Australian security chiefs have declared Monday’s attack on a bishop in Sydney an act of terrorism. Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel, of the Assyrian Orthodox Church, was stabbed in his upper body and head during a livestream of a sermon at Christ the Good Shepherd Church in the Wakeley area of the city. The bishop has undergone surgery…
A bishop was stabbed while livestreaming a church service in Sydney, Australia, on Monday – the country’s second knife attack in less than three days. Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was one of four people injured in the attack at the Christ the Good Shepherd church in the Wakeley area of the city. He belongs to the Assyrian…
Islamist Fulani militants in the central Nigerian state of Plateau are continuing an anti-Christian killing spree that began with a devastating Christmas-time attack that left almost 200 Christians dead and hundreds others injured. On Feb. 18, six people were ambushed, with one killed and others injured, including a woman who was raped. A week earlier,…
At least 15 people have been reported dead after an attack on a Catholic church in Burkina Faso on Sunday. The attack happened in Essakane village, in Oudalan province. The area lies close to Burkina Faso’s border with Mali in the north-east of the country. The BBC reports that gunmen carried out the attack during a…
(CP) Over 8,000 Christians were reportedly killed in Nigeria in 2023 amid a rise in attacks, abductions and killings in recent years, according to estimates included in a report released this week by a civil society organization. The Anambra-based International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety), an organization headed by Christian criminologist…
Suspected Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists on Friday (Nov. 24) attacked villages in Taraba state, Nigeria, killing at least 10 Christians, sources said. The assailants attacked an area from the Yangtu Special Development Area near Takum to villages in Ussa County at about 6 p.m., area residents said. “Rampaging Muslim bandits on the evening of Friday, Nov….
