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November 2015

November 18, 2015

Boko Haram Suicide Bombing Kills 32, Wounds 80

Boko Haram used a suicide bombing to kill 32 people and wound 80 others in...

April 2015

April 14, 2015

Nigerians Pray for Missing Girls

Boko Haram kidnapped 200 Nigerian school girls a year ago. They've also kidnapped 100s of...

December 2014

December 18, 2014

Breaking: ISIS Murders 150 Girls and Women in Iraq. Boko Haram Kidnaps 100 Villagers in Nigeria.

Photo Source: FreeDigitalPhotos.net ISIS, the Taliban and Boko Haram seem to be in a race for...

December 16, 2014

Taliban Attacks Pakistani School. Guns Down 132 People, Most of Them Children.

In an inexplicable bit of terrorist logic, the Taliban attacked a school in Northwest...

October 2014

October 17, 2014

Nigeria, Boko Haram Agree to Ceasefire and Release of Kidnapped Girls

Nigeria’s chief of defense, Alex Badeh, has announced a truce between the Nigerian government and...

August 2014

August 18, 2014

Funding Rape, Kidnapping, Beheading, and Genocide: Price Waterhouse Coopers Fined $25 M for Terrorist-State Money Laundering

Price Waterhouse Coopers has been fined $25 million for participating in a terrorist-funding money-laundering...

August 16, 2014

At This Time Last Year: 45 Churches Burned in Egypt

The story originally said 20 churches burned. Then, it was updated to 45 churches...

August 12, 2014

Vatican Unambiguously Denounces and Condemns Unspeakable Jihadist Acts

Public Catholic reader Ken brought this to my attention. The Vatican has released a...

June 2014

June 05, 2014

Fifteen Nigerian Military Officials Found Guilty of Arming Boko Haram

Now it’s beginning to make sense. Boko Haram, the mass murderers in the name of...

May 2014

May 13, 2014

Vatican: Boko Haram Releases New Video of Kidnapped Girls

I'm a little disappointed in Public Catholic readers. I posted a video yesterday of...

May 10, 2014

Chaplet of St Michael

In these times, we probably should pray this more often.

May 06, 2014

The FBI Stands Ready to Help Rescue Nigerian Girls

The FBI stands ready to assist Nigeria to help find the approximately 300 girls kidnapped...

May 05, 2014

Boko Haram Leader Takes Credit for Abducting School Girls. Says They are His Slaves and He will Sell Them.

Who funds Boko Haram? “They are slaves and I will sell them because I...

May 01, 2014

Million Woman March: Nigerian Women Pressure Government to Do More to Free Kidnapped Girls

What part does corruption play in Nigeria’s failure to stop Boko Haram? Women and...

January 2014

January 28, 2014

At Least 99 Dead in Attacks on Nigerian Churches

Violent persecution of Christians continues in Nigeria. At least 99 people were murdered in attacks...

November 2013

November 14, 2013

Christian Persecution and Conversion in Nigeria

Nigerian Christians have suffered a decade of murderous attacks from militant islamists, in particular the...

October 2013

October 22, 2013

Are Christian Bashers Bullying Us Into Silence About Christian Persecution?

The reluctance of predominately Christian countries to speak out is remarkable. That quote comes from...

October 20, 2013

Nigerian Christians Want Peace, Not Vengeance

Nigerian Christians call for peace, not vengeance. They even talk of forgiveness. The Nigerian...

September 2013

September 27, 2013

Christian Persecution: What Can We Do?

Elizabeth Scalia has heard the call. Have you? I'm talking about the call to prayer...

August 2013

August 26, 2013

Novena for the Persecuted Church, Day 9

Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and...

August 25, 2013

Novena for the Persecuted Church, Day 8

Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and...

August 24, 2013

Novena for the Persecuted Church, Day 7

Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and...

August 23, 2013

Novena for the Persecuted Church, Day 6

Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and...

May 2013

May 04, 2013

15 Countries Named for ‘Systematic, On-Going’ Abuse of Religious Freedom

The US Commission for International Religious Freedom issued a recent report that named 15 Countries...

April 2013

April 26, 2013

Christian Persecution: Six Quick Takes

This week's six quick takes on Christian Persecution include one that I'm not entirely sure...

April 05, 2013

Christian Persecution: Six Quick Takes

Easter isn't all new clothes, gorgeous masses in stunning church buildings and arguments about...

March 2013

March 25, 2013

Christian Persecution and Blood Red Shoes

Pope Francis is the Pope. If he decides to go for all the pomp his...

March 08, 2013

Christian Persecution and the Terminology of Death

Years ago, I had a conversation with a nice woman who held a responsible position...

February 2013

February 08, 2013

Christian Persecution: 6 Quick Takes from Around the World

Violent persecutors of Christians appear to be cowards as well as bigots. How else to...

January 2013

January 04, 2013

Christian Persecution: The Not-So-Merry Christmas of Persecuted Christians

The angel of the Lord woke Joseph with a dream, instructing him to take Mary...