Gunmen have killed more than 40 people, including children, in a coordinated attack against Christians in two villages in Shirka woreda in the Arsi area of Ethiopia’s Oromia region on October 24, 2026, according to residents and church sources.
The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Milwaukee Jeffrey S. Grob issued a public apology on Sunday for his participation in an Oct. 22 meeting at the White House in which a dozen Catholic bishops prayed over President Donald Trump, saying the administration had posted video and photographs of the moment without the bishops’ consent and turned a private gathering into a political photo opportunity.
The Roman Catholic Archbishop of New York has agreed to pay $800 million to resolve sexual abuse claims brought by roughly 1,300 people, according to announcements made Saturday.
A man entered a Coptic Orthodox church in Giza early Thursday morning and set a small fire inside, damaging curtains, carpets, and furnishings before authorities arrested him, church officials and Egyptian security sources said. No one was injured.
Two unidentified gunmen opened fire during a funeral at a Greek Orthodox church in Jordan’s Karak governorate on Friday, killing six people and wounding 28 others, Jordan’s Public Security Directorate said.
A Catholic priest who is also a school principal was found unconscious and bleeding heavily in his office early Wednesday after three masked men attacked him the previous night, according to church officials and police.
Anti-Christian harassment incidents in the Holy Land climbed further in the third quarter of 2026, according to data released by the Religious Freedom Data Center (RFDC).
A fire broke out Thursday evening in the Sint-Amanduskerk in Meulebeke, a district of Tielt in West Flanders. The blaze, which began around 6:30 p.m. during roof work on the sacristy, was contained quickly after the parish priest discovered it in time. No injuries were reported.
Archbishop James Golka of the Archdiocese of Denver asked Fr. Chad Ripperger, a prominent Catholic priest, exorcist, and founder of the Society of the Most Sorrowful Mother (also known as the Doloran Fathers), to take a one-year break from public speaking and interviews. Fr. Ripperger obeyed the request, according to an official statement released by the archdiocese on October 19th, 2026.
French bishops condemned the “unacceptable violence” that erupted across the country on October 17, 2026, expressing support for the injured and for shopkeepers while urging that “legitimate demands” be heard without further descent into chaos.
A Roman Catholic priest died Saturday after a large wooden crucifix fell from the wall and struck him while he celebrated Mass at a church in this coastal city, an incident captured on a live stream and later confirmed by church officials.
Most Catholic schools in England and Wales are promoting information on how pupils could obtain confidential access to abortion and contraception, according to a claim published in early October 2026 by John Smeaton, a longtime pro-life campaigner.
Fr. John Inalegwu Otache, parish priest of St. Margaret’s Parish (Sainte-Marguerite) in Ajegbe-Awume, Ohimini Local Government Area of Benue State, was kidnapped on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, while returning home from Otukpo.
The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Chicago faces a new wave of civil lawsuits as of October 2026 that alleged priests sexually abused more than 100 African-American children over more than three decades at the former Holy Angels Parish in Bronzeville.
Everett Public Schools agreed in mid-October 2026 to publicly apologize, revise its policies, provide religious liberty training to board members, and pay $275,000 in attorney’s fees to settle a federal lawsuit over its treatment of an off-campus Bible education program.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Glasgow announced in early October 2026 that it would reduce the number of its parishes by roughly half, cutting them from around 80 to about 40, and close 24 churches over the next five to ten years.
Pastor Jonathan Shelley of Stedfast Baptist Church led children in a Bible drill on October 11, 2026, during a service focused on the Ten Commandments, with winners rewarded by smashing small statues of the Virgin Mary and angelic figures on the stage.
The Catholic Diocese of Gboko suspended operations at several of its institutions in the community of Ihugh and withdrew all diocesan personnel after a series of attacks, arsons, and threats, according to a pastoral letter and decree issued by Bishop William Avenya.
Pope Leo XIV was diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma after doctors removed the lower lobe of his right lung during surgery on Tuesday, the Vatican announced in a medical bulletin. The 71-year-old pontiff underwent the procedure at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital following the discovery of a nodule during routine examinations.
Euthanasia made up more than 1 in 10 deaths in several regions of Canada last year, even as the national growth rate slowed, according to government data released in late 2025 and early 2026. The pattern emerged in a country where a slim majority of residents still identify as Christian in the last full census, though that share had fallen for decades and later surveys suggested it had slipped further.
The United States has admitted no Christian refugees from the countries where believers faced the most severe persecution during fiscal year 2026, according to a report released in early September by Open Doors US and World Relief.
The case study of Roger Foley in Ontario, and Fr. Larry Holland in British Columbia, both demonstrate ongoing patterns of pressure and coercion from the publicly-funded medical system to accept assisted suicide rather than practical and supportive treatment options while in hospital.
On June 12, 2026, the Archibishop of Detroit Edward Weisenburger attended the grand opening of the Imam Al-Hasanain Mosque and the new campus of the Islamic Institute of America (IIOA), where he delivered remarks that drew sharp criticism from traditionalist Catholics.
J.D. Vance was heckled as protesters respond to his support of conflict in the Middle East, and U.S. support of Israel.
The complaint was filed in 2019, and after an investigation that lasted over a year, no satisfying conclusion was provided and the complainants were instead shut down. After 6 years, they are now seeking answers under the new archbishop and his message of transparency and accountability.
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