{"id":1177732,"date":"2022-01-01T12:34:43","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T17:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1177732"},"modified":"2022-01-01T12:34:45","modified_gmt":"2022-01-01T17:34:45","slug":"report-416-million-christians-live-in-lands-of-persecution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-416-million-christians-live-in-lands-of-persecution\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: 416 Million Christians Live in \u2018Lands of Persecution\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-416-million-christians-live-in-lands-of-persecution%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1177732&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">ROME \u2014 Global Christian persecution spread still further during 2021, according to the Christian charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN).<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/it\/mondo\/news\/2021-12\/cristiani-perseguitati-bilancio-2021-acs.html\">interview<\/a> Thursday with Vatican News, ACN\u2019s Italian director Alessandro Monteduro reported that currently, some 416 million Christians live in \u201clands of persecution,\u201d where they are exposed daily to risks of harassment, discrimination, and violence because of their faith.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The year 2021 was \u201canother year of pain of suffering\u201d for persecuted Christians around the world, Monteduro said and for all those concerned with the right to religious freedom.<\/p>\n<p>On the African continent, the suffering of Christian communities is worsening because of \u201ca progressive radicalization and expansion of jihadist phenomena,\u201d Monteduro stated.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11133497\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/nigeria-christians-protest-suspected-persecution-from-muslims-getty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11133497\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/nigeria-christians-protest-suspected-persecution-from-muslims-getty.jpg\" alt=\"Church members carry placards reading &quot;self defence is now the answer&quot; &quot;the jihad will not work&quot;, as they take part in a protest against the killing of people by suspected herdsmen in Makurdi, north-central Nigeria, on April 29, 2018. - On April 24, 2018, at least 18 people, including two Catholic priests, were killed in an attack on a church near the state capital Makurdi that was blamed on herdsmen. Eleven ethnic Hausa traders were killed in Makurdi in retaliation. Thousands of people have been killed over decades in clashes between cattle herders and farmers over land and water, with the conflict polarised along religious and ethnic lines. (Photo by EMMY IBU \/ AFP) (Photo credit should read EMMY IBU\/AFP\/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">EMMY IBU\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cAcross Africa, from sub-Saharan Africa to East Africa, there are at least a couple dozen terrorist organizations that have the ambition, from their point of view, to install caliphates in their territories,\u201d he added, \u201csuch as Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, Mali, Cameroon, or northern Nigeria.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Burkina Faso, for example, a country that until 2015 only knew peaceful coexistence between the different communities and tribes,\u201d he continued, \u201cnow 60 percent of the country is no longer reachable in order to help the populations on a humanitarian level, according to World Health Organization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Regarding Asia, Monteduro pointed out recent state <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/\">harassment<\/a> of the Missionary Sisters of Charity \u2014 the congregation Mother Teresa of Calcutta founded \u2014 who have been accused of proselytism.<\/p>\n<p>The same thing has happened in other Asian countries, such as Myanmar, \u201cwhere even in the last few hours there has been an anti-Christian attack with 35 dead,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt also takes place in Pakistan, where the terrible drama continues of the many young women and girls, kidnapped and converted by force, raped and forced to marry their kidnapper,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThese are all phenomena that unfortunately do not provoke an adequate outrage,\u201d he added. \u201cThey are denounced by many charity agencies and church organizations, but there is insufficient outrage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is too much indifference to these tragedies,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Asked what he foresees for 2022, Monteduro warned of a further crackdown on Christians \u201cif we are inattentive,\u201d adding that there is a very real risk of \u201can increase in persecution out of hatred of the faith.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ACN\u2019s executive director Thomas Heine-Geldern similarly issued an end-of-year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchinneed.org\/year-in-review-the-state-of-religious-freedom-around-the-world\/\">report<\/a> on Christian persecution this week, in which he, too, noted the general worsening of the situation of Christians worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are saddened by the reports of religious persecution and violence that reach us almost on a weekly basis,\u201d Heine-Geldern wrote. \u201cPriests, religious and lay people are being killed, kidnapped or abused as they carry out their service.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIn particular, the current situation in India and Nigeria fills us with deep concern and we are standing by should our assistance be needed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe situation continues to be quite dramatic in the countries of the African Sahel region and in Mozambique where terrorism is spreading,\u201d he said, and \u201cChristians are hardest hit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Western countries, there has also been \u201ca rise in the number of acts of violence against religious organizations as well as the rise of what Pope Francis calls \u2018polite persecution,\u2019\u201d he stated. \u201cIt involves the gradual eradication of religious beliefs from public life under the cloak of supposed \u2018tolerance.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are now preparing to face the emerging challenges of 2022 armed with our faith in God and confidence, whereby we understand confidence as a virtue that does not disclaim these fears and worries, but constantly seeks to find new areas to serve our mission,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tdwilliamsrome?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @tdwilliamsrome<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ROME \u2014 Global Christian persecution spread still further during 2021, according to the Christian charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). 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