Vatican City, June 6, 2022: Pope Francis has expressed his “spiritual closeness” to Nigerian Catholics mourning the victims of a massacre at a church on Pentecost Sunday. A telegram sent on the pope’s behalf said that he was praying “for the conversion of those blinded by hatred and violence.” InContinue Reading
By Jose Torres Jr, LiCAS.news Manila: Christians in Afghanistan have expressed fear over an uncertain future under Taliban rule, with their leaders saying it is just a matter of time before attacks would start. “We are telling people to stay in their houses because going out now is too dangerous,”Continue Reading
India ranked fourth in the world in 2015–after Syria, Nigeria and Iraq–as having the highest social hostilities involving religion, according to research by Pew. India’s ranking worsened sharply since 2014, but was better than in previous years. Pew Research Centre, an independent non-partisan polling and research organisation, has been publishingContinue Reading
Washington D.C.,: Global religious persecution spiked from 2014 to 2015, the Pew Research Center noted in a new report released this week. “Government restrictions on religion and social hostilities involving religion increased in 2015 for the first time in three years,” the latest annual Pew Research Center report on “GlobalContinue Reading
New Delhi: Describing India as a “university of tolerance”, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday asserted that religious persecution will never be allowed in the country. “Tolerance is essential for peaceful existence. People from all religions live peacefully in India and practise their religion without any fear of discrimination.Continue Reading
