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(1Pe 4:12-14) Dearly beloved, think not strange the burning heat which is to try you: as if some new thing happened to you. But if you partake of the sufferings of Christ, rejoice that, when his glory shall be revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy. If you be reproached for the name of Christ, you shall be blessed: for that which is of the honour, glory and power of God, and that which is his Spirit resteth upon you.
ACN: Religious Freedom: A global victim of authoritarianism, extremism, and war
The international pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) today launched its biennial report “Religious Freedom in the World 2025,” offering a global overview of the state of this fundamental right. The study, covering the period from January 2023 to December 2024, warns of a worrying decline with two-thirds of humanity — more than 5.4 billion people — living in countries without full religious freedom.
The report analyzes the situation in 196 countries and documents serious violations of this right in 62 of them. Of these, 24 are classified as countries of “persecution” and 38 as “discrimination.” Only two nations, Kazakhstan and Sri Lanka, showed improvements compared with the previous edition.
“The right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion — protected under Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights — is not only under pressure; in many countries it is disappearing,” warned Regina Lynch, Executive President of ACN International, during the launch at the Vatican.
The report identifies authoritarianism as the principal driver of religious repression. In 19 of the 24 countries in the persecution category, and in 33 of the 38 countries with discrimination, governments apply systematic strategies to control or silence religious life. In China, Iran, Eritrea and Nicaragua, the authorities employ mass surveillance technologies, digital censorship, restrictive legislation and arbitrary detentions to suppress independent religious communities.
“The control of faith has become a tool of political power,” states the report’s executive summary, which denounces an increasingly sophisticated “bureaucratization of religious repression.”
The report warns that Islamist extremism continues to expand, particularly across Africa and Asia. In 15 countries, it is the main cause of persecution, and in another 10, it contributes to discrimination. The Sahel in Africa has become the epicenter of jihadist violence with groups such as Islamic State-Sahel Province (ISSP) and JNIM causing the deaths of hundreds of thousands, the displacement of millions and the destruction of hundreds of Christian churches and schools.
Ethno-religious nationalism, meanwhile, drives the repression of minorities in parts of Asia. In India and Myanmar, Christian and Muslim communities suffer from aggression and legal exclusion. In India, the report defines the situation as “hybrid persecution” — a combination of discriminatory laws and violence carried out by civilians but encouraged by political rhetoric.
The decline in religious freedom has also been aggravated by armed conflicts affecting countries such as Myanmar, Ukraine, Russia, Israel and Palestine.
Wars and religious-based violence have triggered a silent displacement crisis. In Nigeria, attacks by armed groups linked to radicalized Fulani herders have left thousands dead and entire communities uprooted. In the Sahel — especially in Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali — whole villages have been destroyed by Islamist militias. In Sudan, civil war has wiped centuries-old Christian communities off the map.
CWR: Nigerian church leaders welcome conclusions confirming Christian genocide
Church leaders in Nigeria say they are gladdened at the conclusion reached by a U.S. fact-finder that there is a systematic plan to erase Christianity in the African country.
Mike Arnold, on October 14th, presented his findings on a decade-long campaign of violence targeting Christians in Nigeria. The former mayor of Blanco City, Texas, said he had been gathering the information since 2019.
Reading from a prepared statement titled “Statement on Widespread Violence and Displacement in Nigeria,” Arnold said that “villages are systematically razed, churches leveled, and tens of thousands are dead.” He pushed back on the claim that puts down the violence to a fight between farmers and grazers over resources.
“This is systematic terror and not grazing conflicts,” he said, “…the term farmer herder clashes, in many instances today, are cynical doublespeak. Weaponizing historical land disputes to mask jihadist conquest. For centuries, herders and farmers co-existed with rare, very rarely lethal disputes.” Citing Article II of the UN Genocide Convention, Arnold asserted that the situation in Nigeria meets the legal threshold for genocide.
“The campaign of violence and displacement in northern and middle belt Nigeria does indeed constitute a calculated current and long-running genocide against Christian communities and other religious minorities without any reasonable doubt. To continue to deny this is to be complicit with these atrocities,” he asserted.
He said that denying the existence of genocide against Christians bolsters the resolve of the perpetrators to do even worse.
“To continue to deny this is to be complicit with these atrocities, I say this not in anger, but in truth and grief.”
X REP. MOORE: “A Real Genocide is Happening- 'Christians are Being Slaughtered
While headlines obsess over Gaza and Ukraine, a full-scale genocide is unfolding in Nigeria, and barely anyone cares.
Entire villages torched. Churches turned to ash. Families hunted for their faith.
Since 2009, more than 100,000 Christians have been killed by Boko Haram, ISIS-West Africa, and Fulani militants.
19,000 churches destroyed.
7,000 more Christians murdered this year alone.
35 people a day, wiped off the map.
The Nigerian government calls it “fake news.” @RileyMooreWV calls it Genocide.
He is demanding the U.S. reclassify Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern, a move that once slowed the killings, but was quietly reversed under Biden.
Moore says this is not random violence. It is deliberate, ideological, and ignored.
“These are genocidal numbers, and the silence is shameful.” He also warns China is waiting in the wings, using Africa’s instability to tighten its grip through money, weapons, and influence while the West looks away.
When war hits Europe, the world protests.
When it hits Africa, the world scrolls past.
The genocide in Nigeria is real. The blood is fresh. And the silence is deafening.
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October 27, 2025(1Pe 4:12-14) Dearly beloved, think not strange the burning heat which is to try you: as if some new thing happened to you. But if you partake of the sufferings of Christ, rejoice that, when his glory shall be revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy. If you be reproached for the name of Christ, you shall be blessed: for that which is of the honour, glory and power of God, and that which is his Spirit resteth upon you.
