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Christian churches torched once a week in Islamic world

June 18, 2025

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CWN Editor's Note: On average, one Christian church is burned each week in the Islamic world, according to the British charity Help the Persecuted. The group reports a rising wave of anti-Christian violence in 15 Islamic countries.

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The Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Romuald (951-1027) who was born in Ravenna of a noble family. He was the founder of the Camaldolese monks—one of the Italian branches of the Benedictines—in which the eremitical life is combined with life in community. He died in 1027, after a life of…

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