Nearly 2 Dozen Bishops Visit Remote Community of ‘Banished’ Catholics in Eastern India
As Cuttack-Bhubaneswar Archbishop John Barwa introduced each bishop, the 300 Catholics in attendance offered loud applause.
Results from Tag: 'catholic, persecution'
Nicaraguan Dictatorship Shuts Down More Organizations, Including Dominican nuns
The official government newspaper La Gaceta announced on Jan. 8 the “voluntary dissolution” of 11 of these organizations, including Save the Children and the Dominican Nuns Foundation of Nicaragua.
Pakistani Woman Sentenced to Death for Allegedly Blaspheming Mohammed
Shagufta Kiran is being held in Adyalaa Central Prison in Rawalpindi until her sentence is carried out.
Catholic Persecution in Nicaragua/ Jimmy Lai’s Catholic Witness
The Catholic Church in Nicaragua has faced another uptick in persecution by the left-wing government of President Daniel Ortega. ACI Prena’s editor in chief Juan Andrés Muñoz about the Catholic witness against this dictatorship. Then we turn to another Catholic witness. This time against communist China. From CNA’s Daniel Payne, we hear the story of Jimmy Lai, an imprisoned media mogul who converted to Catholicism.
The Return of the Canonized Popes
COMMENTARY: The upsurge in canonizations in recent decades is a reflection of the reality that another age of persecution is now underway.
Despite Persecution, ‘The Church is Still Alive in Nicaragua,’ Priest Says
After 527 days in prison, Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa was released and deported on Jan. 14 to Rome along with Bishop Isidoro Mora and other priests and seminarians.
‘Red Week’: Buildings and Monuments Across the World Lit Red in Honor of Persecuted Christians
According to International Christian Concern, 90% of all Christians killed for their faith in 2022 were Nigerian.
Nigerian Bishop: Tens of Thousands Spent to Rescue Kidnapped Priests, Seminarians
Nigeria has witnessed a surge in violence orchestrated by gangs, whose members carry out indiscriminate attacks, kidnappings for ransom, and in some cases, killings.
Nicaragua: Faith During Persecution (Feb. 18)
Eight Nicaraguan priests who were expelled from their country by the Ortega regime celebrated Mass for first time in six months last weekend at a small chapel in Washington, DC. The Register’s senior editor, Joan Frawley Desmond, who has covered this story of faith in the face of persecution, joins us on Register Radio along with Register columnist Andrea Picciotti Bayer, who covers religious liberty issue worldwide.
Aiding the Oppressed: Network of Shrines to Help Persecuted Christians Underway
‘If we are not praying in a consistent and constant way for other members of the Church — wherever they are — who are being persecuted for their faith in Christ, how can we claim to be faithful followers of the Lord?’
