About 4.1 billion people, half of the global population, suffer some degree of religious persecution in 24 countries, according to an aid agency report that identified a disturbing rise in ...

Religious persecution impacts every faith somewhere in the world. Be it China’s broad oppression of Uyghur Muslims, Tibetan Buddhists and Christians, or Boko Haram attacking churches and killing ...

Christians remain the most persecuted religious group globally, the Holy See’s representative to the United Nations in Geneva ...

Pope Leo XIV talks to pilgrims and visitors during his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Oct. 22, 2025. Credit: CNS photo/Lola Gomez Almost two-thirds of humanity—more than ...

Aug. 22 marks the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief, an annual day of awareness to draw attention to human rights related to freedom of ...

Back in February, the persecution watchdog organization International Christian Concern reported on a group of Iranian Christian women who had crossed the southern border into the United States. After ...

Former Ambassador and Political Advisor to the U.S. Central Command; Vice President of the Board for Solidarity with the Persecuted Church Religious freedom is the heartbeat of America's 249-year ...

Nigeria is one of the most dangerous countries in the world to be a Christian, according to a new report from the nonpartisan Christian advocacy organization Open Doors. The country is number seven on ...