Christian Persecution – Page 3

EU Report Ignores Muslim Violence to Label Catholics ‘Religious Extremists’

According to new report, opposition to abortion is more ‘extreme’ than rape.

AEuropean abortion lobby is warning against “religious extremism” on the rise across the continent, singling out Catholicism and ignoring the threat posed to Europe by Islam. The 158-page report “The Next Wave: How Religious Extremism Is Reclaiming Power,” published by the European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual & Reproductive Rights (EPF), faults “religious extremism” for the phenomenon of “accelerating financial expansion of movements working to dismantle decades of hard-won sexual and reproductive rights across Europe.”

by Blazingcatfur•August 10, 2025August 10, 2025•0•Christian Persecution, Christianity, Christianity and the left, Christianophobia

I was persecuted for being a Christian, says teacher sacked over Connolly comments

A teacher who was sacked after saying Lucy Connolly was a victim of “two-tier policing” says he has been persecuted for being a Christian.

Simon Pearson, 56, was accused of Islamophobia after saying in a private Facebook group that Connolly should not have been jailed, and believes he would still be in a job if he had been accused of offending Christians and not Muslims.

by Blazingcatfur•August 7, 2025August 6, 2025•0•"Cancel Culture", "Two Tiered Policing", Christian Persecution

Report on “religious extremism” focuses on Catholicism, ignores Islam

Mass Murderers Publish “Catholic Extremism” Report

A recent document by a European think tank decries the “accelerating financial expansion of movements working to dismantle decades of hard-won sexual and reproductive rights across Europe.” The report, published by the Brussels-based European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual & Reproductive Rights (EPF), highlights the “anti-rights and religious extremist actors in Europe,” but focuses mostly on just one religion: Christianity. Through this inherent bias, the organization admits the one institution that its members and their allies fear—the Catholic Church—as the organizing force behind the “religious ideologues [who] are executing meticulous, long-term strategies for power.”

EPF’s executive committee consists of one member of the European Parliament, along with members of parliament from several constituent states of the EU, with two additional politicians from outside the Union. All of the committee members come from socially left-wing political parties—from a party of the French “center,” Renaissance (founded by French President Emmanuel Macron) to the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party.

by Blazingcatfur•August 6, 2025August 6, 2025•0•"Far Left Extremist", Abortion debate, Christian Persecution, EU, WTF?

FBI files show targeting of Catholic groups was bigger than Biden-era officials acknowledged

The Biden-era FBI concealed the extent of its anti-Catholic operation, which then-FBI Director Christopher A. Wray told Congress was limited to a single 2023 memo, according to newly revealed bureau documents.

The FBI files were obtained by Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles E. Grassley and shared first with The Washington Times.

The files show that the agency was engaging in a bureau-wide investigation of “Radical Traditionalist Catholics,” though the episode was characterized by Mr. Wray and other top FBI officials as a one-off memo.

by Blazingcatfur•June 4, 2025June 3, 2025•0•Catholic Church, Christian Persecution, FBI, WTF?

380,000,000 Christians Persecuted for ‘Their Faith’: Where Is the Outrage?

In 2024, around the world, 4,476 Christians — more than 12 a day on average — were “killed for faith related reasons.” Another 4,744 Christians were arrested or illegally detained, and 7,679 churches and other Christian institutions were attacked, often destroyed.

Overall, the global persecution of Christians has reached unprecedented levels. “More than 380m Christians suffer high levels of persecution and discrimination for their faith,” according to the World Watch List 2025 (WWL) published earlier this year by the international human rights organization, Open Doors.

Every year, the WWL ranks the top 50 nations in which Christians are the most persecuted for their faith. The data is compiled by thousands of grassroots workers and external experts. The latest edition of the WWL covers October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024.

by Blazingcatfur•May 12, 2025May 11, 2025•0•Christian Persecution

‘We fear that violence will come the way of the Christians next’

Muslims Defaced Christan Icons Maaloula Syria

The priest would prefer that the ghosts of his community’s violent past are laid to rest. Every family in Maaloula — where Christian and Muslim neighbours were riven by bloodshed — has a deeply personal memory of the civil war: a killing, an abduction, a disappearance; displacement, grief and loss.

In the interests of reconciliation Father Fadi Barkil believes it may be better to forgive and forget.

Yet as word of the latest sectarian violence against the Druze community in Syria spreads, fears for the future keep Maaloula’s ghosts of the past alive.

by Blazingcatfur•May 3, 2025May 2, 2025•0•"Islamophobia", Christian Persecution, Islam, Islam and violence, Syria

Trump Vows to End Bias Against Christians

Despite its still large number of adherents, Christianity has borne the brunt of ruling class hostility toward religious faith.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi held a press conference Tuesday where she formally launched the White House Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias.

