Persecution of Christians


Updated 29JULY2025

Organizations
  1. https://lpj.org/en/news/statement-on-the-attack-perpetrated-in-the-christian-town-of-taybeh
  2. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/265629/violence-continues-to-escalate-in-west-bank-as-settlers-target-christian-village
  3. 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.
  4. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/265591/massacre-in-congolese-catholic-church-kills-at-least-31-worshippers
  5. https://thecatholicherald.com/article/gunmen-kills-security-guard-and-abduct-3-seminarians-in-nigeria
  6. https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-middle-east/2025/07/christian-leaders-condemn-violence-by-israeli-settlers-on-west-bank-town
  7. https://zenit.org/2025/07/11/fires-set-by-jewish-settlers-threaten-the-town-of-taybeh-the-only-completely-christian-town-in-the-world/
  8. 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
  9. https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/confronting-the-west-s-rising-anti-christian-hostility
  10. https://catholicvote.org/religious-persecution-watchdog-urges-prayer-as-anti-christian-violence-escalates-in-india/
  11. https://thecatholicherald.com/crucifix-set-alight-and-40-headstones-smashed-in-scottish-cemetery-attack/
  12. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/syrias-christians-ask-why-us-after-suicide-bombing-damascus-church-2025-06-23/
  13. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/blast-rocks-church-syrias-damascus-witnesses-say-2025-06-22/
  14. 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
  15. https://www.osvnews.com/prayers-continue-for-release-of-abducted-nigerian-priest-who-recently-served-in-alaska/
  16. 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
  17. https://europeanconservative.com/articles/commentary/380-million-christians-face-brutal-persecution-in-muslim-majority-regions/
  18. https://thecatholicherald.com/this-is-horror-thirty-six-nigerian-christians-murdered-in-three-day-bloodbath/
  19. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/264295/crimes-against-churches-and-christians-in-germany-on-the-rise
  20. https://religionunplugged.com/news/2025/5/16/uscirf-highlights-surging-violence-against-christians-in-nigeria-urges-us-action
  21. https://www.ksn.com/news/religious-statue-bashed-outside-of-clinic-in-wichita/
  22. https://catholicvote.org/500th-catholic-church-attack-man-detonates-explosive-perpetual-adoration-chapel-altar/
  23. https://morningstarnews.org/2025/04/killer-of-staines-and-sons-released-as-hero-in-india/
  24. https://www.opendoorsuk.org/news/latest-news/nigeria-christians-attacks/ Christians among 113 killed in latest spate of attacks in Nigeria
  25. https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/attack-gunmen-leaves-40-people-dead-nigeria-countrys-120804551
  26. https://www.osvnews.com/nicaragua-cracks-down-further-on-church-during-holy-week/
  27. https://astoriapost.com/suspect-smashes-religious-statue-astoria-church
  28. https://thecatholicherald.com/haitian-mobs-hunt-down-and-murders-religious-sisters/
  29. https://europeanconservative.com/articles/analysis/orthodox-christian-institutions-plundered-in-turkish-muslim-nationalist-campaign/
  30. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/263051/christian-communities-in-israel-face-growing-hostility-annual-report-reveals
  31. https://thecatholicherald.com/young-christian-brutally-attacked-in-pakistan/
  32. https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2025/03/24/two-more-priests-kidnapped-by-jihadists-in-nigeria/
  33. https://www.ncregister.com/news/nigerian-bishop-decries-anti-christian-attacks
  34. https://thecatholicherald.com/another-kidnapped-priest-killed-in-nigeria-nearly-150-priests-seized-in-last-10-years/
  35. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/262677/cathedrals-churches-in-mexico-vandalized-during-international-women-s-day-marches
  36. https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/in-syria-real-massacres-phantom-killings-constant-threats In Syria: Real Massacres, Phantom Killings, Constant Threats
  37. 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
  38. https://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=65010 Syrian Patriarchs plead for peace as Christians are killed
  39. https://www.catholicregister.org/item/1846-pastoral-center-in-northern-myanmar-among-latest-catholic-sites-bombed-by-governing-military-junta
  40. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/262591/nigerian-diocese-pays-tribute-to-priest-who-was-murdered-on-ash-wednesday
  41. https://catholicvote.org/nigeria-once-again-declared-worlds-deadliest-country-for-christians/
  42. https://www.foxnews.com/world/70-christians-beheaded-african-country-isis-aligned-militants-groups-say-world-mostly-silent
  43. https://gellerreport.com/2024/12/watch-palestinians-violently-attack-bethlehem-church-during-christmas-rehearsals.html/ Muslims Violently Attack Bethlehem Church During Christmas Rehearsals
