Seventy-five percent of all people today live in a country where persecution is a part of everyday life. Shocking? Yes. But almost as shocking is the relative lack of response from North American ...

Various religious freedom advocates flagged fresh indicators of persecution against Christians who live out their faith in Western liberal democracies during a breakout session of the 2025 ...

The Holy See’s permanent observer to the UN provided statistics demonstrating the extent of the persecution of Christians worldwide.

About 4.1 billion people, half of the global population, suffer some degree of religious persecution in 24 countries, according to an aid agency report that identified a disturbing rise in ...

A new scholarly volume examining the theological and missiological dimensions of religious persecution has been released as the third installment in the Christians under Pressure series. Published ...

Religious persecution impacts every faith somewhere in the world. Be it China’s broad oppression of Uyghur Muslims, Tibetan Buddhists and Christians, or Boko Haram attacking churches and killing ...

(RNS) — For the United States to credibly pronounce human rights to matter, then it must matter in all our relationships, friend and foe alike. (RNS) — The State Department recently released its ...

In 2021, religious groups faced harassment from governments or social groups and individuals in 190 out of the 198 countries and territories in our study. This was an increase from 2020 but the same ...

For Catholics the world over, as in other Christian traditions, Lent is a time to reflect on the strength of our faith, repent our transgressions, and prepare ourselves for Easter and the salvation ...

(RNS) — As a Muslim standing in solidarity with persecuted Christians, I urge us all to rise above the divisions that too often define our world. (RNS) — While our national discourse rightfully ...

Around the world, conflicts, repression, and persecution continue to cause human suffering on a tragic scale. In the headlines are the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. But there is one crisis ...

ISIS’s primary targets remain Muslims it views as apostate. But a new generation of Christian martyrs is arising as well. Once upon a time—and not long ago—there was another Europe. The religious ...