Man charged with terrorism for alleged threat to ‘butcher’ Memphis Catholic churchgoers March 26, 2025By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News A 30-year-old man believed to be homeless was arrested and charged with the commission of an act of terrorism following a threat he allegedly emailed to a music minister at St. Louis Catholic Church in Memphis, Tenn., claiming he wanted to “butcher” people in the church with a machete.
U.S. lawmakers push anti-discrimination bill to protect pregnancy resource centers March 26, 2025By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, Respect Life, World News The language of the latest incarnation of the Let Pregnancy Centers Serve Act, a bill aimed at protecting more than 2,700 pregnancy resource centers nationwide from federal and state interference, is not radically different than the language of the one introduced in Congress last year.
Myanmar junta allegedly torches Catholic cathedral in Kachin March 20, 2025By OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News The military junta in Myanmar’s strife-torn Kachin state allegedly burned down a Catholic cathedral dedicated to St. Patrick on the eve of the revered saint’s feast.
Kidnappers kill young Nigerian seminarian March 19, 2025By Frederick Nzwili OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News A young seminarian has become the latest victim of killings in Nigeria, the West African country where attack and kidnapping of Catholic clergy is on the rise.
Wichita Catholic church vandalized in what bishops’ call ‘hate crime’ March 18, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News A Catholic church in Kansas has been targeted in what that state’s bishops are calling a “hate crime.”
Republican congressman pushes administration to place Nigeria on religious freedom watch list March 14, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News A Republican lawmaker urged the Trump administration on March 12 to designate Nigeria as a “country of particular concern” in response to violence in that country perpetuated against predominantly Christian communities.
Church leaders condemn killings, urge prayers amid horrific Syria violence March 10, 2025By Dale Gavlak OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, Religious Freedom, World News Syria’s top Christian leaders have condemned the killing and wounding of hundreds of Alawites, many of them civilians, by security forces and gunmen linked to the country’s new Islamist rulers.
God, honor, homeland: Polish ‘cursed soldiers’ remembered for their steadfast faith March 8, 2025By Katarzyna Szalajko OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News The story of the Polish “cursed soldiers” is about the highest price one can pay for their desire for freedom and one about an unconditional trust in God.
Pastoral center in northern Myanmar among latest Catholic sites bombed by governing military junta March 7, 2025By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News A Catholic pastoral center in northern Myanmar is among the latest Christian sites bombed by the country’s governing military junta.
India’s top court to hear appeal to end Dalit oppression in parish March 6, 2025By Bijay Kumar Minj OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News In what is billed as a first in history, India’s Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal seeking to end discrimination against socially poor Dalit Catholics in a parish in southern India.
Lenten campaign focuses on persecuted Christians; priest’s murder makes message more urgent March 5, 2025By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Religious Freedom, World News Aid to the Church in Need’s call to the faithful to reflect this Lenten season on the persecution of Christians has taken on more urgency with the news that a Nigerian priest was found murdered on Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent.
Catholic NGO warns foreign aid pause could harm efforts combating Christian persecution February 28, 2025By Kate Scanlon Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News A pause on U.S. foreign aid could harm efforts to combat Christian persecution around the globe, a Catholic NGO told OSV News.
