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Church at the Good Shepherd Major Seminary in Kaduna, Nigeria. / Credit: Father Samuel Kanta Sakaba, rector of a Good Shepherd Major Seminary in Kaduna

Nigeria Tops Report for Number of Christians Killed, Kidnapped in 2024

Jan 15, 2025

The World Watch List, released Jan. 15, found that 3,100 Christians were killed and 2,830 Christians were kidnapped in Nigeria in 2024.

Protest Against Christian Persecution in China, Sept. 14, 2019, Cologne, Germany. | Credit: Lidia Muhamadeeva/Shutterstock

Believing in Jesus Can Cost You Your Life in These 50 Countries 

Jan 22, 2024

Open Doors just released its 2024 World Persecution List, which reflects a worsening situation for Christians worldwide.

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Report: Christian Persecution at its Highest Point in 30 years

Jan 18, 2023

The persecution of Christians is at its highest point in three decades, according to the latest report from advocacy group Open Doors.

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Archbishop Séamus Patrick Horgan. Credit: Voice of Hope Radio Wau Diocese

Violence in South Sudan during Lent “grieves” Ailing Pope Francis: Apostolic Nuncio

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“A new Nigeria is possible”: Catholic Archbishop in Nigeria Calls for Fervent Prayers to End Oppression

A faithful holds a rosary while praying for Pope Francis near the statue of St. John Paul II outside Gemelli hospital on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025 / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Pope Francis Participates in Lenten Retreat Remotely, Health Condition “stable within a complex framework”: Vatican

Today, March 10, We Celebrate St. John Ogilvie

Religious sisters and dozens of faithful gather around the statue of St. John Paul II at Gemelli hospital to pray the rosary for Pope Francis on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 22, 2025 / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Pope Francis in "stable" Condition, Rested Well Saturday/Sunday Night, "showing a good response to treatment": Vatican

Joy in Nigeria’s Yola Catholic Diocese after Successful “rescue” of Two Priests Abducted from Parish Rectory

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Religious sisters and dozens of faithful gather around the statue of St. John Paul II at Gemelli hospital to pray the rosary for Pope Francis on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 22, 2025 / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Pope Francis in "stable" Condition, Rested Well Saturday/Sunday Night, "showing a good response to treatment": Vatican

Joy in Nigeria’s Yola Catholic Diocese after Successful “rescue” of Two Priests Abducted from Parish Rectory

Franciscan Capuchin Representing Lusophone Africa Appointed Bishop in Guinea Bissau, Pledges to Serve “wholeheartedly”

A faithful holds a rosary while praying for Pope Francis near the statue of St. John Paul II outside Gemelli hospital on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025 / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Pope Francis Participates in Lenten Retreat Remotely, Health Condition “stable within a complex framework”: Vatican

“I count on the grace of the Lord”: Archbishop-elect on Episcopal Appointment for Ivory Coast’s Korhogo Archdiocese

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Lenten Season Opportunity to Be “conscious of pain of poverty, scandal of inequality”: Cardinal Brislin, South Africa

Thousands of volunteers in colorful safety vests fill St. Peter’s Square during the Jubilee of Volunteers at the Vatican on Mar. 9, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Pope Francis Thanks World’s Volunteers for the "miracle of tenderness"

Archbishop Séamus Patrick Horgan. Credit: Voice of Hope Radio Wau Diocese

Violence in South Sudan during Lent “grieves” Ailing Pope Francis: Apostolic Nuncio

A balloon with an image of Pope Francis is pictured outside the Gemelli University Hospital where Pope Francis is hospitalized with pneumonia, in Rome on March 3, 2025. Pope Francis suffered two new breathing attacks on March 3, 2025, the Vatican said, as the 88-year-old pontiff struggles to recover from pneumonia. / Credit: Photo by FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty Images

Pope Francis: Temptations, Falls Do Not End in Failure for Those Who Believe in God’s Love

Mother Angelica. / Credit: EWTN

Give up candy? Mother Angelica’s Five Tips for Your Lenten Sacrifices

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