Remains of First Korean Catholic Martyrs Recovered Two Centuries LaterSeptember 7, 2021 — 09/07/2021 South Korea (International Christian Concern) – On September 1, the Diocese of Jeonju announced that the remains of the first three Korean Catholic martyrs have been recovered more than...
Tomb of Martyrs Desecrated in ChinaDecember 23, 2020 — 12/23/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – The tomb of eight British missionaries and more than 40 Chinese Christian Martyrs was again desecrated in China’s Shanxi province. According to An Yankui,...
Nagasaki Opens Museum Honoring Persecuted Christians in JapanApril 12, 2018 — ICC Note: A museum in Nagasaki opened earlier this month in remembrance of the 26 Christians who were killed for their faith before Japan legalized the religion in the 19th century....
Laos celebrate first anniversary of the beatification of the Laotian martyrs in VientianeDecember 19, 2017 — ICC Note: 17 martyrs died between 1954 and 1970 at the hands Communist Pathet Lao forces. Of them six were Laotians, ten were missionaries of the Missions étrangères de Paris...
Remains of Two Chinese Missionaries Killed in Pakistan Returned to ChinaNovember 10, 2017 — ICC Note: The remains of Meng Li Si and Li Xinheng, the two Chinese missionaries who were killed by Islamic State in Pakistan this past summer was returned to their...
Christian Mother of Three Dies in Captivity in EritreaAugust 15, 2017 — ICC Note: Eritrea is one the most repressive nations in the world. It does not allow any information into or out of the country that it thinks does not fit...
Projected Christian Population Growth in AfricaApril 28, 2017 — ICC Note: Living as a Christian in Africa is not easy when the enemy lives among them and is constantly attacking. Countries like Nigeria, Kenya, Cameroon, Ethiopia, and Uganda, to...
Unearthed Bones in Japan Revealed to be 18th Century Christian MartyrJune 3, 2016 — ICC NOTE: There was a time when Christianity was considered a hostile western influence in Japan. Christians were persecuted like many other Southeast Asian countries. They were placed in prisons...
Pope Says Syrian Christian Woman Killed For Faith In ChristApril 18, 2016 — ICC Note: Pope Francis declared a Syrian woman a martyr on his recent trip to the Greek island of Lesbos after he heard about her refusal to deny Christ, even...
Korean Catholics Mark the 150th Anniversary of the Byeongin PersecutionApril 18, 2016 — ICC NOTE: As the threat of nuclear testing continues to emanate from North Korea, Christian persecution, both past and present, tends to be forgotten. North Korea has no religious freedom as the only...
