Christians killed on Palm Sunday by Islamic militants

Christians killed on Palm Sunday by Islamic militants

More than 100 people have been killed in recent sectarian violence targeting Christian villages in Nigeria, including on Palm Sunday.

Nigeria has the dubious honour of being, by far, the deadliest country for Christians. In recent years, more than 50,000 believers have lost their lives violently at the hands of Islamic terrorists, and murders within its borders account for 70-82% of all the faithful killed in the world. Holy Week is one of the most dangerous moments to try to live the faith, and VOZ spoke exclusively to Bishop Ayuba Matawal about the situation of Christians. r…

On Palm Sunday 2017, a bomb detonated during the divine service in St. George's Church in Tanta, Egypt. A little later, a suicide bomber tried to gain access to St. Mark's Cathedral in Alexandria, where the Coptic Pope Tawadros II presided over the Palm Sunday Liturgy. As a policeman prevented the man from detonating the explosive device outside the church. Instead of exuberantly celebrating the highest feast of Christendom, the Coptic Church – …