After a gunmen killed about 40 parishioners during Mass at St. Francis Parish in Owo, the atmosphere across many Catholic parishes in Nigeria has transformed into one of fear and trepidation, priests told NCR.
Commentary: Our respective traditions not only teach us to be good and just, but offer us a language that can expand the horizons of what social solidarity can look like as the world grapples with crisis after crisis.
The coronavirus threat is but one more complication in the Sahel region, which faces a campaign by Islamist militants targeting Christian communities, especially in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso.
Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith says he is ready to launch street protests if Sri Lanka's government does not find and arrest the culprits behind last year's Easter bombings.
In a bid to solidify his evangelical base, President Donald Trump took steps Jan. 16 to give religious organizations easier access to federal programs and he reaffirmed students' rights to pray in public schools.
The leader of Aid to the Church in Need International says that the world is ignoring anti-Christian violence. But right-wing populist movements, particularly in Europe, are exploiting the cause for political purposes.
In an April 12 op-ed in The Wall Street Journal, the CEO of the Knights of Columbus said that "Christian towns in Iraq increasingly look neither Christian nor Iraqi — but Iranian."
More than half of U.S. Catholics say they are very concerned about the persecution of Christians around the world, with this 58 percent figure up by 17 percent from a similar poll a year ago.