ACN: Religious Freedom: A global victim of authoritarianism, extremism, and war
The international pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) today launched its biennial report “Religious Freedom in the World 2025,” offering a global overview of the state of this fundamental right. The study, covering the period from January 2023 to December 2024, warns of a worrying decline with two-thirds of humanity — more than 5.4 billion people — living in countries without full religious freedom.
The report analyzes the situation in 196 countries and documents serious violations of this right in 62 of them. Of these, 24 are classified as countries of “persecution” and 38 as “discrimination.” Only two nations, Kazakhstan and Sri Lanka, showed improvements compared with the previous edition.
“The right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion — protected under Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights — is not only under pressure; in many countries it is disappearing,” warned Regina Lynch, Executive President of ACN International, during the launch at the Vatican.
The report identifies authoritarianism as the principal driver of religious repression. In 19 of the 24 countries in the persecution category, and in 33 of the 38 countries with discrimination, governments apply systematic strategies to control or silence religious life. In China, Iran, Eritrea and Nicaragua, the authorities employ mass surveillance technologies, digital censorship, restrictive legislation and arbitrary detentions to suppress independent religious communities.
“The control of faith has become a tool of political power,” states the report’s executive summary, which denounces an increasingly sophisticated “bureaucratization of religious repression.”
The report warns that Islamist extremism continues to expand, particularly across Africa and Asia. In 15 countries, it is the main cause of persecution, and in another 10, it contributes to discrimination. The Sahel in Africa has become the epicenter of jihadist violence with groups such as Islamic State-Sahel Province (ISSP) and JNIM causing the deaths of hundreds of thousands, the displacement of millions and the destruction of hundreds of Christian churches and schools.
Ethno-religious nationalism, meanwhile, drives the repression of minorities in parts of Asia. In India and Myanmar, Christian and Muslim communities suffer from aggression and legal exclusion. In India, the report defines the situation as “hybrid persecution” — a combination of discriminatory laws and violence carried out by civilians but encouraged by political rhetoric.
The decline in religious freedom has also been aggravated by armed conflicts affecting countries such as Myanmar, Ukraine, Russia, Israel and Palestine.
Wars and religious-based violence have triggered a silent displacement crisis. In Nigeria, attacks by armed groups linked to radicalized Fulani herders have left thousands dead and entire communities uprooted. In the Sahel — especially in Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali — whole villages have been destroyed by Islamist militias. In Sudan, civil war has wiped centuries-old Christian communities off the map.
CWR: Nigerian church leaders welcome conclusions confirming Christian genocide
Church leaders in Nigeria say they are gladdened at the conclusion reached by a U.S. fact-finder that there is a systematic plan to erase Christianity in the African country.
Mike Arnold, on October 14th, presented his findings on a decade-long campaign of violence targeting Christians in Nigeria. The former mayor of Blanco City, Texas, said he had been gathering the information since 2019.
Reading from a prepared statement titled “Statement on Widespread Violence and Displacement in Nigeria,” Arnold said that “villages are systematically razed, churches leveled, and tens of thousands are dead.” He pushed back on the claim that puts down the violence to a fight between farmers and grazers over resources.
“This is systematic terror and not grazing conflicts,” he said, “…the term farmer herder clashes, in many instances today, are cynical doublespeak. Weaponizing historical land disputes to mask jihadist conquest. For centuries, herders and farmers co-existed with rare, very rarely lethal disputes.” Citing Article II of the UN Genocide Convention, Arnold asserted that the situation in Nigeria meets the legal threshold for genocide.
“The campaign of violence and displacement in northern and middle belt Nigeria does indeed constitute a calculated current and long-running genocide against Christian communities and other religious minorities without any reasonable doubt. To continue to deny this is to be complicit with these atrocities,” he asserted.
He said that denying the existence of genocide against Christians bolsters the resolve of the perpetrators to do even worse.
“To continue to deny this is to be complicit with these atrocities, I say this not in anger, but in truth and grief.”
X REP. MOORE: “A Real Genocide is Happening- 'Christians are Being Slaughtered
While headlines obsess over Gaza and Ukraine, a full-scale genocide is unfolding in Nigeria, and barely anyone cares.
Entire villages torched. Churches turned to ash. Families hunted for their faith.
Since 2009, more than 100,000 Christians have been killed by Boko Haram, ISIS-West Africa, and Fulani militants.
19,000 churches destroyed.
7,000 more Christians murdered this year alone.
35 people a day, wiped off the map.
The Nigerian government calls it “fake news.” @RileyMooreWV calls it Genocide.
He is demanding the U.S. reclassify Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern, a move that once slowed the killings, but was quietly reversed under Biden.
Moore says this is not random violence. It is deliberate, ideological, and ignored.
“These are genocidal numbers, and the silence is shameful.” He also warns China is waiting in the wings, using Africa’s instability to tighten its grip through money, weapons, and influence while the West looks away.
When war hits Europe, the world protests.
When it hits Africa, the world scrolls past.
The genocide in Nigeria is real. The blood is fresh. And the silence is deafening.
Ladder of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 4- "On blessed and ever-memorable obedience"
2. But let us not fail, if you agree, to describe clearly in our treatise the weapons of these brave warriors: how they hold the shield of faith in God and their trainer, and with it they ward off, so to speak, every thought of unbelief and change of place; how they constantly raise the drawn sword of the Spirit and slay every wish of their own that approaches them; how, clad in the armour of meekness and patience, they avert every insult and injury and missile. And for a helmet of salvation they have their superior's protection through prayer. And they do not stand with their feet together, for one is stretched out in service and the other is immovable in prayer.Prayer request? Send an email to: PrayerR...@aol.com
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