Pope Francis and Synod on Synodality participants, including non-Catholic delegates, prayed together Friday evening at the site of the first Christian martyrdoms in Rome. The ecumenical prayer ...

He also announced that as part of the preparations for the Holy Year 2025, the dicastery is instituting a "new martyrs" commission that will gather documentation about Christians who have given their ...

Pope Francis and Synod on Synodality participants, including non-Catholic delegates, prayed together Friday evening at the site of the first Christian martyrdoms in Rome. The ecumenical prayer ...

The Christians in Rome wanted to try to take steps to get him released, but he begged them not to interfere. "He wrote to them, 'I am dying willingly for God's sake if only you do not prevent it.

The catacombs of Rome are Paleochristian burial sites scattered around the city that were dug underground during the height of the Christian persecution.

‘Christian persecution is a risk of persecution of everyone. We defend the Christians to defend the dignity of every man everywhere,’ said Bishop Antonie Audo, Chaldean bishop of Aleppo, Syria.

Sabinus was prefect of Rome during the persecution of the Christians by Nero ; but Tacitus describes him as a gentle man, who hated violence, — mitem virum abhorrentem a sanguine et cædibus ...

ROME — Pope Francis has set up a special commission tasked with identifying those he calls the “new martyrs” of the 21st century — Christians who have been slain in some cases simply for ...

According to church tradition, June 29 marks the anniversary of the Apostle Paul's execution in Rome. "The Day of the Christian Martyr developed out of a desire to look backwards," said Nettleton.

The third-annual March for the Martyrs featured speakers from across religious denominations as it aimed to raise awareness of Christian persecution overseas, particularly in the Middle East.

Uganda is to repatriate the remains of two "Ugandan Martyrs" who were executed more than a century ago for refusing to renounce Christianity, a Church official said Sunday. Twenty-two Roman ...

On the other hand, anti-Christian persecution, especially in its 21 st century forms, often finds greater traction among conservatives.