Persecution of Christians worldwide has increased significantly in both quantity and intensity, human rights experts in ...

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Pope Leo XIV presides over a commemoration of the martyrs and witnesses of the faith of the 21st century with representatives of other churches and Christian communions in the Basilica of St. Paul ...

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Christians are being violently persecuted across the globe while world governments and international bodies continue to ...

In 2023 alone there were 2,444 incidents of violence against Christians across 35 European countries, including 1,000 cases ...

A new book suggests otherwise, but it is dead wrong. In January 1996, I joined 60 Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish leaders at a conference sponsored by Freedom House. The purpose of the meeting? To ...

Pope Leo XIV honors hundreds of 21st-century Christian martyrs killed worldwide, highlighting rising persecution by militants, criminal groups, and others, and urging remembrance of their sacrifice.

Leo cited a few examples of martyrdom since then, including Sister Dorothy Stang, an American nun who spent three decades trying to preserve the Amazon rainforest and defend the rights of poor ...