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"Lawrence before Valerianus," detail from a fresco by Bl. Fra Angelico, c. 1447–50, Pinacoteca Vaticana. (Wikipedia)

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Saint of the day: Lawrence

Angelus Staff|Aug 10, 2026|1 Min Read

A sign calling for the release of media tycoon and Beijing critic Jimmy Lai who was found guilty in a Hong Kong court of national security charges, is displayed behind Lai's daughter, Claire Lai, as she sits for an interview in Washington Dec. 15, 2025. (OSV News photo/Kevin Mohatt, Reuters)

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Global religious persecution worsens, new Pew study says

Gina Christian|Jun 16, 2026|4 Min Read

Cardinal Joseph Zen prays before a peaceful march by Christians in Hong Kong in 2008. (CNS/UCAN)

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Persecution of 10 Catholic bishops in China intensified after Vatican-China deal, report says

Courtney Mares|Oct 21, 2024|5 Min Read

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British member of House of Lords raises attention to international religious persecution

Charles Collins|Mar 26, 2024|2 Min Read

People in Shanghai, China, attend an Easter Vigil service April 3, 2021, amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Aly Song/Reuters, CNS via Crux)

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U.S. religious freedom body highlights Nigeria, Russia in new report

John Lavenburg|Apr 28, 2022|6 Min Read

Residents gather June 7, 2021, at the site of an attack in the village of Solhan, Burkina Faso. Bishop Laurent Dabire of Dori condemned the June 5 attack by Islamists that left at least 160 people dead and urged residents to "keep faith and stay united." (CNS photo/Burkina Faso Prime Minister's Press Service handout via Reuters)

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Despite media attention, Afghanistan is not the only crisis affecting the world

Inés San Martín|Aug 23, 2021|5 Min Read

Fr. Ferdinand Fanen Ngugban with a religious sister. (Courtesy photo via CNA)

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Catholic priest and six others killed in attack on church in Nigeria

Courtney Mares|Mar 31, 2021|2 Min Read

Police officers guard near a church where an explosion went off in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, Sunday, March 28, 2021. (Yusuf Wahil/AP via Crux)

A reminder that Holy Week is prime time for anti-Christian violence

John L. Allen Jr.|Mar 29, 2021|4 Min Read

Hassan Mani, centre, father of freed schoolboy Abdulganiyu Hassan, outside his house in Kankara, Nigeria, Saturday Dec. 19, 2020. Nigeria's freed schoolboys have reunited with their joyful parents after being held captive for nearly a week by gunmen allied with jihadist rebels in the country's northwest. Relieved parents hugged their sons tightly on Saturday in Kankara, where more than 340 boys were abducted from the Government Science Secondary school on the night of Dec. 11. (Sunday Alamba/AP via Crux)

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Poll finds that on anti-Christian persecution, U.S. Catholics now get it

John L. Allen Jr.|Mar 19, 2021|5 Min Read

(Shutterstock via CNA)

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International court declines to investigate China for Uyghur persecution

Catholic News Agency|Dec 15, 2020|3 Min Read

(Shutterstock via CNA)

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Chinese Christians told to replace Christ with Mao or lose government support

Catholic News Agency|Jul 21, 2020|3 Min Read

Catholic church, in the city of Akure, the largest city in Ondo State, Nigeria. (Shutterstock via CNA)

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Send special envoy to protect Nigerian Christians says former congressman

Christine Rousselle|Jun 25, 2020|3 Min Read

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