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Africa
Religious leaders across South Sudan are sounding the alarm as escalating violence threatens to destroy the country's fragile 2018 peace agreement and plunge the young nation back into full scale civil war.
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At least 22 Christians were killed on March 5, 2026, in coordinated attacks by Fulani Ethnic Militia fighters across farming communities in Kwande County, Benue State, Nigeria.
US
A sweeping new survey of 2,000 American men ages 18 to 29 has found that former President Barack Obama is viewed as a greater role model than religious leaders, the pope, President Donald Trump, and tech mogul Elon Musk.
US
House Speaker Mike Johnson delivered a powerful address at the 2026 National Catholic Prayer Breakfast on March 19 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., declaring that the concept of "separation of church and state" is "one of the most misunderstood issues in...
US
Deacon John Zak, 69, a beloved servant of St. Peter Catholic Church in Omaha, Nebraska, was found murdered in his home on the night of March 11, 2026. His adopted son, 36 year old Martin Zak, has been charged with first degree murder and denied bond in Douglas County Court.
Latin America
Two Catholic priests have died after heroically rescuing altar boys from drowning in the sea during a Lenten retreat in the coastal town of Playas, Ecuador, on March 13, 2026.
Middle East
Taybeh, the last entirely Christian village in the West Bank, is facing an escalating campaign of settler violence that has gone completely unpunished. Father Bashar Fawadleh, the Latin parish priest, is calling on the international community to act before it is too late.
UK
The House of Lords voted on 18 March 2026 to retain Clause 208 of the Crime and Policing Bill, a measure that would decriminalise women who self administer abortions at any stage of pregnancy, effectively opening the door to unrestricted abortion up to birth in the United Kingdom.
Asia
Bangladesh's new Prime Minister Tarique Rahman took office on February 17, 2026, after the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secured a landslide two thirds majority in the February 12 election. For the country's small but resilient Christian community, the change in leadership has...
Middle East
Father Pierre al Rahi, a 50 year old Maronite Catholic priest, was killed on March 9, 2026, after Israeli tank fire struck a house in the Christian village of Qlayaa in southern Lebanon.
UK
Nearly 200 medical professionals have signed an open letter urging the Scottish Parliament to reject the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill, just days before a final vote scheduled for March 17, 2026.
Europe
Spain's Foreign Affairs Committee has approved a groundbreaking initiative to strengthen the nation's defence of persecuted Christians around the world. The motion, presented by the conservative Popular Party, passed by a single vote with 18 abstentions on March 4, 2026.