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Tag: Martyrs

Over 50,000 Christians Killed in Nigeria Since 2009 Islamic Uprising: Intersociety Report


“Hypocrisies of Nigerian Christian leaders may turn church buildings into Turkish church monuments in 50 years’ time.”

ACI Africa, Africa, Catholicism, Christian, Islam, Martyrs, Nigeria, Persecution, Religious Freedom

Who Exactly Was St. Valentine?


The first thing to know about St. Valentine is that he is no longer recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church.

Bill Donohue, Catholic League, Catholicism, Christian, Martyrs, St. Valentine, Valentine's Day

“It was Jesus”, WhatsApp Testimony of Nigerian Student that Allegedly Angered Killers


A WhatsApp comment in which Deborah Yakubu testified that Jesus Christ had helped her to perform well in her examination is said to have irked her killers who found the mention of Jesus in the group offensive.

ACI Africa, Africa, Catholicism, Christian, Islam, Martyrs, Nigeria, Persecution, Religious Freedom

Pope Francis Opens Special Process to Canonize 16 Carmelite Martyrs of French Revolution


In 1794, the sisters were arrested, put on trial, and condemned by the Committee of Public Safety for being counterrevolutionaries and religious fanatics.

ACI Africa, Carmelites, France, French Revolution, Martyrs, Martyrs of Compiègne, Pope Francis, Saints

Today, October 18, We Celebrate St. Luke the Evangelist


“Luke came to Christianity from Judaism or paganism, although there are strong suggestions that Luke was a gentile convert.”

Apostles, Catholicism, Christian, Early Church, Martyrs, Saints

Today, September 28, We Celebrate St. Wenceslaus


During his 2009 visit to the Czech Republic, Pope Benedict XVI called the country’s patron saint “a martyr for Christ” who “had the courage to prefer the kingdom of heaven to the enticement of worldly power.”

Bohemia, Catholicism, Christian, Emperor Otto I, Martyrs, St. Ludmilla, St. Wenceslaus

Amnesty International Reports Brutal Crackdown by Taliban in Afghanistan


Afghan Christians Fear Violence Due to Taliban’s Interpretation of Sharia Law

Afghanistan, Amnesty International, Catholicism, Christian, Islam, Martyrs, Persecution, Religious Freedom, Sharia, Taliban

Open Doors USA Invites Christians to March for the Martyrs


As Christians in Afghanistan pray to stay alive, this Saturday, US Christians are being called to D.C.

Afghanistan, Catholicism, China, Christian, In Defense of Christians, Martyrs, Persecution, Religious Freedom

Pakistan’s Imran Khan Calls For ‘Time’ and ‘Aid’ for Hardline Government in Afghanistan


Afghan Minorities Struggle in the Wake of Looming Humanitarian Disaster

Afghanistan, Catholicism, Christian, Human Dignity, Human Rights, Imran Khan, Islam, Martyrs, Persecution, Religious Freedom, Sharia, Taliban, Women

Mozambique bishop: ‘Nobody asks for martyrdom, but is is something that can happen at any moment’


AN INTERVIEW WITH AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED (ACN), Bishop Antonio Juliasse, the apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Pemba, in the province of Cabo Delgado in northern Mozambique, a region that since 2017 has seen a rash of terrorist attacks.

Bishops, Catholicism, Christian, Diocese of Pemba, Islam, Martyrs, Persecution, Refugees, Religious Freedom, Terrorism

SLOVAKIA – Pope Francis: “The authentic Christian witness comes to life from the mysterious triumph of the Cross of Christ”


Authentic witnesses, the Pope said at the end of his homily – generate other witnesses, because they are givers of life.

Catholicism, Christian, Europe, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Martyrs, Pope Francis, Slovakia

As Christians in Afghanistan Struggle for Their Lives, US Christians to March, Pray in Washington, D.C.


The March is organized by For the Martyrs, a nonprofit organization that seeks to raise awareness about the crisis of Christian persecution, advocate for religious freedom and provide aid to suffering Christians across the globe.

Afghanistan, Catholicism, Christian, Islam, Martyrs, Middle East, Persecution, Religious Freedom

Polish Catholic family, killed by Nazis for helping Jews, on path to beatification


Devotion to the Ulma family is spreading around the world. Seven of the nine beatification candidates from the Ulma family are children.

Catholicism, Christian, Holocaust, Martyrs, Poland, Ulma Family

Survey shows American Catholics’ growing concern about global persecution of Christians


Fifty-seven percent of US Catholics believe that the persecution of Christians around the world is “very severe.”

Catholicism, China, Christian, Martyrs, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Persecution

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