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The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculation Conception in Ouagadougou. (Rita Willaert/Flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0 via CNA)

World

There were over 800 extremist attacks in West Africa in 2019

Courtney Mares|Dec 19, 2019|2 Min Read

Inside the offices of Bishop Anba Makarios, leader of the Orthodox Coptic Christians in Al Minya, Egypt. (Christopher White/Crux)

World

Christian leaders in Egypt reflect on persecution of Coptic minority

Christopher White|Nov 27, 2019|5 Min Read

Franciscan Father Neville Fernando of Negombo, Sri Lanka, listens as Oblate Oblate Father Romeo Saniel, apostolic administrator of the Vicariate of Jolo, Philippines, speaks during a Nov. 21, 2019, interview in Washington. Father Fernando has participated in several rounds of peace negotiations between the Philippine government and Muslim factions. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

World

Priests responding to church bombings anxious about Christian persecution

Dennis Sadowski|Nov 21, 2019|5 Min Read

(Shutterstock via CNA)

World

Lebanon on the brink: Syrian crisis threatens 'last safe haven' for Christians

Catholic News Agency|Nov 20, 2019|4 Min Read

Sts. Jean de Lalande, Isaac Jogues and Rene Goupil, who were among the 17th-century French Jesuit missionaries martyred in North America, are depicted in a stained-glass window at the Cathedral-Basilica of Notre-Dame of Quebec in Quebec City. The feast of All Saints, celebrated Nov. 1, commemorates all those in heaven. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Heroic Christianity, our calling

Archbishop José H. Gomez|Nov 1, 2019|4 Min Read

Kurdish and Arab protesters chant slogans against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as they walk during a march to U.N. headquarters in Qamishli, Syria, Oct. 23, 2019. People in northeastern Syria say despite Erdogan's reassurances, the Turkish military and its allied Syrian armed groups are persecuting religious minorities. (CNS photo/Muhammad Hamed Reuters)

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Advocate: Turkish forces doing 'soft' ethnic cleansing in northeast Syria

Dale Gavlak|Oct 28, 2019|3 Min Read

Family members of victims react while praying during the reopening ceremony of St. Anthony's Shrine in Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 12, 2019, months after it was closed because of an Easter bombing. (CNS photo/Dinuka Liyanawatte, Reuters)

World

South and East Asia now the hotbed of Christian persecution, report finds

Matt Hadro|Oct 25, 2019|6 Min Read

A Catholic church destroyed by Islamic State militants in Karamdes, Iraq, is examined by a priest March 6, 2018. The genocide conducted by the Islamic State against Christian communities in Iraq and Syria has turned into continued harassment by Iran-backed militias and shows no signs of abating soon, said speakers at a Sept. 26, 2019, hearing in Washington. (CNS photo/courtesy Archdiocese of Irbil)

World

Militias' ongoing harassment of Christians in Iraq, Syria focus of hearing

Kurt Jensen|Sep 30, 2019|3 Min Read

Cardinal Pietro Parolin gives an intervention during a panel discussion hosted by Hungary at the UN General Assembly in NYC, Sept. 27, 2019. (Holy See Mission to the United Nations)

World

At UN, Holy See requests increased aid for Middle Eastern Christians

Catholic News Agency|Sep 28, 2019|4 Min Read

Ancient church in Brad

News

Syrian churches targeted by Assad forces, new report claims

Matt Hadro|Sep 10, 2019|5 Min Read

An altar boy swings the thurible of incense during a morning service at the Saint Charles Catholic Church

News

Slain Nigerian clerics are victims of a hidden agenda, priest says

Elise Ann Allen|Sep 4, 2019|6 Min Read

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Advocacy group: Ill Chinese citizens grilled on religious belief before treatment

Catholic News Agency|Sep 4, 2019|4 Min Read

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