Aleteia, The attack on a Catholic Mass in Nigeria Sunday morning – with the death toll now at over 80 worshipers – represents a troubling development in the ongoing saga of Islamist violence against Christians, says an American expert on … Continue reading
Crux Jonathan Luxmoore Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced out of their homes in Burkina Faso as Christian communities are targeted in a spiral of Islamist killings. The surge of attacks has forced some families to flee and leave … Continue reading
Morning Star News, Armed Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed 13 Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria on Wednesday (Jan. 8), the same day four students were kidnapped from a Catholic seminary in Kaduna state. Report is here.
National Catholic Register: A group of gunmen burned down a Catholic Church during Sunday Mass and killed at least six people, including a priest, in the west African nation of Burkina Faso Sunday morning. The attackers reportedly burst into the … Continue reading
NYTimes: As Christians in Sri Lanka gathered on Sunday morning to celebrate Easter Mass, powerful explosions ripped through three churches packed with worshipers, leaving hundreds of victims amid a havoc of splintered and blood-spattered pews. Report is here. And here. Update: … Continue reading
AsiaNews, Shafique Khokhar: Charges of desecrating the pages of the Qurʾān saw three young Christian women, including two minors, placed under arrest. It was later discovered that none of the charges were true, but by then the news had spread … Continue reading
PhilstarGlobal: At least 27 people were killed when two bombs hit a cathedral in Jolo, Sulu, the military said Sunday, days after voters backed the creation of a new Muslim autonomous region. The first explosion occurred inside the Cathedral of … Continue reading
World Watch Monitor: In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, dozens are feared killed as armed men believed to be Islamist militants from the ADF group stormed the eastern town of Beni, in the volatile province of North Kivu, on … Continue reading
Spirit Daily: A team of gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying Coptic Christians south of Cairo Friday, killing at least 26 [NBC has 28] people, including children, and wounding 25 other people, Egyptian officials confirmed. More here with news … Continue reading
Spirit Daily: Philippines: Muslim extremists abducted a Catholic priest and more than a dozen churchgoers while laying siege to a southern Philippine city overnight, burning buildings, ambushing soldiers and hoisting flags of the Islamic State group, officials said Wednesday. President … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: An Islamic leader in Pakistan is calling for the prompt execution of Asia Bibi, claiming that the state’s failure to punish her alleged blasphemy is the cause of the lynching of another man accused of blasphemy. More here with … Continue reading
AsiaNews: The death toll so far from a series of bomb attacks that struck Baghdad yesterday is 29 dead and 80 people injured. At present there are no official claims for yesterday’s attacks, but – in recent times – these terrorist … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: After a planned terrorist attack on two French churches was averted, Prime Minister Manuel Valls announced that “specific protection” is being provided to 178 Catholic places of worship. More on this here.
A fifteen year-old Catholic was among others who blocked a suicide bomber from entering a Catholic church. Four Moslems were killed preventing another bomber from entering an Anglican church. AsiaNews:The number of people killed in yesterday’s twin attacks against Christian churches … Continue reading
Who were these “armed men”? Hold your breath if you expect any strong voice from Islamaland condemning this. Agenzia Fides: The Coptic Catholic Church of Kafr el-Dawar, dedicated to the Virgin Mary and officiated by the Franciscan fathers, was attacked … Continue reading
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