Persecution of Christians

Updated 14AUG2025

Organizations
  1. https://www.catholicarena.com/latest/indiachristians140825 Indian Christians Are Being Persecuted In Huge Numbers
  2. https://www.christiantoday.com/news/indonesia-religious-leaders-demand-stronger-protections-amid-rising-attacks-on-christians
  3. https://www.ncregister.com/cna/report-finds-over-400-cases-of-vandalism-other-hostile-acts-against-churches-in-2024-azykkf84
  4. https://dailydeclaration.org.au/2025/08/13/islamic-extremists-killed-22000/
  5. https://www.breitbart.com/africa/2025/08/07/islamic-state-beheads-christians-burns-churches-mozambique-rampage/
  6. https://catholicconnect.in/news/catholic-priests-nuns-catechist-attacked-by-bajrang-dal-mob-in-jaleswar-odisha
  7. https://lpj.org/en/news/statement-on-the-attack-perpetrated-in-the-christian-town-of-taybeh
  8. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/265629/violence-continues-to-escalate-in-west-bank-as-settlers-target-christian-village
  9. https://acnusa36930.activehosted.com/index.php?action=social&chash=3ad7c2ebb96fcba7cda0cf54a2e802f5.308&s=51763418584941c9179b837c29673615 At least 40 people, including many children, were killed in a massacre in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in the early hours of Sunday, July 27th.
  10. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/265591/massacre-in-congolese-catholic-church-kills-at-least-31-worshippers
  11. https://thecatholicherald.com/article/gunmen-kills-security-guard-and-abduct-3-seminarians-in-nigeria
  12. https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-middle-east/2025/07/christian-leaders-condemn-violence-by-israeli-settlers-on-west-bank-town
  13. https://zenit.org/2025/07/11/fires-set-by-jewish-settlers-threaten-the-town-of-taybeh-the-only-completely-christian-town-in-the-world/
  14. https://catholicvote.org/priests-of-west-banks-only-remaining-all-christian-town-issue-urgent-appeal-against-israeli-settler-violence/ Priests of West Bank’s only remaining all-Christian town issue urgent appeal against Israeli settler violence
  15. https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/confronting-the-west-s-rising-anti-christian-hostility
  16. https://catholicvote.org/religious-persecution-watchdog-urges-prayer-as-anti-christian-violence-escalates-in-india/
  17. https://thecatholicherald.com/crucifix-set-alight-and-40-headstones-smashed-in-scottish-cemetery-attack/
  18. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/syrias-christians-ask-why-us-after-suicide-bombing-damascus-church-2025-06-23/
  19. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/blast-rocks-church-syrias-damascus-witnesses-say-2025-06-22/
  20. https://cruxnow.com/church-in-asia/2025/06/attack-on-christians-in-indias-odisha-state-blamed-on-hindu-nationalists Attack on Christians in India’s Odisha state blamed on Hindu nationalists
  21. https://www.osvnews.com/prayers-continue-for-release-of-abducted-nigerian-priest-who-recently-served-in-alaska/
  22. https://acnusa36930.activehosted.com/index.php?action=social&chash=eddea82ad2755b24c4e168c5fc2ebd40.282&s=51763418584941c9179b837c29673615 Militants massacred up to 200 Christians in Nigeria’s Benue State Friday night, June 13
  23. https://europeanconservative.com/articles/commentary/380-million-christians-face-brutal-persecution-in-muslim-majority-regions/
  24. https://thecatholicherald.com/this-is-horror-thirty-six-nigerian-christians-murdered-in-three-day-bloodbath/
  25. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/264295/crimes-against-churches-and-christians-in-germany-on-the-rise
  26. https://religionunplugged.com/news/2025/5/16/uscirf-highlights-surging-violence-against-christians-in-nigeria-urges-us-action
  27. https://www.ksn.com/news/religious-statue-bashed-outside-of-clinic-in-wichita/
  28. https://catholicvote.org/500th-catholic-church-attack-man-detonates-explosive-perpetual-adoration-chapel-altar/
  29. https://morningstarnews.org/2025/04/killer-of-staines-and-sons-released-as-hero-in-india/
  30. https://www.opendoorsuk.org/news/latest-news/nigeria-christians-attacks/ Christians among 113 killed in latest spate of attacks in Nigeria
