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In Nigeria, kidnapping priests becomes a growth industry

Father Joseph Azubuike, a Nigerian priest who was kidnapped on July 10, has regained his freedom along with three other men travelling with him who were also taken. Azubuike’s release, along with the three other kidnap victims, was confirmed to Crux by the Vicar General of the Abakaliki Diocese in Nigeria’s south-eastern Ebonyi state, Father […]

Dictatorship in Nicaragua freezes fund for retired priests

In a new attack against the Catholic Church in Nicaragua, the dictatorship of President Da-niel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, has frozen the Church’s retirement fund for priests, according to lawyer and researcher Martha Patricia Molina. The lawyer is the author of the report “Nicaragua: A Perse-cuted Church?”, which catalogs the more […]

Visa denials face applicants from developing nations ahead of World Youth Day

Officials of the Catholic Church in India have asked the government of Portugal to ease the process of granting travel visas for young people planning to attend the August 1-6 World Youth Day in Lisbon, in order to accommodate almost 1,000 Indians hoping to take part in the event. Often dubbed the “Olympics of the […]

Manipur church burnings debated by European Parliament as Modi attempts to silence discussion

After 13 weeks of ethnically-based violence in India’s troubled north-eastern state of Manipur, the European Parliament in Strasbourg is holding an emergency debate. But opposition to holding votes on the resolutions has come from India, through lobbyists employed in Europe by the Hindu nationalist BJP government of Narendra Modi. “It’s actually extraordinary. It’s quite an […]

Dictatorship in Nicaragua confiscates convent of sisters it abducted and expelled

In a new attack against the Catholic Church, the dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua canceled the legal personhood and confiscated the assets of a congregation of women religious. Members of the Sandinista police “like criminals broke into the house of the Sisters of the Fraternity of the Poor Ones of Jesus Christ at […]

Catholic Church is most credible institution in Nicaragua, CID Gallup poll finds

A new survey commissioned by the Nicaraguan media outlet Confidencial and conducted by market researcher CID Gallup of Costa Rica revealed that the Catholic Church is the most credible institution in Nicaragua despite the harsh persecution to which it has been subjected for some years by the dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, […]

5 more conservative denominations that allow women to be pastors

In recent weeks, the Southern Baptist Convention has garnered extensive attention for its decision to remove Saddleback Church from fellowship over the California-based megachurch’s decision to allow a woman to serve in the office of pastor. In June, messengers at the SBC’s Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, voted overwhelmingly to uphold the disfellowshipping of […]

How Many People Leave Their Childhood Religion?

Nearly 85% of folks who were raised Catholic were still a member of that faith group when they were interviewed. For Protestants it was even higher – over 90%. Christians just didn’t move around a whole lot back in those days. However, among those who raised without religion, the vast majority picked a faith tradition […]