11.29.2025

Please pray for Nigeria

You may have seen the news that 303 children and 12 teachers were abducted last week, when gunmen stormed a Catholic school in Niger State on 21 November.

Nigeria faces pressure to act on behalf of Christians

With yet another mass abduction in Nigeria last week, the country’s tide of decimation continues to burden the hearts of world onlookers. 

Kidnapped Anglican Priest Dies in Captivity in Nigeria

Wife, daughter remain with captors amid rash of abductions.

Who will be next? Haitians face gang terror and fight to survive

The gangs were partially pushed from Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital. However, their ruthless, indiscriminate brutality now falls on people outside the city.

Four Christian Workers Abducted In Pakistan After Seeking Lawful Wages

Four Christian brick-kiln workers have been abducted in Pakistan’s Punjab province after demanding the payment of their lawful wages from their Muslim employer, investigators told Worthy News Wednesday.

Over 300 Catholic Students Kidnapped In Nigeria As Updated Figures Reveal Worst Attack In Years (Worthy News In-Depth)

Desperate parents in northwest Nigeria were still missing their children Monday as the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) confirmed that suspected Islamic gunmen kidnapped at least 303 students and 12 teachers at a Catholic school — the nation’s largest such attack in more than a year.

Grim motives beginning to surface behind Nigeria mass school kidnapping

The search continues for more than 260 boys, girls, and staff from a Catholic school in northwest Nigeria who remain missing since Friday. 

Storms, snipers, and survival: Gaza’s Christians endure war and winter

Israel and Hamas exchange hostage remains while winter rains bring a new level of misery to Palestinians in Gaza.

Christian Woman in Pakistan Forcibly Converted, Married, Brother Says

‘Spirit-filled’ 21-year-old disappeared on Nov. 17.

Layers of challenges behind Nigeria school kidnapping

For many at a Catholic school in northwest Nigeria, last Friday began a nightmare that hasn’t ended yet.

Skepticism rises as Syria joins coalition against ISIS

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa recently added his country to a U.S.-led coalition that seeks to rid the Middle East of Islamic State fighters.

China Formally Arrests 18 Zion Church Leaders in Largest Crackdown on Underground Christians in Years

In one of the most sweeping crackdowns on underground Christianity in recent years, Chinese authorities have formally arrested 18 leaders of the Beijing Zion Church, according to the Christian rights organization ChinaAid. 

Sudanese Christian Family Threatened with Death in Uganda

A Sudanese Christian family in Uganda is living in fear after Muslim extremists from Sudan and Somalia threatened to kill them.

BELARUS: Will regime allow freed Catholic priests to return to ministry?

Belarus' authoritarian leader Aleksandr Lukashenko pardoned two jailed
Catholic priests, Fr Henryk Okolotovich and Fr Andrei Yukhnevich. The two
priests, who were handed long sentences at closed trials, were freed from
labour camp early on 20 November and taken to the nunciature in the capital
Minsk.

Modern-day tech and old-time spying confront believers in China

Face-recognition technology in China apparently isn’t enough. 

Russia: Unregistered churches face loyalty questions

Three Council of Churches Baptist communities in Krasnodar, Russia, were banned for not registering with the government.