  31. https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/attack-gunmen-leaves-40-people-dead-nigeria-countrys-120804551
  32. https://www.osvnews.com/nicaragua-cracks-down-further-on-church-during-holy-week/
  33. https://astoriapost.com/suspect-smashes-religious-statue-astoria-church
  34. https://thecatholicherald.com/haitian-mobs-hunt-down-and-murders-religious-sisters/
  35. https://europeanconservative.com/articles/analysis/orthodox-christian-institutions-plundered-in-turkish-muslim-nationalist-campaign/
  36. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/263051/christian-communities-in-israel-face-growing-hostility-annual-report-reveals
  37. https://thecatholicherald.com/young-christian-brutally-attacked-in-pakistan/
  38. https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2025/03/24/two-more-priests-kidnapped-by-jihadists-in-nigeria/
  39. https://www.ncregister.com/news/nigerian-bishop-decries-anti-christian-attacks
  40. https://thecatholicherald.com/another-kidnapped-priest-killed-in-nigeria-nearly-150-priests-seized-in-last-10-years/
  41. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/262677/cathedrals-churches-in-mexico-vandalized-during-international-women-s-day-marches
  42. https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/in-syria-real-massacres-phantom-killings-constant-threats In Syria: Real Massacres, Phantom Killings, Constant Threats
  43. https://www.catholicregister.org/item/1855-church-leaders-condemn-killings-urge-prayers-amid-horrific-syria-violence Church leaders condemn killings, urge prayers amid horrific Syria violence
  44. https://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=65010 Syrian Patriarchs plead for peace as Christians are killed
  45. https://www.catholicregister.org/item/1846-pastoral-center-in-northern-myanmar-among-latest-catholic-sites-bombed-by-governing-military-junta
  46. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/262591/nigerian-diocese-pays-tribute-to-priest-who-was-murdered-on-ash-wednesday
  47. https://catholicvote.org/nigeria-once-again-declared-worlds-deadliest-country-for-christians/
  48. https://www.foxnews.com/world/70-christians-beheaded-african-country-isis-aligned-militants-groups-say-world-mostly-silent
  49. https://gellerreport.com/2024/12/watch-palestinians-violently-attack-bethlehem-church-during-christmas-rehearsals.html/ Muslims Violently Attack Bethlehem Church During Christmas Rehearsals
  50. https://www.osvnews.com/2024/12/30/indigenous-christian-village-in-bangladesh-burned-to-the-ground-on-christmas-eve/ Indigenous Christian village in Bangladesh burned to the ground on Christmas Eve
  51. https://cruxnow.com/church-in-asia/2024/12/christians-attacked-in-village-in-bangladesh Christians attacked in village in Bangladesh
  52. https://catholicvote.org/vandals-destroy-20k-worth-of-property-at-indiana-catholic-church/
  53. https://x.com/CatholicVote/status/1842220905298022669?t=GD7nkkXEU4sI0brCGnFavw&s=03 Notre-Dame des Sept Allégresses Church
  54. https://humanevents.com/2024/09/26/9-churches-set-ablaze-in-3-week-arson-rampage-across-europe#google_vignette
  55. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/260677/we-are-in-trouble-catholic-priests-lament-another-jihadist-group-making-inroads-in-nigeria
  56. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/260575/nearly-half-of-2500-anti-christian-hate-crimes-in-europe-were-in-france-report-says
  57. https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/causes-of-catholics-killed-by-islamists
  58. https://catholicherald.co.uk/another-priest-kidnapped-in-nigeria/
  59. https://www.oursundayvisitor.com/christian-persecution-is-increasing-dramatically-around-the-globe-report-says/
  60. https://catholicvote.org/pakistani-christian-girls-abducted-by-muslim-activists/
  61. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/260127/seminary-rector-kidnapped-during-evening-prayers-at-nigerian-minor-seminary
  62. https://catholicvote.org/vandalism-at-pennsylvania-catholic-church-shock-parishioners/
  63. https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/21033/christians-slaughtered-in-nigeria
  64. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/259953/islamic-terrorists-massacre-150-in-burkina-faso
