Faithful Remember Persecuted Christians With 24-Hour Good Friday Vigil
April 10, 2020By Emily Drooby Every day, Christians around the world are persecuted for their beliefs. This Good Friday, hundreds prayed for them during […]
Topic: Christian Persecution
Currents News full broadcast for Tues, 3/3/20
March 3, 2020On the newscast: Prayers for Tennessee – after a devastating and deadly tornado strikes in the middle of the night; New community-based […]
Crux’s John Allen: Religious Freedom Starts ‘In School, Parishes and Workplaces’
January 17, 2020Currents News Staff Around the world, millions of people of faith face persecution for practicing their religion. In the United States there […]
Religious Freedom Day: Remembering the World’s Persecuted Christians
January 16, 2020By Tim Harfmann Christians are being persecuted as never before in history, and on a day devoted to religious liberty, it’s a […]
Finding Hope in the New Year Through Faith
December 16, 2019Currents News Staff 2019 has been a challenging year for people of faith. Incidents of hate, violence and political differences are just […]
Diocese Lights Christmas Tree in Grand Army Plaza for Christian Persecution
December 6, 2019By Jessica Easthope and Allyson Escobar PROSPECT HEIGHTS — The theme this Christmastime in the Diocese of Brooklyn is the color red. […]
Currents News for Tuesday, November 12, 2019
November 12, 2019On the newscast: Archbishop Jose Gomez has been elected the first-ever Latino leader of America’s bishops. We have team coverage of the […]
Syrian Christian Survives Kidnapping Through Faith, Forgiveness
November 12, 2019By Melissa Butz On Oct. 19, 2012, Maurice Agob was in a liquor store run by his sons in Aleppo, Syria. Suddenly, […]
Imprisoned in Siberia, Lithuanian Cardinal Finds Strength in the Cross
October 15, 2019By Melissa Butz With his eyes full of tears, Cardinal Siguitas Tamkéavichus, recalled his time in a gulag in Siberia. His crime […]
Syria Under Attack: Christianity Could Disappear
October 9, 2019By Dale Gavlak AMMAN, Jordan — (Catholic News Service) Turkish warplanes have begun attacking northeastern Syria, causing widespread panic among Christian and […]