  44. 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
  45. https://cruxnow.com/church-in-asia/2024/12/christians-attacked-in-village-in-bangladesh Christians attacked in village in Bangladesh
  46. https://catholicvote.org/vandals-destroy-20k-worth-of-property-at-indiana-catholic-church/
  47. https://x.com/CatholicVote/status/1842220905298022669?t=GD7nkkXEU4sI0brCGnFavw&s=03 Notre-Dame des Sept Allégresses Church
  48. https://humanevents.com/2024/09/26/9-churches-set-ablaze-in-3-week-arson-rampage-across-europe#google_vignette
  49. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/260677/we-are-in-trouble-catholic-priests-lament-another-jihadist-group-making-inroads-in-nigeria
  50. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/260575/nearly-half-of-2500-anti-christian-hate-crimes-in-europe-were-in-france-report-says
  51. https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/causes-of-catholics-killed-by-islamists
  52. https://catholicherald.co.uk/another-priest-kidnapped-in-nigeria/
  53. https://www.oursundayvisitor.com/christian-persecution-is-increasing-dramatically-around-the-globe-report-says/
  54. https://catholicvote.org/pakistani-christian-girls-abducted-by-muslim-activists/
  55. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/260127/seminary-rector-kidnapped-during-evening-prayers-at-nigerian-minor-seminary
  56. https://catholicvote.org/vandalism-at-pennsylvania-catholic-church-shock-parishioners/
  57. https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/21033/christians-slaughtered-in-nigeria
  58. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/259953/islamic-terrorists-massacre-150-in-burkina-faso
  59. https://catholicvote.org/islamist-fulani-terrorists-kidnap-torture-kill-christians-nigeria/
  60. 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
  61. https://www.catholic.org/news/national/story.php?id=87233 Hate crimes at Georgetown University
  62. https://canadiancatholicnews.ca/2024/08/17/interfaith-support-for-ottawa-church-following-recent-vandalism-attack/
  63. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/259071/56000-killed-in-nigeria-s-ethnic-and-religious-violence-christians-disproportionately-affected
  64. https://catholicvote.org/religious-freedom-activist-nigerian-fulani-herdsmen/
  65. https://aleteia.org/2024/08/19/venezuelan-priest-detained-amid-growing-repression
  66. https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/egypt-yemeni-christian-convert-on-hunger-strike-to-protest-unjust-imprisonment-since-2021/
  67. https://acninternational.org/kidnapping-of-priests-remains-rampant-in-nigeria/
  68. https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/ireland-priest-stabbed-outside-defence-forces-barracks/
  69. 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.
  70. https://cruxnow.com/church-in-asia/2024/07/christian-woman-brutally-murdered-in-india
  71. https://cruxnow.com/church-in-africa/2024/07/eritrea-arrests-over-200-christians-in-one-year
  72. https://cruxnow.com/church-in-africa/2024/07/resurgence-of-suicide-attacks-concern-nigerias-church-leaders
  73. https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2024/07/02/video-captures-cab-driver-vandalizing-church-statue/
  74. https://catholicherald.co.uk/pakistani-church-leaders-demand-swift-action-after-lynch-mob-murder-of-elderly-christian/
  75. https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/whats-behind-the-latest-killing-of Nazir Masih
  76. https://cruxnow.com/church-in-asia/2024/06/christian-man-dies-from-wounds-received-in-may-25-attack-in-pakistan
  77. https://www.mercatornet.com/ethnic_cleansing_of_armenians_continues_in_the_caucasus_is_anyone_paying_attention
  78. https://punchng.com/police-launch-manhunt-as-gunmen-kidnap-catholic-priest-in-anambra/
  79. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/257564/priest-shot-dead-in-south-africa-catholic-bishops-there-decry-pandemic-of-murder
  80. https://catholicvote.org/vandal-shatters-historic-marian-statue-outside-local-catholic-church-in-oklahoma/
  81. https://www.opendoors.org/en-US/persecution/countries/
  82. https://twitter.com/ChristiansMENA/status/1783488405784908025?t=C4FJulhSy_bBOwOd6c7PkQ&s=03 Islamists celebrate while church burning; Coptic Christian homes destroyed
  83. https://www.lifenews.com/2024/04/29/abortion-advocates-vandalize-church-with-graphic-pro-abortion-messages/
  84. 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.
  85. https://www.jihadwatch.org/2024/04/germany-muslims-plotted-to-murder-as-many-non-muslims-as-possible-inside-and-outside-church-on-ascension-day
  86. https://www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/nigeria-s-silent-slaughter-62-000-christians-murdered-since-2000
  87. https://catholicherald.co.uk/no-justice-for-pakistans-christians-eight-months-after-atrocity-british-parliament-told/
  88. https://globalnews.ca/news/8035728/bc-civil-liberties-association-head-resigns-controversy/ Anti-Catholic bias demonstrated by BC Civil Rights Association leader
  89. 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).