  65. https://catholicvote.org/islamist-fulani-terrorists-kidnap-torture-kill-christians-nigeria/
  66. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/259201/thousands-gather-in-jungle-for-celebration-of-catholic-priest-who-was-killed-in-eastern-india Thousands gather in jungle for celebration honoring Catholic priest killed in eastern India
  67. https://www.catholic.org/news/national/story.php?id=87233 Hate crimes at Georgetown University
  68. https://canadiancatholicnews.ca/2024/08/17/interfaith-support-for-ottawa-church-following-recent-vandalism-attack/
  69. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/259071/56000-killed-in-nigeria-s-ethnic-and-religious-violence-christians-disproportionately-affected
  70. https://catholicvote.org/religious-freedom-activist-nigerian-fulani-herdsmen/
  71. https://aleteia.org/2024/08/19/venezuelan-priest-detained-amid-growing-repression
  72. https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/egypt-yemeni-christian-convert-on-hunger-strike-to-protest-unjust-imprisonment-since-2021/
  73. https://acninternational.org/kidnapping-of-priests-remains-rampant-in-nigeria/
  74. https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/ireland-priest-stabbed-outside-defence-forces-barracks/
  75. https://catholicherald.co.uk/statue-of-virgin-mary-destroyed-by-vandals-at-church-in-westminster-diocese/#:~:text=A%20statue%20of%20the%20Blessed,early%20hours%20of%207%20August.
  76. https://cruxnow.com/church-in-asia/2024/07/christian-woman-brutally-murdered-in-india
  77. https://cruxnow.com/church-in-africa/2024/07/eritrea-arrests-over-200-christians-in-one-year
  78. https://cruxnow.com/church-in-africa/2024/07/resurgence-of-suicide-attacks-concern-nigerias-church-leaders
  79. https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2024/07/02/video-captures-cab-driver-vandalizing-church-statue/
  80. https://catholicherald.co.uk/pakistani-church-leaders-demand-swift-action-after-lynch-mob-murder-of-elderly-christian/
  81. https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/whats-behind-the-latest-killing-of Nazir Masih
  82. https://cruxnow.com/church-in-asia/2024/06/christian-man-dies-from-wounds-received-in-may-25-attack-in-pakistan
  83. https://www.mercatornet.com/ethnic_cleansing_of_armenians_continues_in_the_caucasus_is_anyone_paying_attention
  84. https://punchng.com/police-launch-manhunt-as-gunmen-kidnap-catholic-priest-in-anambra/
  85. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/257564/priest-shot-dead-in-south-africa-catholic-bishops-there-decry-pandemic-of-murder
  86. https://catholicvote.org/vandal-shatters-historic-marian-statue-outside-local-catholic-church-in-oklahoma/
  87. https://www.opendoors.org/en-US/persecution/countries/
  88. https://twitter.com/ChristiansMENA/status/1783488405784908025?t=C4FJulhSy_bBOwOd6c7PkQ&s=03 Islamists celebrate while church burning; Coptic Christian homes destroyed
  89. https://www.lifenews.com/2024/04/29/abortion-advocates-vandalize-church-with-graphic-pro-abortion-messages/
  90. https://catholicherald.co.uk/eight-thousand-nigerian-christians-murdered-in-worst-single-year-for-islamist-attacks-says-report/ More than 8,000 Christians were killed in 2023 by Islamist muslims, the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) has said.
  91. https://www.jihadwatch.org/2024/04/germany-muslims-plotted-to-murder-as-many-non-muslims-as-possible-inside-and-outside-church-on-ascension-day
  92. https://www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/nigeria-s-silent-slaughter-62-000-christians-murdered-since-2000
  93. https://catholicherald.co.uk/no-justice-for-pakistans-christians-eight-months-after-atrocity-british-parliament-told/
  94. https://globalnews.ca/news/8035728/bc-civil-liberties-association-head-resigns-controversy/ Anti-Catholic bias demonstrated by BC Civil Rights Association leader
  95. https://catholicherald.co.uk/terrorists-murder-catechist-in-burkina-faso/ A catechist has been abducted and killed by terrorists in Fada N’gourma, east Burkina Faso. Edouard Yougbare’s lifeless body was discovered in Saatenga parish yesterday, according to local reports received by Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN).
