ in Europe up 44% in past year, watchdog group says

November 17, 2023 Catholic News Agency 15

The Cross of San Lázaro of Seville, Spain, sculpted in the 16th century, was vandalized on the night of Oct. 21-22, 2023. / Credit: Emergencies Seville

CNA Staff, Nov 17, 2023 / 13:28 pm (CNA).
Europe has witnessed a 44% jump in anti-Christian … […]

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As World Youth Day kicks off, ACN champions cause of persecuted Christians worldwide

August 1, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

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CNA Newsroom, Aug 1, 2023 / 11:00 am (CNA).
As World Youth Day (WYD) kicks off in Lisbon, Portugal, this week, the international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is launching several initiatives to raise aware… […]

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Advocates for persecuted Christians in Nigeria question U.S. report that portrays Fulani as victims

May 2, 2023 Catholic News Agency 6

Burned vehicles after Good Friday raid on April 7, 2023, in Ngban, Benue state, Nigeria. / Courtesy of Justice, Development, and Peace Commission

St. Louis, Mo., May 2, 2023 / 07:25 am (CNA).
Advocates for persecuted Christians in Nigeria are c… […]

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Christians arrested in Libya on charges of preaching and apostasy from Islam

April 18, 2023 Catholic News Agency 6

City of Tripoli, Libya. / Credit: Shutterstock

Tripoli, Libya, Apr 18, 2023 / 08:23 am (CNA).
Last week Libya’s Internal Security Agency launched a campaign in the city of Tripoli to arrest Libyan citizens and foreigners accused of apostasy fro… […]

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