{"id":2505501,"date":"2025-11-01T10:08:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T14:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pennsylvania-lawmaker-to-introduce-resolution-condemning-worldwide-christian-persecution\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T10:11:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T14:11:46","slug":"pennsylvania-lawmaker-to-introduce-resolution-condemning-worldwide-christian-persecution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pennsylvania-lawmaker-to-introduce-resolution-condemning-worldwide-christian-persecution\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Lawmaker to Introduce Resolution Condemning Worldwide Christian Persecution"},"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%2Fpennsylvania-lawmaker-to-introduce-resolution-condemning-worldwide-christian-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=2505501&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>Pennsylvania Republican State Senator Doug Mastriano announced his plan to introduce a resolution highlighting the worldwide persecution of Christians. According to a memo dated October 20, more than 380 million Christians face threats such as imprisonment, forced conversion, violence, and suppression of worship globally, making them the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/3-stories-the-legacy-media-ignored-this-week\/\" title=\"3 Stories The Legacy Media Ignored This Week\">targeted religious group<\/a>. Mastriano cited examples from Pakistan, where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pakistan-muslim-mob-lynches-factory-manager-for-blasphemy\/\" title=\"Pakistan: Muslim Mob Lynches Factory Manager for &#039;Blasphemy&#039;\">blasphemy laws<\/a> endanger Christians and entire communities have been attacked; China, where authorities remove Christian symbols and detain pastors; and Nigeria, which suffers severe persecution from terrorist and extremist groups. The proposed resolution aims to reaffirm Pennsylvania&#8217;s solidarity with persecuted Christians, emphasize the state&#8217;s commitment to religious liberty, and urge the U.S. government to recognize Christian persecution as a major human rights crisis or genocide. It also calls for diplomatic and economic sanctions against perpetrators, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-n-chief-wants-taliban-sanctions-lifted-to-facilitate-humanitarian-aid\/\" title=\"U.N. Chief Wants Taliban Sanctions Lifted to Facilitate Humanitarian Aid\">increased humanitarian aid<\/a>, and efforts to bring offenders of religious violence to justice. mastriano emphasized standing up for those who suffer for their faith, promoting freedom, faith, and human dignity.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania Republican State Sen. Doug Mastriano announced that he would be introducing a new resolution drawing attention to the &ldquo;worldwide persecution of Christians.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>An Oct. 20 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palegis.us\/senate\/co-sponsorship\/memo?memoID=47568\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">memo<\/a> from the lawmaker announcing the move noted that &ldquo;more than 380 million Christians live under the threat of persecution&rdquo; around the world.<\/p>\n<p>That reality makes followers of Jesus Christ &ldquo;the most targeted faith community on Earth.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This persecution takes many forms &mdash; imprisonment, forced conversion, mob violence, and systematic suppression of worship,&rdquo; the memo added. &ldquo;Yet the goal is the same everywhere: to silence the Gospel and erase its followers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Mastriano, who was the 2022 Republican gubernatorial nominee in Pennsylvania, provided several examples of nations which enforce or allow the persecution of Christians.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> console.log(\"A\/B Test Video Player\"); 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Mastriano said. &ldquo;Pastors who refuse are detained and disappeared into China&rsquo;s prison system, many never heard from again.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-pennsylvania-state-senator-sues-critics-book-wwi-hero-sgt-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mastriano<\/a> also spotlighted Nigeria, which is experiencing some of the worst Christian persecution in the world at the hands of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/islamic-militants-kill-four-christians-nigeria-destroy-church-homes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Muslims<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Over the past decade, tens of thousands of Christians have been murdered by Boko Haram terrorists and Fulani extremist militias,&rdquo; the memo said. &ldquo;Churches have been bombed during Sunday worship; entire villages burned to ash; priests executed in front of their congregations.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The resolution would reaffirm the solidarity of Pennsylvania with Christians around the world facing persecution, and would renew the &ldquo;historic commitment to religious liberty as the foundation of human dignity&rdquo; as a distinct tradition of Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>The effort would also call upon President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and the United States Congress to &ldquo;formally recognize the persecution of Christians worldwide as a grave human rights crisis&rdquo; and in some cases a genocide.<\/p>\n<p>It would encourage the imposition of &ldquo;diplomatic and economic measures, including targeted sanctions, against regimes and organizations that enable persecution.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Mastriano called for increased humanitarian aid to persecuted Christians and proposed that the United States &ldquo;lead global efforts to bring perpetrators of religious violence to justice.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Let us stand for those who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-bill-maher-takes-stand-christians-nigeria-calls-actual-genocide-kids-protesting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suffer<\/a> for the name of Christ,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;And let us ensure that Pennsylvania&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >voice rings clear &#038;mdash<\/a>; 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