Sources: AP via ''Toledo Blade
Poland reports a record 954 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which also includes the total number of deaths from Good Friday until Easter Monday, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 56,659. 2021-04-8
Two men accused of leading a Christian-majority Anti-balaka group in the Central African Republic that targeted Muslims plead not guilty at the start of their trial at the International Criminal Court. 2021-02-16
The government of Ireland lifts a 90-year ban on the sale of alcohol on the religious holiday of Good Friday. 2018-03-30
Tens of thousands of Pentecostal Christians in Mbarara, Uganda take to the streets with songs of praise and thanks to hold a common celebration seen as a way of dedicating people’s lives to Christ and preaching the gospel across the entire district. 2018-01-25
Christians across the globe celebrate Easter, Christianity's most sacred holiday. 2013-03-31
Suspected Islamist fighters go on the rampage in Chibok, Nigeria, killing 10 Christians with guns and machetes and burning down their houses. 2012-12-2
During a personal meeting, Pope Benedict XVI asks Cuban President Raúl Castro to recognize Good Friday as a holiday in the country over its importance for the Catholic calendar. 2012-03-27
Clashes between Christian Copt and Muslims in the Egyptian capital Cairo kill 13 people and injure 140. 2011-03-9
Pope Benedict XVI urges Pakistani authorities to release Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman facing a death sentence on a charge of blasphemy against Islam. 2010-11-20
Hundreds of Christian villagers are hacked to death with machetes by Muslim herders in Dogo-Nahawa, Nigeria. 2010-03-7