The issue of anti-Christian bias extends as well into the halls of academia. U.S. President Donald Trump mandated the task force through a Presidential Executive Order in February. The decision is designed to end the anti-Christian weaponization of government and unlawful conduct targeting Christians.

Joining the attorney general were members of President Trump’s cabinet and key government agencies as well as people purportedly affected by anti-Christian bias during the Biden administration.

by Blazingcatfur•April 27, 2025April 27, 2025•0•Christian Persecution, Christianity, Christianity and the left, Christianophobia

Columbia Is Targeting Catholic Students Like Me

The university says it’s cracking down on campus anti-Semitism. Instead, it’s going after a student for publicly expressing his faith.

Columbia University has told the Trump administration that it’s cracking down on anti-Semitic violence and intimidation and winding down DEI. But behind closed doors, the university’s Office of Institutional Equity (OIE), a new bureaucracy supposedly set up to address campus anti-Semitism, is targeting me for expressing my Catholic faith.

by Blazingcatfur•April 16, 2025April 16, 2025•0•Catholic Church, Christian Persecution, Christianophobia

NYT Panics Over Religious Freedoms, ‘Particularly Christian’ Groups

If there’s anything more frightening than a Supreme Court “which has been receptive to claims from religious groups, particularly Christian ones,” the New York Times has yet to find it.

by Blazingcatfur•March 31, 2025March 31, 2025•0•Christian Persecution, Christianity, Christianity and the left, Christianophobia

China’s War on the Cross

Welcome to Xi Jinping’s Gulag Archipelago for Christians.

For decades, the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in China has fervently worked to control and restrict Christianity within its borders, with the ultimate aim of abolishing it altogether. Believers have bravely persisted in the face of this vicious persecution. Today, the danger and threat they face is as dire as ever – and a new report from International Christian Concern warns, “There is no longer a safe place to be a Christian in China.”

by Blazingcatfur•March 29, 2025March 28, 2025•0•"China - Communist Slave State", Christian Persecution

Why does the beheading of Christians not make headlines?

The Congolese chapter of Islamic State has a ruthless way of stopping outsiders reporting their presence to the authorities. Under the edicts of their founder, Jamil Mukulu, who once lived as a cleric in London, anyone who strays across them in their forest hideouts should be killed on sight. ‘Slaughter him or her, behead them immediately,’ Mukulu once commanded. ‘Never give it a second thought, do not hesitate.’

by Blazingcatfur•March 18, 2025March 18, 2025•0•Christian Persecution, Christianity, DRC - Congo, DRC- Democratic Republic Of Congo

Toronto’s Cardinal Leo urges Trudeau government not to touch tax status of pro-life, religious groups

Cardinal Francis Leo of the Archdiocese of Toronto is expressing “profound concern” over the Trudeau government’s desire to strip pro-life groups of their tax charity status.

In a letter dated February 21, 2025, addressed to Canadian Minister of Finance Dominic LeBlanc, Leo called upon the Liberal government to stop its planned attacks against the charitable tax status of pro-life groups.

by Blazingcatfur•February 28, 2025February 27, 2025•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Christian Persecution, Christianity

Seven NZ churches targeted in suspected arson spree

Seven churches have been targeted in a suspected arson attack that occurred overnight in New Zealand.

Four churches in the town of Masterton, north of the capital Wellington, sustained “moderate to significant” damage, while evidence was found to suggest three more buildings had been targeted but did not catch fire.

Crews from across the Wairarapa region responded to the fires at about 04:30 local time on Saturday (15:30 GMT on Friday).

by Blazingcatfur•February 23, 2025February 23, 2025•0•Christian Persecution, Christianophobia

France’s churches are burning – and no one seems to care

Church Arson France – Parish of St. Paul in Corbeil-Essonnes

France’s churches are under attack, yet the media and political establishment are pretending not to notice. Last year, we saw blazes at historic churches in Rouen, Saint-Omer and Poitiers – each one another grim statistic in an escalating crisis. For years, we’ve seen Christian places of worship targeted in acts of arson and vandalism. Yet, until now, official confirmation of the scale of the problem has been curiously absent. That has changed. The French territorial intelligence service has reported a 30 per cent increase in criminal church fires in 2024. That’s not a handful of isolated incidents – it’s a surge. And a deeply troubling one at that.

by Blazingcatfur•February 15, 2025February 15, 2025•0•Christian Persecution, Christianity, France

Trump announces task force to end ‘anti-Christian bias’

Donald Trump unveiled a task force to root out “anti-Christian bias” in government as he accused his predecessor Joe Biden of “persecuting” Christians during his presidency.

Speaking at two events in Washington for the annual National Prayer Breakfast, Trump announced a string of initiatives, including a presidential commission on religious liberty and a White House “faith office”.

by Blazingcatfur•February 8, 2025February 7, 2025•0•Christian Persecution, Christianity, Christianity and the left, Christianophobia, President Trump