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August 08, 2025

Christian Persecution Reaches Israel

Friday: Christian Persecution The Council of Council of Patriarchs and Heads of Churches of the...

August 01, 2025

ISIL Massacres 43 Catholics in Congolese Church

Friday: Christian Persecution Forty-three Christians were massacred in a Congolese Catholic Church this week. ...

July 2025

July 18, 2025

Famine Ravages Persecuted Christians in Sudan

If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has...

July 11, 2025

Pope Leo: The Church Stands with Christians in Middle East

Friday: Christian Persecution Pope Leo called the bombing of Mar Elias Church in Damascus Syria...

June 2025

June 27, 2025

ICE Raids Churches, Arrests Christian Asylum Seekers

The Persecuted Church. Fridays. Persecution in America I’ve decided to revive my series of Friday...

February 2020

February 12, 2020

Pray Both for the Persecuted and Their Persecutors

I pray for the persecuted church on a regular basis. But I usually do not...

January 2020

January 08, 2020

Christian Persecution in Pakistan

Persecution of Christians is a global horror. Throughout most of the Muslim world, Christians are...

October 2018

October 22, 2018

Christian Persecution in China

Things are getting worse for Christians in China. “Before, as long as you didn’t meddle...

October 19, 2018

Boko Haram Makes Christian Girl “Slave for Life”

Boko Haram has announced they will "spare" a 15-year-old Christian school girl, Leah Sharibu, from...

October 16, 2018

Boko Haram Threatens to Kill 15-year-old Captive

Boko Haram, the Islamic terroist group most active in Nigeria, is threatening to murder 15-year-old...

October 15, 2018

Boko Haram Threatens to Kill Kidnapped Aid Workers.

Boko Haram has threatened to kill two of the aid workers it abducted in a...

October 13, 2018

Oscar Romero to be Canonized this Weekend.

Archbishop Oscar Romero was murdered in 1980 by a right wing death squad for the...

September 2018

September 22, 2018

Christian Persecution: Nigeria

Christian persecution by Boko Haram, a muslim terrorist group, is intense in Northern Nigeria.

June 2018

June 04, 2018

Supremes Rule Colorado Violated Baker’s Rights in Wedding Cake Dispute

First Amendment protections of religious freedom were affirmed in a narrowly drafted decision today. The...

November 2017

November 15, 2017

Christian Persecution: Pakistan

How does a woman who saw her family murdered, who was kidnapped and raped repeatedly...

February 2017

February 03, 2017

Did Obama Discriminate Against Christian Refugees?

I have no first-hand knowledge of this. However, I have read repeatedly in publications which...

November 2015

November 16, 2015

It’s Time to Discuss America’s Immigration Policy.

Not all Muslims are terrorists. In fact, very few Muslims are terrorists. ISIS, despite its...

October 2015

October 28, 2015

Gay Activists Demand Secular, Non-Irish St Patrick’s Day Parade

This is unfathomable on the basis of discrimination or any of the other claims that...

October 24, 2015

Persecution, not Divorced and Remarrieds, is the Most Serious Issue Facing Christianity Today

My colleague Kate O'Hare interviewed Chaldean Catholic Bishop Mar Bahai Soro about the holocaust of Christians...

October 02, 2015

All the Christians Stand Up

If a shooter said All the Christians stand up to you, what would you do? Sadly,...

September 2015

September 14, 2015

Lone Vet Returns to Iraq to Fight ISIS

60 Minutes covered the plight of Iraqi Christians Among other stories, they found an American...

August 2015

August 22, 2015

ISIS Desecrates, Demolishes Syrian Monastery. Priest Missing.

My colleague Tom McDonald posted a story about another atrocity against Christians at the hands of ISIS....

July 2015

July 14, 2015

10th Circuit Rules First Amendment Protections Don’t Apply to Little Sisters of the Poor

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Little Sisters of the Poor...

July 14, 2015

10th Circuit Rules that Little Sisters of the Poor Because … Well … The 10 Circuit Judges are Idiots.

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Little Sisters of the Poor...

July 09, 2015

Was St Maria Goretti’s Purity in Her Body? Let’s Ask St Augustine.

Purity is a virtue of the soul ... not even when the body is violated...

June 2015

June 25, 2015

Christians in the Muslim World: Egypt

This is a bit long, but I think it's well worth watching.

June 03, 2015

Obama’s Approval Sinks. What Would it Be if They Asked About Religious Liberty?

CNN recently polled Americans' approval of President Obama's job performance. It turns out that President...

May 2015

May 29, 2015

Crisis Pregnancy Centers are Under Attack for Saving Lives

Two days ago, the California Assembly passed a bill attacking crisis pregnancy centers. Among other...

May 27, 2015

Pope Francis: We are Living an Ecumenism of Blood

The "father of lies" is the one how is persecuting Christians today says Pope Francis....

May 23, 2015

Fr Longenecker’s 12 Reasons Not to Debate Internet Atheists, Plus 6 of Mine

Fr Dwight Longenecker published a post today giving 12 of the reasons why he...