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Ultimi contenuti di #Persecuted Christians
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Conflicts —
Myanmar. Bishop Celso Ba Shwe: “The Pope told me: ‘it is you who bless me, for you are martyrs’”
di M. Chiara BiagioniMsgr. Ba Shwe, Bishop of Loikaw (in the Christian majority state of Kayah), responds to Pope Francis’ repeated appeals for…
Report —
Nigeria. Open doors: “Systematic discrimination against Christians fleeing Boko Haram extremists”
di Gigliola AlfaroFindings show that “Christians are systematically denied assistance in informal IDP camps, sometimes simply because they have a Christian name.”…
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE —
Patriarch Minassian’s message to young people: “After the horror, yours is the new generation that will resist”
di M. Chiara BiagioniToday, 24 April, marks the commemoration of the Armenian Genocide, one of the “darkest pages in 20th century history”, one…
ATTACK —
Turkey: an attack on a Catholic church in Istanbul leaves one dead. Monsignor Bizzeti: “Anti-Christian attack”
di Daniele RocchiThis morning, 28 January, the Church of Santa Maria in Sariyer, in the suburb of Büyükdere, in Istanbul, was attacked…
ASIA —
Nagorno-Karabakh. The plight of a displaced and besieged people that “nobody talks about anymore.”
di M. Chiara BiagioniThe region of Nagorno-Karabakh is increasingly resembling a “political game” played out by Russia, the United States, Europe and Turkey…
Romania: card. Muresan, “in those who leave their homes and families because of war, there is Baby Jesus, needing our love”
condemnation —
Israel: spitting on Christians, Cohen (Israeli Foreign Minister) to msgr. Gallagher (Secretary for Relations with States of the Holy See) “strong condemnation of the shameful attacks against Christians”
MARCH 8 —
Persecuted Christians. Women victimized by Boko Haram: “Christians caged like animals in Nigeria”
di Daniele RocchiTo mark International Women’s Day, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) invited to Italy two Nigerian Christian women, Maria…
2023 REPORT —
Persecuted Christians. Open Doors Report on gender-specific persecution: “Daily pressure affecting men and women”
di Daniele RocchiOpen Doors released the 2023 Gender-Related Persecution Report (GSRP) on March 8 to mark International Women’s Day. Sexual violence and…
OPEN LETTER —
Nicaragua: COMECE, Card. Hollerich calls for the release of Bishop Rolando and the other detainees. “Systematic persecution of the Church”
INTERVIEW —
Persecuted Christians: Sarti (ACN President), “may dioceses and parishes voice the suffering of persecuted Christians”
di Daniele Rocchi“Solidarity, charity and cooperation”: for Sandra Sarti, the new president of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) Italy, these…
