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December 5, 2018
Prince Charles Highlights Christian Plight in Mideast, Pleads for Peace
Prince Charles’ words of concern and hope recall the words of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in an interview last summer:...
December 2, 2018
Christians on brink of extinction in Middle East, warns Archbishop of Canterbury
It is tragic but undeniable that Archbishop Welby is correct. The words of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to the 3rd Archon...
November 10, 2018
Persecution of Christians ignored because there is no word for it, says Coptic Archbishop
The Archbishop “argued that because there is no Christian equivalent for words such as anti-Semitism and Islamophobia the problem was...
July 23, 2018
Please send us your accounts of Christian persecution
The persecution of Christians worldwide is one of the most underreported stories of our age. We are grateful for the organizations worldwide that...
July 2, 2018
Northern Iraq: Kurdish Government Imposes Discriminatory New Regulation on Assyrian Christians
Ankawa is now 80% Christian, as Christians who were driven out of other areas of Iraq by ISIS have settled there. Most of these Christians belong to...
July 2, 2018
Death Toll in Jos, Nigeria Attacks at 218, including Assemblies of God Pastor, Wife and Son
Nigerian Christians have begun to protest the government’s inaction against the Muslim Fulani herdsmen who continue to terrorize Christian...
July 1, 2018
Christian Association of Nigeria: Over 6,000 Christians – “mostly children, women and the aged” – killed this year
Nigeria is about 50% Christian. Of those Christians, around 75% are Protestant, 24% Roman Catholic. Of the remaining 1%, there is a small Orthodox...
June 30, 2018
Egypt: Copts’ homes attacked after they protest Muslim men swimming naked in front of them
As Egypt has gone through its wave of uprisings and instability, and even as the political scene there has stabilized, the country’s Coptic...
June 30, 2018
Catholic Priest Attacked in Bethlehem after Giving Refuge to Tourists
Bethlehem is, of course, the site of the Church of the Nativity, built on the place where our Lord Jesus Christ was born. It is also home to the...

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Quick facts

  • While about 30 percent of the world’s population identifies as Christian, 80 percent of all acts of religious discrimination are directed at Christians.

    Source: International Society for Human Rights

  • Christians face persecution in more than 60 Countries.

    Source: U.S. State Department

  • Millions of Christians face interrogation, arrest, torture, and/or death because of their religious convictions and cultural/ethnic identification.

    Source: Open Doors USA

  • Between 2007 and 2014, Christians have been targeted for harassment in more countries than any other religious group.

    Source: Pew Research

  • Christian responses to persecution are almost always nonviolent and, with very few exceptions, do not involve acts of terrorism.

    Source: Under Caesar’s Sword