The World Watch List 2025 identified Nigeria, which has been grappling with Muslim extremist violence since 2009, as one of ...

The situation is improving in Indonesia. Rome (AsiaNews) – Anti-Christian persecution is growing all over the world. Over a year, the number of heavily persecuted and discriminated Christians ...

I want the Christians where there is less persecution to pray for Christians ... In 2016, she moved to Rome, Italy, where in her spare time she enjoys reading and going on adventures with her ...

He was the first full papal reign under the Edict of Toleration, ending the persecution of and legalizing ... In order to consolidate Christian unity, the Council of Nicaea — the first ...

The Open Doors watch list confirmed that Christian persecution continued to grow ... In 2016, she moved to Rome, Italy, where in her spare time she enjoys reading and going on adventures ...

Saint Agnes, by Simon Vouet, 1626 © Sotheby's London, 8 December 2021, lot 16, sold £378,000. Source: Christian Art. Gospel ...

Catholics all over the world are observing the Jubilee Year of Hope (2025). The year was officially launched by Pope Francis through the symbolic act of opening the Holy Door of St Peter’s Basilica in ...

and one of her sweaters were placed Jan. 10 on the altar of the "new martyrs of the Americas" in Rome's Basilica of St. Bartholomew. "May we learn to care for every child born of a woman ...

The challenge when visiting Rome ... Christians had less grand tombs, buried underground in many miles of catacombs. The largest complex is San Callisto, where nine popes and dozens of martyrs ...

The amulet shows how Christian ideas reached far beyond their initial centers in places like Judea, Alexandria, and Rome. Its distinctively Christian message, with no references to other religions ...

The Orthodox opposed the substance and contended Rome had no authority to unilaterally ... and ordered that Christian properties seized during the recent persecution be returned. The year prior to the ...

A cross containing dirt stained with the blood of Sister Dorothy Stang, a U.S. member of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur ...