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Persecution of Christians

Updated 29SEP2025

Organizations
  1. https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2025/09/26/christian-persecution-in-nigeria-1200-churches-destroyed-annually-hundreds-killed/
  2. https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2025/09/24/jihadist-groups-create-corridor-of-violence-targeting-christians-in-sahel/
  3. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce863x3g7jko Murders in Niger
  4. https://zenit.org/2025/09/18/nigeria-report-shows-that-100-churches-are-attacked-every-month-and-32-christians-are-killed-every-day-in-the-country/
  5. https://www.catholicregister.org/item/2802-over-60-people-killed-in-ntoyo-congo-by-islamic-state-group-supporters
  6. https://spiritdaily.org/blog/300-year-old-cross-destroyed/
  7. "A Genocide," - A Bishop Speaks Bluntly of the Suffering of Christians in Nigeria - ZENIT - English
  8. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/266377/security-breakdown-in-syria-syriac-catholic-archpriest-attacked
  9. https://thecatholicherald.com/article/seven-catholic-churches-attacked-in-spain-during-august-including-barcelonas-sagrada-familia
  10. https://catholicvote.org/fbi-investigating-minneapolis-catholic-church-shooting-as-hate-crime/?mkt_tok=NDI3LUxFUS0wNjYAAAGcjwMXAMHmkWDBQv4S9-oHqUeW6JoJ-F_o9_afmoOFCq2POMoEe7MWGFISjrxY29yxBMmHUOXRM9ADtngA4MtBgYBOH9sRM0xd5Kb5P18ieQ
  11. https://www.catholicarena.com/latest/indiachristians140825 Indian Christians Are Being Persecuted In Huge Numbers
  12. https://www.christiantoday.com/news/indonesia-religious-leaders-demand-stronger-protections-amid-rising-attacks-on-christians
  13. https://www.ncregister.com/cna/report-finds-over-400-cases-of-vandalism-other-hostile-acts-against-churches-in-2024-azykkf84
  14. https://dailydeclaration.org.au/2025/08/13/islamic-extremists-killed-22000/
  15. https://www.breitbart.com/africa/2025/08/07/islamic-state-beheads-christians-burns-churches-mozambique-rampage/
  16. https://catholicconnect.in/news/catholic-priests-nuns-catechist-attacked-by-bajrang-dal-mob-in-jaleswar-odisha
  17. https://lpj.org/en/news/statement-on-the-attack-perpetrated-in-the-christian-town-of-taybeh
  18. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/265629/violence-continues-to-escalate-in-west-bank-as-settlers-target-christian-village
  19. 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.
  20. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/265591/massacre-in-congolese-catholic-church-kills-at-least-31-worshippers
  21. https://thecatholicherald.com/article/gunmen-kills-security-guard-and-abduct-3-seminarians-in-nigeria
  22. https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-middle-east/2025/07/christian-leaders-condemn-violence-by-israeli-settlers-on-west-bank-town
  23. https://zenit.org/2025/07/11/fires-set-by-jewish-settlers-threaten-the-town-of-taybeh-the-only-completely-christian-town-in-the-world/
  24. 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
  25. https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/confronting-the-west-s-rising-anti-christian-hostility
  26. https://catholicvote.org/religious-persecution-watchdog-urges-prayer-as-anti-christian-violence-escalates-in-india/
  27. https://thecatholicherald.com/crucifix-set-alight-and-40-headstones-smashed-in-scottish-cemetery-attack/
  28. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/syrias-christians-ask-why-us-after-suicide-bombing-damascus-church-2025-06-23/
  29. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/blast-rocks-church-syrias-damascus-witnesses-say-2025-06-22/
  30. 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
  31. https://www.osvnews.com/prayers-continue-for-release-of-abducted-nigerian-priest-who-recently-served-in-alaska/
  32. 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
  33. https://europeanconservative.com/articles/commentary/380-million-christians-face-brutal-persecution-in-muslim-majority-regions/
  34. https://thecatholicherald.com/this-is-horror-thirty-six-nigerian-christians-murdered-in-three-day-bloodbath/
  35. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/264295/crimes-against-churches-and-christians-in-germany-on-the-rise
  36. https://religionunplugged.com/news/2025/5/16/uscirf-highlights-surging-violence-against-christians-in-nigeria-urges-us-action
  37. https://www.ksn.com/news/religious-statue-bashed-outside-of-clinic-in-wichita/
  38. https://catholicvote.org/500th-catholic-church-attack-man-detonates-explosive-perpetual-adoration-chapel-altar/
  39. https://morningstarnews.org/2025/04/killer-of-staines-and-sons-released-as-hero-in-india/
  40. https://www.opendoorsuk.org/news/latest-news/nigeria-christians-attacks/ Christians among 113 killed in latest spate of attacks in Nigeria
  41. https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/attack-gunmen-leaves-40-people-dead-nigeria-countrys-120804551
