{"id":75129,"date":"2026-01-17T16:25:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T16:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=75129"},"modified":"2026-01-17T16:25:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T16:25:44","slug":"report-4849-christians-murdered-worldwide-from-october-2024-to-september-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/report-4849-christians-murdered-worldwide-from-october-2024-to-september-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapporto: 4.849 cristiani assassinati in tutto il mondo da ottobre 2024 a settembre 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Credit: Lars Hallstrom\/Shutterstock Jan 14, 2026 \/ 17:04 pm (CNA). A total of 4,849 Christians were murdered for their faith worldwide between Oct. 1, 2024, and Sept. 30, 2025, 373 more than in the same period the previous year, according to the 2026 World Watch List (WWL).According to an annual report presented Jan. 14 by the organization Open Doors, which ranks the countries where Christians suffer the most extreme persecution and discrimination, the majority of these crimes continue to occur\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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A total of 4,849 Christians were murdered for their faith worldwide between Oct. 1, 2024, and Sept. 30, 2025, 373 more than in the same period the previous year, according to the 2026 World Watch List (WWL).According to an annual report presented Jan. 14 by the organization Open Doors, which ranks the countries where Christians suffer the most extreme persecution and discrimination, the majority of these crimes continue to occur\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":75379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-75129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":79200,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/three-members-of-christian-family-in-india-killed\/","url_meta":{"origin":75129,"position":0},"title":"Three Members of Christian Family in India Killed","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Marzo 17, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"In Nialijharan village in Odisha State, India, Jitendra Soren\u2019s family became the third family to convert to Christianity in the last year. 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