  96. https://twitter.com/CatholicArena/status/1781594989211885759 Two churches burned - attempted arson - in County Meath, Ireland.
  97. https://catholicherald.co.uk/twenty-nine-nigerian-christians-slaughtered-in-three-day-pogrom/
  98. https://www.osvnews.com/2024/04/17/experts-attack-on-texas-priest-other-incidents-show-parishes-need-to-get-serious-on-security/
  99. https://aleteia.org/2024/04/15/bishop-stabbed-in-sydney-church-while-giving-bible-study/
  100. https://humanevents.com/2024/04/16/muslim-immigrant-stabs-70-year-old-man-to-death-minutes-after-stabbing-flatmate-for-converting-to-christianity-in-uk-report
  101. https://aleteia.org/2024/04/15/bishop-stabbed-in-sydney-church-while-giving-bible-study/
  102. https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/san-antonio-catholic-church-hit-by-vandals-easter-sunday-marking-third-incident-within-a-month/273-cddf850e-fcfb-4fb4-8755-3464a9d3b810
  103. https://www.altoonamirror.com/news/local-news/2024/03/vandals-topple-church-statue/
  104. https://aleteia.org/2024/03/14/hundreds-of-nigerian-school-kids-abducted-in-broad-daylight/
  105. https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/02/27/exclusive-catholic-churches-attacked-400-times-since-2020-tracker-finds/
  106. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-68398473 15 dead in attack on Catholic Church by Islamist groups linked to al-Qaeda and Islamic State
  107. https://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=LK24B37&f=IS24B01 FEB2024 FRC Report
  108. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfPSu-EllaE Attempted arson at Blessed Sacrament Parish Church, Regina, Manitoba, Feb 12, 2024
  109. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2023-04/over-50000-christians-killed-in-nigeria-by-islamist-extremists.html Over 50,000 Christians killed by Islamist Muslims
  110. https://panow.com/2024/01/23/vandals-target-religious-statue/
  111. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68122404 Attack on Catholic Church in Istanbul
  112. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/256667/islamic-state-claims-responsibility-for-attack-on-catholic-church-in-istanbul
  113. https://www.opendoorsuk.org/persecution/world-watch-list/
  114. https://cforc.com/2024/01/arson-attacks-rise-canada/
  115. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/256551/report-33-churches-in-canada-destroyed-by-fire-since-may-2021
  116. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/248122/police-investigate-after-two-catholic-churches-burn-on-british-columbia-tribal-lands
  117. https://tnc.news/2024/01/02/a-map-of-every-church-burnt-or-vandalized-since-the-residential-school-announcements3/
  118. https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1I_E48OhsJpTMMmO_EX_PSZAkOnHoIXyG&femb=1&ll=58.459503787995374%2C-92.87236944999998&z=3
  119. https://ccrl.ca/church-attacks-database/
  120. https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2023/december/nigeria-christmas-massacre-plateau-fulani-herders-farmers.html Attacks on 26 villages in Plateau State began December 23, led by suspected extremists among Fulani Muslim herdsman against Christian farming communities.
  121. https://nypost.com/2023/12/30/news/nigeria-christmas-massacre-sees-over-100-christians-dead-killed-for-sport/
  122. https://nasarean.org/index.php
  123. https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/two-more-historic-churches-in-canada-set-ablaze-by-arsonists/?utm_source=most_recent&utm_campaign=usa
  124. https://ccrl.ca/news/anticatholicviolenceincrease/
  125. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/church-fires-canada-1.7055838#:~:text=CBC%20News%20has%20examined%2033,others%20are%20still%20under%20investigation.