  42. https://www.osvnews.com/nicaragua-cracks-down-further-on-church-during-holy-week/
  43. https://astoriapost.com/suspect-smashes-religious-statue-astoria-church
  44. https://thecatholicherald.com/haitian-mobs-hunt-down-and-murders-religious-sisters/
  45. https://europeanconservative.com/articles/analysis/orthodox-christian-institutions-plundered-in-turkish-muslim-nationalist-campaign/
  46. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/263051/christian-communities-in-israel-face-growing-hostility-annual-report-reveals
  47. https://thecatholicherald.com/young-christian-brutally-attacked-in-pakistan/
  48. https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2025/03/24/two-more-priests-kidnapped-by-jihadists-in-nigeria/
  49. https://www.ncregister.com/news/nigerian-bishop-decries-anti-christian-attacks
  50. https://thecatholicherald.com/another-kidnapped-priest-killed-in-nigeria-nearly-150-priests-seized-in-last-10-years/
  51. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/262677/cathedrals-churches-in-mexico-vandalized-during-international-women-s-day-marches
  52. https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/in-syria-real-massacres-phantom-killings-constant-threats In Syria: Real Massacres, Phantom Killings, Constant Threats
  53. 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
  54. https://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=65010 Syrian Patriarchs plead for peace as Christians are killed
  55. https://www.catholicregister.org/item/1846-pastoral-center-in-northern-myanmar-among-latest-catholic-sites-bombed-by-governing-military-junta
  56. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/262591/nigerian-diocese-pays-tribute-to-priest-who-was-murdered-on-ash-wednesday
  57. https://catholicvote.org/nigeria-once-again-declared-worlds-deadliest-country-for-christians/
  58. https://www.foxnews.com/world/70-christians-beheaded-african-country-isis-aligned-militants-groups-say-world-mostly-silent
  59. https://gellerreport.com/2024/12/watch-palestinians-violently-attack-bethlehem-church-during-christmas-rehearsals.html/ Muslims Violently Attack Bethlehem Church During Christmas Rehearsals
  60. 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
  61. https://cruxnow.com/church-in-asia/2024/12/christians-attacked-in-village-in-bangladesh Christians attacked in village in Bangladesh
  62. https://catholicvote.org/vandals-destroy-20k-worth-of-property-at-indiana-catholic-church/
  63. https://x.com/CatholicVote/status/1842220905298022669?t=GD7nkkXEU4sI0brCGnFavw&s=03 Notre-Dame des Sept Allégresses Church
  64. https://humanevents.com/2024/09/26/9-churches-set-ablaze-in-3-week-arson-rampage-across-europe#google_vignette
  65. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/260677/we-are-in-trouble-catholic-priests-lament-another-jihadist-group-making-inroads-in-nigeria
  66. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/260575/nearly-half-of-2500-anti-christian-hate-crimes-in-europe-were-in-france-report-says
  67. https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/causes-of-catholics-killed-by-islamists
  68. https://catholicherald.co.uk/another-priest-kidnapped-in-nigeria/
  69. https://www.oursundayvisitor.com/christian-persecution-is-increasing-dramatically-around-the-globe-report-says/
  70. https://catholicvote.org/pakistani-christian-girls-abducted-by-muslim-activists/
  71. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/260127/seminary-rector-kidnapped-during-evening-prayers-at-nigerian-minor-seminary
  72. https://catholicvote.org/vandalism-at-pennsylvania-catholic-church-shock-parishioners/
  73. https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/21033/christians-slaughtered-in-nigeria
  74. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/259953/islamic-terrorists-massacre-150-in-burkina-faso
  75. https://catholicvote.org/islamist-fulani-terrorists-kidnap-torture-kill-christians-nigeria/
  76. 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
  77. https://www.catholic.org/news/national/story.php?id=87233 Hate crimes at Georgetown University
  78. https://canadiancatholicnews.ca/2024/08/17/interfaith-support-for-ottawa-church-following-recent-vandalism-attack/
  79. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/259071/56000-killed-in-nigeria-s-ethnic-and-religious-violence-christians-disproportionately-affected
  80. https://catholicvote.org/religious-freedom-activist-nigerian-fulani-herdsmen/
  81. https://aleteia.org/2024/08/19/venezuelan-priest-detained-amid-growing-repression
  82. https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/egypt-yemeni-christian-convert-on-hunger-strike-to-protest-unjust-imprisonment-since-2021/
  83. https://acninternational.org/kidnapping-of-priests-remains-rampant-in-nigeria/
  84. https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/ireland-priest-stabbed-outside-defence-forces-barracks/
  85. 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.
