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Report finds rising anti-Christian violence in India

December 23, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

An Indian Christian prays in Eluru, Andhra Pradesh, on Dec. 9, 2018. / lakshmipathilucky via Shutterstock.

New Delhi, India, Dec 23, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA).
Christians in India were the targets of 305 violent incidents in the past nine months, a… […]

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Catholic school in India attacked by Hindu mob over alleged conversions

December 9, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

The flag of India. / Alexey Gotovsky/CNA

Sagar, India, Dec 9, 2021 / 15:23 pm (CNA).
A missionary Catholic school in central India was attacked by a mob of Hindu activists on Monday, despite the school saying they warned police about a possible… […]

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From Syria to Slovakia, buildings are lit up in support of persecuted Christians

December 2, 2021 Catholic News Agency 2

Red Week 2021 is marked in Bosnia and Herzegovina. / Aid to the Church in Need.

Königstein, Germany, Dec 2, 2021 / 05:20 am (CNA).
Hundreds of buildings across the world were lit up in solidarity with persecuted Christians in Red Week, an annua… […]

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New report details experience of Christians detained in North Korea

November 3, 2021 Catholic News Agency 2

The flag of North Korea. / Katherine Welles / Shutterstock.

Rome Newsroom, Nov 3, 2021 / 07:00 am (CNA).
A prisoner held in a cell in North Korea for two months noticed a distinctive pattern of behavior among some of the fellow detainees who cal… […]

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This pregnant woman who died in a prison in Spain, became a Martyr of the Rosary

October 7, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

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Madrid, Spain, Oct 7, 2021 / 06:40 am (CNA).
Emilia Fernandez, a pregnant woman who found her faith in a Spanish prison during the Civil War (1936-1939) refused to give up the name of her catechist to… […]

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Attack on Christians in Nigeria described as a ‘massacre’

September 30, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Kaduna State in northern Nigeria. / CSW.

Kaduna, Nigeria, Sep 30, 2021 / 04:30 am (CNA).
A Catholic priest has described last Sunday’s attacks on villages in Nigeria’s northern Kaduna State as a “massacre” against native people, many of whom are… […]

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Human rights activist: Myanmar’s Christians are suffering amid crackdown

September 28, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Burmese Christian pastor Cung Biak Hum. / Screenshot from the Forgotten Christian Minorities in Myanmar webinar.

Brussels, Belgium, Sep 28, 2021 / 06:10 am (CNA).
Burma’s Christian minority is suffering amid the military’s continuing crackdown o… […]

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March for the Martyrs highlights ‘global crisis of Christian persecution’

September 26, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

The March for the Martyrs in Washington, D.C., Sept. 25, 2021. / Christine Rousselle/CNA

Washington D.C., Sep 26, 2021 / 13:29 pm (CNA).
The second annual March for the Martyrs took place Saturday in Washington, D.C., featuring testimony from ad… […]

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Report: 17 Christians killed every day in Nigeria in first half of 2021

July 31, 2021 Catholic News Agency 2

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Onitsha, Nigeria, Jul 31, 2021 / 04:30 am (CNA).
An estimated 3,462 Christians have been killed in Nigeria in the first 200 days of 2021, according to a new study.This equates to … […]

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Advocate for Christians attacked in Sudan

July 7, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Sudanese Church of Christ after apparent razing and looting in Um Bartumbu, South Kordofan, Sudan, June 16, 2012. / Eyes and Ears Nuba.

Khartoum, Sudan, Jul 7, 2021 / 15:01 pm (CNA).
Boutros Badawi, a Christian activist and advisor to Sudan’s Mi… […]

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