Open Doors International Releases Latest Report on Christian Persecution
January 17, 2025By Currents News According to the 2025 world watch list by the organization Open Doors International, the top five countries where Christians […]
Topic: Christian Persecution
Life After Being Kidnapped in Haiti: Oregon Missionary Returns Home
December 22, 2021Currents News Staff Seventeen American and Canadian missionaries kidnapped in Haiti are now free. Some were released and others made a daring […]
Why Hate Crimes Against Christians Are Spiking at an Alarming Rate Worldwide
November 17, 2021Currents News Staff Church arsons, assaults on priests and robberies of Eucharistic hosts are just some of the incidents against Christians that […]
The Gut-Wrenching Story of a 15-Year-Old Haitian Kidnapping Victim
October 25, 2021Currents News Staff The entire country has fallen victim in some way. The economy is suffering, children fear walking to school and […]
Haitian Priest Highlights Dangers in Area where Missionaries Were Kidnapped
October 19, 2021Currents News Staff The gang that kidnapped those Christian missionaries in Haiti have put a price tag on their demands: $17-million dollars, […]
The FBI is in Haiti Searching for Christian Missionaries Abducted by Gang Known as ‘400 Mawozo’
October 18, 2021Currents News Staff The U.S. State Department and the FBI are on the case of the 17 kidnapped people – 16 Americans […]
After the Beirut Blast, This Church Never Stopped Serving Their Community
July 2, 2021Currents News Staff The crisis in Lebanon — many buildings and homes were destroyed by that blast, including St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. But […]
Aid to the Church in Need Highlights Persecution of Iraqi Christians During Religious Freedom Week
June 28, 2021By Jessica Easthope Around the globe, hundreds of millions of Christians live in places where persecution is considered extreme, where believing in […]
Indonesian Cathedral Bombed in Palm Sunday Attack
March 29, 2021Currents News Staff Authorities are now investigating any ties between the bombers and radical networks. They linked one of the militants to […]
Pope Francis to Persecuted Iraqi Christian Community: ‘Your Name is Written on God’s Heart’
March 7, 2021Currents News Staff Back in Baghdad, Pope Francis celebrated Mass using the Chaldean rite. The liturgy took place at the Cathedral of […]