With violence against the world’s Christians reportedly on the rise, Britain’s government announced Wednesday that it has commissioned an independent review into the persecution. The goal of the ...

Texas, introduced the Nigeria Religious Freedom Accountability Act of 2025 in an attempt to protect Christians and other religious minorities from persecution by Islamic militants. The bill, if signed ...

Jul. 27—Sixty-one of the world's 196 nations actively persecute Christians who, ostracized, imprisoned, beaten, tortured, raped and murdered, stay just as determined to hold onto to their faith as the ...

A forthcoming report from the International Christian Concern (ICC), a nonprofit, highlights the 10 worst countries for Christian persecution, as well as specific entities and individuals that are ...

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is one of the world’s worst persecutors of Christians, Bishop Michael Sis reports. Ortega is a communist who has been stealing churches and putting priests in prison ...

Gillian Richards is a research associate in The Heritage Foundation’s B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies. Olivia Enos / @OliviaEnos Olivia Enos is an Asian Studies Center senior policy ...

The persecution of Christians is at its highest point in three decades, according to the latest report from advocacy group Open Doors. The World Watch List, released by Open Doors on Jan. 18, reported ...

On Jan. 12, the Church honors the feast days for several martyrs and groups of martyrs at a time in which Christians still face persecution and the threat of martyrdom at the hands of authoritarian ...

Today's readings for the solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul provide us with a glimpse into the remarkable lives of two early Christians who endured persecution because of their faith. While the church ...

Killing Christians because they are Christians is nothing new. Sometimes the persecution is intense, sometimes not as much. Right now, many Christians are reportedly being killed in Syria, following ...

The spread of Christianity was made a lot easier by the efficiency of the Roman Empire, but its principles were sometimes misunderstood and membership of the sect could be dangerous. Although Jesus ...