We need to always remember our brothers and sisters who are being persecuted, but let us particularly remember today those who were killed yesterday in Nigeria, and their families. Let us pray for the repentance of the murders and for all those who are persecuting Christians, be they Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists or atheists. Muslims slaughter [...]
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Ever notice how just about every group thinks its OK to attack Christians and what we hold sacred? Atheists, Hindus, Muslims; even Jews in Jerusalem are spitting on Christians. Now Budhists those “peace loving” Budhists are in on the act. Of course here in this country we are attacked, for daring to speak our beliefs [...]
Read about Helen Kafka, better known as Sister Maria Restituta, the 20th century martyr who refused to remove crucifixes from hospital rooms. In 1919, she began working as a surgical nurse in Austria. When the Germans took over, she became a local opponent of the Nazi regime. Her conflict with them escalated after they ordered [...]
Here is a quote from an article (referenced below) “They were clearly told that reading the Bible and preaching can be offensive and that they could be arrested,” she wrote. “Furthermore, they were subjected to abuse and intimidation. They were told that they were being monitored and filmed,” she wrote. Now, guess where this was. [...]
Christians flee after Muslims destroy village Smoke was still rising from the Christian village of Korian in Punjab province on July 31 after it was completely destroyed in a violent raid the previous night by thousands of Muslims. PAKISTAN Muslims burn 75 Christian homes and 2 churches in Punjab A crowd of Muslims looted and [...]
Violence continues as authorities in Vietnamese city seek to create a ‘No Catholic Zone’ Anti-Catholic violence and police raids at several Catholics’ homes in the Vietnamese coastal city of Dong Hoi have prompted many parishioners to flee for their own safety. Local government officials reportedly wants to create a “No Catholic Zone.” Police and gangs [...]
Christian Murdered for Drinking Tea from a Muslim Cup : DFW Catholic.org International Christian Concern (www.persecution.org) has learned that radical Muslims running a tea stall beat a Christian man to death for using a cup designated for Muslims on May 9. The young man, Ishtiaq Masih, had ordered tea at a roadside stall in Machharkay [...]
Pro-Life Workers Arrested in Birmingham, It’s a Sad Day for Human and Civil Rights – Catholic Online Nine college-age men and women, members of the Survivors Campus Life Tour, were arrested at Parker High School in Birmingham, Alabama, while distributing literature to students from a public sidewalk.
Contrast the following two headlines I came across on a news gathering site: Gay teacher who boasted of promiscuous lifestyle told: ‘Keep teaching’ Families sue over teacher who promotes religion Kind of makes you wonder. There is no problem spreading the news about sexual exploits (homosexual or otherwise), but Jesus? Well, we have to draw [...]
We are looking at some tough times ahead, and I don’t mean the economy. Sure, many of us are facing difficult financial prospects. Joblessness, evictions, poverty, these are items that many of us are facing or may face in the coming months or even years. But that is not the real tough times that we [...]
“Deafening silence of our elected officials” Amidst all this lawlessness, harassment, trampling of civil rights and now domestic terrorism, one thing stands out: the deafening silence of our elected officials. Not a single elected leader has spoken out against what is happening,” noted the campaign co-manager, Frank Schubert. “Where is Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger while churches [...]
Pray for our brothers and sisters around the world, especially those undergoing persecution. News Briefs : Hindu militants redouble attacks on Christians With an estimated 100 Christians killed and 100,000 driven from their homes by violent Hindu mobs in the past several weeks, the country’s mainstream media are acknowledging the conflict. But with the complicity [...]
The Orange County Register – News – AP India banned smoking in public places on Thursday. I guess they mean cigarettes, because it looks like “smoking” Christians, their homes, and their churches seem to not be that big of a deal. INDIA Despite curfew a hundred homes and two churches set on fire overnight in [...]
2 Christians killed in Orissa, 250 homes burned; relief camps targeted At least 250 more homes of Christians have been destroyed in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, according to Church sources there. Extremists are also setting off explosions near relief camps where an estimated 20,000 Christians have sought shelter, according to reports. The standing [...]
I do not have time to comment on this continuing story, but the news must get spread.Pray for our brothers and sisters in India as the persecution continues. Fresh violence against India’s Christians: 100 homes destroyed; cardinal burned in effigy In the Kandhamal district of Orissa, more churches and 100 homes were destroyed in a [...]
Hey tech companies! Remember outsourcing your tech support to Bangalore, India? Guess what, it looks like Christian’s aren’t so welcome there. The Indian attacks on Christians have now hit the countries high tech region. Still there is no help from the various Indian governments. Silence also prevails in the American press. Bangalore: Catholics condemn government [...]
We still are hearing nothing in the western media about the atrocities going on in India. Apparently Hindu extremists get a free pass, especially if their government backs them. Where is the outcry at this injustice? Orissa archbishop stays put in Delhi after death threats The letter stated that the archbishop, who has been staying [...]
Catholic Culture : Fears mount for India’s Christians as violence spreads Hindu-Christian tension mounted in the southwestern Indian state of Karnataka, where 14 churches were attacked on Sunday. UCA News’s T. S. Thomas reports, ‘Police drove around 500 protesting Catholics inside a church and locked them in from outside … In another incident, police entered [...]
If you are only paying attention to the mainstream media, you would not be aware of the persecution that Christians are undergoing at the hands of hindus. Churches have been burned. Christians have been murdered, including by being burned alive. Even Mother Theresa’s sisters are being harassed for caring for the poor. From the west [...]
Catholic World News Feature Stories China’s most prominent “underground” Catholic bishop was arrested on Sunday, August 24: the day that also saw the closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Beijing. Bishop Julius Jia Zhiguo of Zhengding was taken into custody by several police officers at Wuqiu cathedral. No immediate reason was given for his [...]
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