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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Pope Leo XIV is using his very first foreign trip to make a statement that blends symbolism with geopolitical consequences. By landing in Turkey this morning for the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea and then into Lebanon’s ongoing economic and political freefall, the pope is stepping directly into places where …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Many of the hundreds of children kidnapped from a Catholic school in Nigeria were as young as 5 years old, according to a nun who also described how 50 of the students escaped over the weekend. Mary Barron, the superior general of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Apostles (OLA), described …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! JOHANNESBURG: The White House has mounted a new verbal attack on South Africa over the G-20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg this weekend. White House deputy press secretary Anna Kelly hit back at South African President Cyril Ramaphosa after Pretoria refused to allow a U.S. embassy delegation to take part in the summit’s closing …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Gunmen abducted 303 children and 12 teachers in an attack on St. Mary’s School, a Catholic institution in Nigeria. Initial reports indicated that at least 52 had been kidnapped before the tally was increased to over 200 children and then to its final count of 303. Most. Rev. Bulus Dauwa Yohanna said …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Gunmen in Nigeria kidnapped several students and staff from a Catholic school early Friday, marking the latest attack on a Christian institution. Nigerian news outlet Arise TV said 52 children were abducted from St. Mary’s School. The Catholic institution is in Agwara local government’s Papiri community, according to The Associated Press, which …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. House Subcommittee on Africa held a hearing Thursday on the persecution of Christians in Nigeria, in what subcommittee chairman Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., described as the “systematic and accelerating violence against predominantly Christian communities in Nigeria.” Members from both parties questioned administration officials and outside experts as witness after witness …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Chinese authorities formally arrested 18 leaders of a major underground church, clearing the way for their prosecution and potential prison sentences of up to three years.  According to Reuters, which reported the arrests Wednesday citing a Christian NGO advocate, nearly 30 pastors and staff members belonging to Zion Church were detained by …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Gunmen reportedly attacked a church in Nigeria, killing at least two people and kidnapping the pastor and some worshippers, according to Reuters, which cited police and witnesses. The attack occurred on Tuesday evening in Eruku, a town in central Nigeria’s Kwara State. Reuters said it reviewed and verified a video from a …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday strongly affirmed U.S. bishops’ message condemning the Trump administration’s immigration sweeps, calling on Americans to listen to the migrants and treat them humanely and with dignity. The pope was asked about the “special message” the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops adopted during their general assembly last week …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Pope Leo XIV called out the latest attack against Christians in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), calling attention to what he described as a growing global pattern of violence against the faithful. “In various parts of the world, Christians suffer discrimination and persecution. I think especially of Bangladesh, Nigeria, Mozambique, Sudan, …