Catholic martyrs – both ancient and new – were at the forefront of people's thoughts and prayers during a pilgrimage to Scotland's shrine to Our Lady in Carfin.
On June 3, representatives from the American Center for Law and Justice will again appear before the Human Rights Council of the United Nations to heighten awareness of imprisoned Pastor Saeed Abedini's case.
The American pastor jailed in Iran for his Christian faith has managed to get a letter out to his global supporters, thanking them for their prayers while confirming the brutality of his conditions.
Churches and mission stations are being looted, destroyed and pillaged by militia soldiers directly under the Central African Republic's new government.