Europe
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
Europe
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
USA
Jerusalem — U.S. Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha, attended a private Mass celebrated by Franciscan monks at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on Thursday, October 23, 2025, during a three-day diplomatic trip to Israel. Vance, the nation's second Catholic vice president, met
Europe
Vatican City — Aid to the Church in Need released its 2025 Religious Freedom in the World Report on October 21, 2025, revealing that 5.4 billion people live in countries with serious violations of religious freedom. The report indicates that 340 million Christians worldwide are currently facing high levels of
Protestant News
Washington, D.C. — White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed Thursday that President Donald Trump has not discussed plans to rebuild the Third Temple in Jerusalem, responding to an unusual question during the daily press briefing. 0:00 /0:23 1× Jake Turx, White House correspondent for Mishpacha magazine, asked:
Europe
Jerusalem — Archaeologists have unearthed the first Assyrian inscription ever found in Jerusalem, providing direct evidence of communication between the Assyrian Empire and the Kingdom of Judah dating to approximately 2,700 years ago. The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced Wednesday the discovery of a tiny pottery fragment, just 2.5
Orthodox News
Damascus, Syria — Ahmad al-Sharaa, a former member of al-Qaeda and affiliate of ISIS, now serves as president of Syria after leading rebel forces to overthrow Bashar al-Assad's regime in December 2024. Al-Sharaa, previously known by his nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, was on the FBI's
Asia
Afghanistan Earthquake Exposes Deadly Cost of Taliban Gender Laws: Women Left to Die in Rubble THE NEWS Kunar Province, Afghanistan — Women trapped under rubble after a devastating earthquake in Afghanistan were left to die because Taliban laws forbid male rescuers from touching them, according to multiple reports from the disaster
Catholic News
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan — A pastor tortured in a Kyrgyzstan prison has suffered traumatic brain injuries resulting in cognitive impairment, according to United Nations special rapporteurs and human rights group Forum 18. Prison Chief Major Azat Kudaybergenov informed relatives of Reverend Pavel Shreider, a 65-year-old True and Free Reform Adventist pastor, in
Orthodox News
Assiut, Egypt — An 18-year-old middle-class Coptic Christian woman disappeared on June 1 after going to school, caught in what Coptic Solidarity describes as a sophisticated Islamist trafficking network using social media to groom and abduct Christian girls. A network of Muslim girls at her school in Assiut Governate had targeted
Orthodox News
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
Orthodox News
Yerevan, Armenia - Bishop Mkrtich Proshyan of the Diocese of Aragatsotn and 12 clergymen from the Armenian Apostolic Church have been arrested as tensions escalate between church leaders and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's government. Proshyan was charged with coercing citizens to participate in public gatherings, obstructing electoral rights