Vatican City - Pope Leo XIV proclaimed seven new saints before an estimated 70,000 people in St. Peter's Square on Sunday, October 19, 2025, including the first saints from Venezuela and Papua New Guinea and a former Satanist who became known as an "apostle of the
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea - Papua New Guinea's Parliament passed a historic constitutional amendment on March 12, 2025, formally declaring the nation's Christian identity by adding an explicit invocation of the Trinity to its constitution. The amendment passed with overwhelming support, receiving 80 votes in
Maiduguri, Nigeria - Catherine Ibrahim, a Nigerian Christian woman, has shared her harrowing account of surviving Boko Haram atrocities that claimed her husband's life and left her separated from her children for three years, in an interview with Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need. Catherine described
Sign the PetitionEND GENOCIDE OF CHRISTIANS AND INDIGENES OF PLATEAU STATE, NIGERIA.Change.org We have signed this petition and I'm urging every Christian who reads this to do the same. Christians in Plateau State, Nigeria are being systematically slaughtered. This isn't hyperbole. It's
Cabo Delgado, Mozambique - More than 30 Christians have been beheaded by Islamic State terrorists in Mozambique's northern provinces, according to reports from the Islamic State Mozambique Province (ISMP) itself, which documented the atrocities in a propaganda release. The Islamic State Mozambique Province announced it destroyed at least
London, United Kingdom - The Catholic Education Service has condemned the Labour government's decision to impose Value Added Tax on private school fees, arguing the policy disproportionately harms faith-based schools following a wave of Catholic school closures. Beginning January 1, 2025, private school fees and boarding charges across
Dublin, Ireland - The Church of Ireland's senior leadership has reaffirmed its commitment to the traditional Anglican Communion structure following the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) movement's October 16, 2025 declaration that it represents the "authentic" Anglican Communion. In a joint statement released on
Bhiwandi, Maharashtra, India - Major James Watson, a 58-year-old active-duty US Army officer, was arrested on October 3, 2025, in Bhiwandi, Thane district, Maharashtra, along with two Indian nationals, on charges of illegal religious conversion activities. Watson was detained alongside Sainath Ganpati Sarpe, 42, of Vasai, and Manoj Govind Kolha,
Cairo, Egypt - Dr. Augustine Samaan (also known as Dr. Agustinos Sam'am), a Christian apologist and theologian, was detained by Egyptian authorities in early October 2024 on charges of "defaming Islam." He remains in custody as of mid-October, with his detention extended for additional 15-day periods
Kerala, India - Auxiliary Bishop Jacob Muricken of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Palai made international headlines in 2016 when he donated one of his kidneys to a 30-year-old Hindu man suffering from kidney failure. In August 2022, he resigned from his position to embrace a life of solitude and
Madrid, Spain - Spain's socialist government is demanding regional registries of doctors who refuse to perform abortions, sparking backlash from medical and Catholic leaders who call the move an unconstitutional blacklist. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez sent letters to regional presidents of Asturias, Aragon, Madrid and the Balearic Islands,
China - Multiple independent scholars project that China will become the world's largest Christian nation by 2030, with an estimated 247 million believers, surpassing the United States, Brazil, and Mexico despite ongoing government crackdowns on religious freedom. The projections represent a dramatic reversal from 1949, when the Chinese