  126. https://www.ncregister.com/cna/nahida-and-samar-mother-and-daughter-killed-in-attack-on-gaza-parish
  127. https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/fbi-anti-catholic-memo.pdf
  128. https://judiciary.house.gov/media/press-releases/judiciary-committee-uncovers-multiple-fbi-field-offices-coordinated-prepare
  129. https://tnc.news/2023/10/26/liberal-and-ndp-debate-church-burnings/
  130. https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/nigerian-villagers-missing-two-days-after-suspected-nomadic-herders-kill-140-2023-12-26/
  131. https://tnc.news/2023/07/04/a-map-of-every-church-burnt-or-vandalized-since-the-residential-school-announcements1/ 
  132. https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/when-will-the-world-wake-up-to-the-persecution-of-nigerian-christians/
  133. https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/douglas-todd-hate-crimes-against-catholics-almost-tripled-do-canadians-care
  134. https://bccatholic.ca/news/catholic-van/anti-catholic-hate-crimes-rising-faster-than-every-category-combined-and-few-seem-to-care
  135. https://www.straight.com/news/roman-catholic-church-in-new-westminster-vandalized-with-orange-graffiti
  136. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/251977/don-t-ignore-canada-s-spike-in-anti-catholic-hate-crimes-watchdog-says
  137. https://www.straight.com/news/east-vancouver-catholic-church-vandalized-on-canada-day
  138. https://tnc.news/2021/07/05/indigenous-chiefs-and-leaders-decry-church-burnings-and-vandalism/
  139. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/248185/indigenous-leaders-condemn-recent-vandalism-of-churches-in-canada
  140. https://tnc.news/2021/07/02/11-calgary-churches-hit-by-vandalism-hate-crimes-unit-investigating/
  141. https://www.catholicregister.org/item/32558-alberta-man-charged-with-hate-crime-for-disrupting-mass
  142. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57626410
  143. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/jamil-jivani-anti-catholic-bigotry-is-a-real-problem-in-canada
False reports about mass graves have provoked hatred toward Catholics, and continue to cause confusion and anger and rob people of the opportunity for authentic understanding and mutual respect.
    It is the opinion of this blogger, a person whose immediate ancestry includes two First Nations in Canada, Black and Creole settlers from the Southern United States in the mid-1800s and English peoples, that bad actors - including politicians, so-called educators, and members of the media - have on many occasions deliberately promoted a false narrative to provoke dissension for financial gain or other unjustifiable advantages. Furthermore, the lies that have been told and that continue to be told do a profound disservice to the memory of those who have suffered abuse and who have legitimate complaints.
    1. https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/internal-emails-show-canadian-govt-doubted-mass-graves-narrative-but-went-along-with-it/?utm_source=most_recent&utm_campaign=catholic Internal emails show Canadian gov’t doubted ‘mass graves’ narrative but went along with it
    2. https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/first-indigenous-nun-at-canadian-school-contradicts-anti-catholic-mass-grave-narrative/
    3. https://www.tfp.org/four-years-320-million-and-zero-bodies-the-mystery-of-the-graves-at-canadas-kamloops-school/
    4. https://catholicvote.org/canada-stops-funding-mass-grave-inquiries-after-investigations-found-no-human-remains/
    5. https://www.fraserinstitute.org/blogs/no-evidence-of-mass-graves-or-genocide-in-residential-schools#:~:text=No%20unmarked%20graves%20have%20been,beneath%20the%20surface%20remains%20unknown. All the major elements of the Kamloops narrative are either false or highly exaggerated. No unmarked graves have been discovered at Kamloops or elsewhere—not one. As of August 2023, there had been 20 announcements of soil “anomalies” discovered by GPR near residential schools across Canada; but most have not even been excavated, so what, if anything, lies beneath the surface remains unknown. Where excavations have taken place, no burials related to residential schools have been found.
    6. https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/first-nations-graves
    7. https://nypost.com/2023/08/31/still-no-evidence-of-mass-graves-of-indigenous-children-in-canada/
    8. https://nypost.com/2022/05/27/kamloops-mass-grave-debunked-biggest-fake-news-in-canada/
    9. https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/how-ground-penetrating-radar-is-used-to-find-unmarked-graves-at-residential-schools/

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