  90. https://twitter.com/CatholicArena/status/1781594989211885759 Two churches burned - attempted arson - in County Meath, Ireland.
  91. https://catholicherald.co.uk/twenty-nine-nigerian-christians-slaughtered-in-three-day-pogrom/
  92. https://www.osvnews.com/2024/04/17/experts-attack-on-texas-priest-other-incidents-show-parishes-need-to-get-serious-on-security/
  93. https://aleteia.org/2024/04/15/bishop-stabbed-in-sydney-church-while-giving-bible-study/
  94. 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
  95. https://aleteia.org/2024/04/15/bishop-stabbed-in-sydney-church-while-giving-bible-study/
  96. 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
  97. https://www.altoonamirror.com/news/local-news/2024/03/vandals-topple-church-statue/
  98. https://aleteia.org/2024/03/14/hundreds-of-nigerian-school-kids-abducted-in-broad-daylight/
  99. https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/02/27/exclusive-catholic-churches-attacked-400-times-since-2020-tracker-finds/
  100. 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
  101. https://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=LK24B37&f=IS24B01 FEB2024 FRC Report
  102. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfPSu-EllaE Attempted arson at Blessed Sacrament Parish Church, Regina, Manitoba, Feb 12, 2024
  103. 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
  104. https://panow.com/2024/01/23/vandals-target-religious-statue/
  105. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68122404 Attack on Catholic Church in Istanbul
  106. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/256667/islamic-state-claims-responsibility-for-attack-on-catholic-church-in-istanbul
  107. https://www.opendoorsuk.org/persecution/world-watch-list/
  108. https://cforc.com/2024/01/arson-attacks-rise-canada/
  109. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/256551/report-33-churches-in-canada-destroyed-by-fire-since-may-2021
  110. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/248122/police-investigate-after-two-catholic-churches-burn-on-british-columbia-tribal-lands
  111. https://tnc.news/2024/01/02/a-map-of-every-church-burnt-or-vandalized-since-the-residential-school-announcements3/
  112. https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1I_E48OhsJpTMMmO_EX_PSZAkOnHoIXyG&femb=1&ll=58.459503787995374%2C-92.87236944999998&z=3
  113. https://ccrl.ca/church-attacks-database/
  114. 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.
  115. https://nypost.com/2023/12/30/news/nigeria-christmas-massacre-sees-over-100-christians-dead-killed-for-sport/
  116. https://nasarean.org/index.php
  117. https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/two-more-historic-churches-in-canada-set-ablaze-by-arsonists/?utm_source=most_recent&utm_campaign=usa
  118. https://ccrl.ca/news/anticatholicviolenceincrease/
  119. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/church-fires-canada-1.7055838#:~:text=CBC%20News%20has%20examined%2033,others%20are%20still%20under%20investigation.
  120. https://www.ncregister.com/cna/nahida-and-samar-mother-and-daughter-killed-in-attack-on-gaza-parish
  121. https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/fbi-anti-catholic-memo.pdf
  122. https://judiciary.house.gov/media/press-releases/judiciary-committee-uncovers-multiple-fbi-field-offices-coordinated-prepare
  123. https://tnc.news/2023/10/26/liberal-and-ndp-debate-church-burnings/
  124. https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/nigerian-villagers-missing-two-days-after-suspected-nomadic-herders-kill-140-2023-12-26/
  125. https://tnc.news/2023/07/04/a-map-of-every-church-burnt-or-vandalized-since-the-residential-school-announcements1/ 
  126. https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/when-will-the-world-wake-up-to-the-persecution-of-nigerian-christians/
  127. https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/douglas-todd-hate-crimes-against-catholics-almost-tripled-do-canadians-care
  128. https://bccatholic.ca/news/catholic-van/anti-catholic-hate-crimes-rising-faster-than-every-category-combined-and-few-seem-to-care
  129. https://www.straight.com/news/roman-catholic-church-in-new-westminster-vandalized-with-orange-graffiti
  130. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/251977/don-t-ignore-canada-s-spike-in-anti-catholic-hate-crimes-watchdog-says
  131. https://www.straight.com/news/east-vancouver-catholic-church-vandalized-on-canada-day
  132. https://tnc.news/2021/07/05/indigenous-chiefs-and-leaders-decry-church-burnings-and-vandalism/
  133. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/248185/indigenous-leaders-condemn-recent-vandalism-of-churches-in-canada
  134. https://tnc.news/2021/07/02/11-calgary-churches-hit-by-vandalism-hate-crimes-unit-investigating/
  135. https://www.catholicregister.org/item/32558-alberta-man-charged-with-hate-crime-for-disrupting-mass
  136. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57626410
  137. 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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