Pomona, California — Independent filmmaker Dan Brown Jr. was arrested, handcuffed, and had his cameras confiscated by police on October 17, 2025, while filming a documentary outside a Planned Parenthood facility in Pomona, California. Brown, an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker who has worked on documentaries including "Walking While Black" and
Brussels — Members of the European Parliament have submitted a parliamentary question (E-003845/2025) demanding answers from EU leadership about the ongoing persecution of Christians in Nigeria, asking what measures are being taken to strengthen protection of vulnerable Christian communities and promote religious freedom in the country. The parliamentary question notes
Vatican City — The Vatican Apostolic Library has provided a dedicated prayer room equipped with a Muslim prayer carpet for visiting Islamic scholars, according to Father Giacomo Cardinali, Vice-Prefect of the library, who confirmed the arrangement in an October 8, 2025 interview with Italian newspaper La Repubblica. "Of course, some
Seoul, South Korea — Evangelicalism is growing around the world but nowhere more so than in Africa where the increase has been "explosive," researcher Jason Mandryk told the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) at its World General Assembly in Seoul this week. Mandryk, a Christian researcher with Operation World, reported
Vatican City — Pope Leo XIV will pray at the site of the 2020 port blast in Beirut that killed over 200 people during his first foreign trip as pope next month, the Vatican announced on October 7, 2025. The trip will also take him to Turkey to mark an important
United States — A YouTube channel calling itself "JOHN MACARTHUR WORLD" drew hundreds of thousands of views in April 2025 by producing videos presented as teachings from Pastor John MacArthur, but the content was generated using artificial intelligence to imitate his voice and likeness. The channel was not affiliated
Niamey, Niger — Kevin Rideout, a 48-year-old American Christian missionary pilot, was abducted from his home in Niamey, Niger's capital, on the night of October 22, 2025. Three gunmen raided Rideout's home compound, located approximately 100 yards from Niger's Presidential Palace. Rideout had lived in
Washington, D.C. — On October 27, 2025, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) marked International Religious Freedom Day with a joint statement from Bishop A. Elias Zaidan, chairman of the USCCB's Committee on International Justice and Peace, and Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades, chairman of the USCCB&
Peru/Germany — Former German bishop Reinhold Nann, 65, publicly acknowledged in October 2025 that he has married a Peruvian woman in a civil ceremony despite remaining an ordained bishop. Nann, who resigned in December 2024 as Bishop-Prelate of the Territorial Prelature of Caravelí, Peru, revealed to the German Catholic news
Castel Gandolfo, Italy — Father Richard D'Souza, the newly appointed director of the Vatican Observatory, stated in an interview published on October 25, 2025, that he would baptize extraterrestrial beings, declaring that "they are all part of God's creation" and "would be children of
Stuttgart, Germany — Porsche reported a devastating 95.9 percent drop in profits for the first nine months of 2025, with profit after tax falling to €114 million from €2.6 billion in the same period of 2024, the German sports car manufacturer announced on October 25, 2025. Operating profit plummeted
Minneapolis, Minnesota — Twelve-year-old Sophia Forchas returned home on October 23, 2025, after spending 57 days in the hospital recovering from a devastating gunshot wound to the head sustained during the August 27 attack at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis. Sophia was the most seriously wounded child among survivors of the