Persecution
Islamic State linked militants have torched the historic St Louis de Montfort parish in Minhoene village, Cabo Delgado Province, northern Mozambique on 30 April 2026. Founded in 1946, the church was burned, its kindergarten damaged, and the priests' residence destroyed by fighters known...
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A landmark new Pew Research Center study examining religious switching across 24 countries has found that the Catholic Church is losing members through religious switching in 21 of them, while Protestant Christianity is gaining ground in many of the same regions.
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York has proposed an 800 million dollar settlement for 1,300 sex abuse survivors who were victimised as children by priests and lay staff. Archbishop Ronald A. Hicks confirmed the offer on 1 May 2026.
Persecution
A Catholic convent belonging to the Basilian Salvatorian Sisters in the Lebanese border village of Yaroun has been hit during the latest escalation between Hezbollah and the IDF, with the Catholic Church accusing Israel of bulldozing the religious site. President Trump simultaneously...
Persecution
A French Catholic nun was shoved to the ground and brutally kicked while lying injured in East Jerusalem on 2 May 2026, in an attack so vicious that even Israel's former ambassador to India branded it "Jewish terrorism."
Christian News
The FBI has returned a stolen 17th century gilded wood reliquary urn to the Church of San Michele Arcangelo di Cangiano in Italy, more than a decade after it vanished from the church between 2012 and 2022. The artifact was recovered on 11 February 2026 by the FBI Boston Division's Art...
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The Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) has issued a thunderous call for peace from Nicosia, Cyprus, demanding that the world's powers abandon weapons and choose dialogue over dominance.