Grim reality of anti-Christian persecution
Fulani herdsmen responsible for most deaths.
Calling for an end to “acts of violence and extremism, factions and intolerance”, the pope remarked on the “age-old presence of Christians in this land, and their contributions to the life of the nation.”
Sonia, a housemaid and the eldest of six children, was killed at a bus stop and buried later that day by her distraught family.
The charity states that 80% of all acts of religious persecution are perpetrated against Christians in over 95 countries.
Following six weeks of intense fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia, a cease-fire brokered by Russia will see territory formerly controlled by Armenia handed over to Azerbaijan.
Despite making up over 60% of the Ethopian population, Christians living in the southern Oromia state have faced a dramatic escalation in attacks by Islamist gangs pillaging villages.
Christian persecution is all too real for the victims…