Israeli authorities blocked Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre for Palm Sunday services — a direct restriction on Christian worship at Christianity's holiest site amid an escalating Israel-Iran war.

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Mar 30, 2026

A projectile fragment landed in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City near the Church of the Holy Sepulchre during Iranian missile strikes this week — the most direct physical threat to Christianity’s holiest ground in this conflict cycle.

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Mar 23, 2026

Parishioners—including off-duty and retired law enforcement—intervened after reported threats inside the church. Police later reported finding a fully automatic AR-15 and ammunition in a vehicle in the church parking lot.

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Mar 9, 2026

A small Catholic mission station chapel in Dengasorgi village, Rayagada district, Odisha, India, was vandalized on March 3, with sacred items burned and the church building damaged.

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Mar 8, 2026

Police in Penang confirmed the arrest of a man in his 20s allegedly linked to threats against independent preacher Zamri Vinoth.

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Mar 8, 2026

Police in Kozhikode arrested an Odisha native in connection with a fire that was set at a religious study centre attached to St. Patrick’s Church near the railway station.

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Mar 8, 2026