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Christian Persecution and Vatican Review (Dec. 28)

As the new year fast approaches we take a look back at 2019, a year of more religious persecution — especially of Christians — across the globe. Thomas Farr, a leading authority on international religious freedom, explains the situation. We are also joined by Edward Pentin, the Register’s Rome correspondent, for a Vatican year-end review.

Year 2020

Looking Back at 2020 (Jan. 2)

As the challenging year of 2020 finally comes to an end, we look back at this most memorable of years and look ahead to 2021. This week on Register Radio we talk to Register staff writer Peter Jesserer Smith and Register contributor Father Raymond DeSouza. What were the biggest stories in 2020? And what can we expect in the New Year?

Nigerian seminarian Michael Nnadi.

Twenty Catholic Missionaries Killed Worldwide in 2020

The Vatican-based news agency, which was founded in 1927 and releases an annual list of murdered Church workers, explained that it used the term “missionary” to refer to “all the baptized engaged in the life of the Church who died in a violent way.”