  86. https://cruxnow.com/church-in-asia/2024/07/christian-woman-brutally-murdered-in-india
  87. https://cruxnow.com/church-in-africa/2024/07/eritrea-arrests-over-200-christians-in-one-year
  88. https://cruxnow.com/church-in-africa/2024/07/resurgence-of-suicide-attacks-concern-nigerias-church-leaders
  89. https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2024/07/02/video-captures-cab-driver-vandalizing-church-statue/
  90. https://catholicherald.co.uk/pakistani-church-leaders-demand-swift-action-after-lynch-mob-murder-of-elderly-christian/
  91. https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/whats-behind-the-latest-killing-of Nazir Masih
  92. https://cruxnow.com/church-in-asia/2024/06/christian-man-dies-from-wounds-received-in-may-25-attack-in-pakistan
  93. https://www.mercatornet.com/ethnic_cleansing_of_armenians_continues_in_the_caucasus_is_anyone_paying_attention
  94. https://punchng.com/police-launch-manhunt-as-gunmen-kidnap-catholic-priest-in-anambra/
  95. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/257564/priest-shot-dead-in-south-africa-catholic-bishops-there-decry-pandemic-of-murder
  96. https://catholicvote.org/vandal-shatters-historic-marian-statue-outside-local-catholic-church-in-oklahoma/
  97. https://www.opendoors.org/en-US/persecution/countries/
  98. https://twitter.com/ChristiansMENA/status/1783488405784908025?t=C4FJulhSy_bBOwOd6c7PkQ&s=03 Islamists celebrate while church burning; Coptic Christian homes destroyed
  99. https://www.lifenews.com/2024/04/29/abortion-advocates-vandalize-church-with-graphic-pro-abortion-messages/
  100. 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.
  101. https://www.jihadwatch.org/2024/04/germany-muslims-plotted-to-murder-as-many-non-muslims-as-possible-inside-and-outside-church-on-ascension-day
  102. https://www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/nigeria-s-silent-slaughter-62-000-christians-murdered-since-2000
  103. https://catholicherald.co.uk/no-justice-for-pakistans-christians-eight-months-after-atrocity-british-parliament-told/
  104. https://globalnews.ca/news/8035728/bc-civil-liberties-association-head-resigns-controversy/ Anti-Catholic bias demonstrated by BC Civil Rights Association leader
  105. 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).
  106. https://twitter.com/CatholicArena/status/1781594989211885759 Two churches burned - attempted arson - in County Meath, Ireland.
  107. https://catholicherald.co.uk/twenty-nine-nigerian-christians-slaughtered-in-three-day-pogrom/
  108. https://www.osvnews.com/2024/04/17/experts-attack-on-texas-priest-other-incidents-show-parishes-need-to-get-serious-on-security/
  109. https://aleteia.org/2024/04/15/bishop-stabbed-in-sydney-church-while-giving-bible-study/
  110. 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
  111. https://aleteia.org/2024/04/15/bishop-stabbed-in-sydney-church-while-giving-bible-study/
  112. 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
  113. https://www.altoonamirror.com/news/local-news/2024/03/vandals-topple-church-statue/
  114. https://aleteia.org/2024/03/14/hundreds-of-nigerian-school-kids-abducted-in-broad-daylight/
  115. https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/02/27/exclusive-catholic-churches-attacked-400-times-since-2020-tracker-finds/
  116. 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
  117. https://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=LK24B37&f=IS24B01 FEB2024 FRC Report
  118. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfPSu-EllaE Attempted arson at Blessed Sacrament Parish Church, Regina, Manitoba, Feb 12, 2024
  119. 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
  120. https://panow.com/2024/01/23/vandals-target-religious-statue/
  121. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68122404 Attack on Catholic Church in Istanbul
  122. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/256667/islamic-state-claims-responsibility-for-attack-on-catholic-church-in-istanbul
  123. https://www.opendoorsuk.org/persecution/world-watch-list/
  124. https://cforc.com/2024/01/arson-attacks-rise-canada/
  125. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/256551/report-33-churches-in-canada-destroyed-by-fire-since-may-2021
  126. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/248122/police-investigate-after-two-catholic-churches-burn-on-british-columbia-tribal-lands
  127. https://tnc.news/2024/01/02/a-map-of-every-church-burnt-or-vandalized-since-the-residential-school-announcements3/
  128. https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1I_E48OhsJpTMMmO_EX_PSZAkOnHoIXyG&femb=1&ll=58.459503787995374%2C-92.87236944999998&z=3
  129. https://ccrl.ca/church-attacks-database/
  130. 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.
  131. https://nypost.com/2023/12/30/news/nigeria-christmas-massacre-sees-over-100-christians-dead-killed-for-sport/
  132. https://nasarean.org/index.php
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  134. https://ccrl.ca/news/anticatholicviolenceincrease/
  135. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/church-fires-canada-1.7055838#:~:text=CBC%20News%20has%20examined%2033,others%20are%20still%20under%20investigation.
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  137. https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/fbi-anti-catholic-memo.pdf
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  144. https://bccatholic.ca/news/catholic-van/anti-catholic-hate-crimes-rising-faster-than-every-category-combined-and-few-seem-to-care
  145. https://www.straight.com/news/roman-catholic-church-in-new-westminster-vandalized-with-orange-graffiti
  146. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/251977/don-t-ignore-canada-s-spike-in-anti-catholic-hate-crimes-watchdog-says
  147. https://www.straight.com/news/east-vancouver-catholic-church-vandalized-on-canada-day
  148. https://tnc.news/2021/07/05/indigenous-chiefs-and-leaders-decry-church-burnings-and-vandalism/
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  151. https://www.catholicregister.org/item/32558-alberta-man-charged-with-hate-crime-for-disrupting-mass
  152. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57626410
  153. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/jamil-jivani-anti-catholic-bigotry-is-a-real-problem-in-canada
Misleading 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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