Christian persecution

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Lambeth Conference 2022 looked outward, sideways and upward, but the world only saw inward

From the four corners of the world the came, to kiss the shrine of Canterbury. Some 660 bishops from 165 countries representing dioceses and Christian communities from the global Anglican Communion – the third largest Christian community in the world.…

International Freedom of Religion or Belief Conference 2022

July 3, 2022
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The inaugural International Freedom of Religion or Belief Conference takes place in London this coming week, on 5-6th July, under the aegis of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).…

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Churches desecrated and Pro-Life offices firebombed in the wake of Roe v Wade reversal

June 29, 2022
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The media is incandescent with anger and outrage at the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States to overturn Roe v Wade, which granted abortion as a constitutional…

Ted Hui: “The more you persecute people, the more people will treasure that identity”

May 2, 2022
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Ted Hui Chi-fung was (or is) a Democrat Party politician in Hong Kong, vocal on environmental issues, education, human rights and democracy. He is currently living in exile in Australia,…

Silent Night, Holy Land

December 23, 2021
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As our minds turn once again to the baby that was born in Bethlehem two millennia ago, amidst social unrest, foreign occupation, political turmoil and religious zealotry, we might reflect…

Sir David Amess: “I was born a Catholic, and I will die a Catholic.”

October 16, 2021
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Sometimes silence is best. Sometimes words can get in the way of a necessary contemplation or desirable meditation, and the murder of Conservative MP Sir David Amess is perhaps such…

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3,462 Nigerian Christians hacked to death by jihadists — don’t these black lives matter?

July 28, 2021
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When one black man was killed in the US, the cry of "I can't breathe" reverberated round the world – or at least the Western world – and 'taking the…

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Boris Johnson pledges to defend and help persecuted Christians

December 24, 2019
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The Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged in his first Christmas greeting to defend and help persecuted Christians around the world: "Today of all days, I want us to remember…

Mounstephen calls for sanctions on countries which persecute Christians

July 8, 2019
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The Bishop of Truro Philip Mounstephen has finally published his independent report on persecuted Christians across the world, and it doesn't disappoint. The review was commissioned by Foreign Secretary Jeremy…

“We love you and we forgive you,” says Pastor of bombed Evangelical church in Sri Lanka to their attackers

April 26, 2019
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They lost dozens of their brothers and sisters. One pastor lost his teenage son, and scores were gravely injured as the bomb was detonated. Windows were blown out, bodies strewn,…

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Home Office refuses asylum to Iranian Christian convert – quoting violence in the Bible as evidence of bogus claim

March 20, 2019
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An Iranian Muslim who converted to Christianity because it is the true religion of peace has had their application for asylum in the UK rejected because the Home Office didn't…

Coptic Archbishop Angaelos says Christophobia is an ‘escalating phenomenon’

March 7, 2019
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The Coptic Archbishop of London, His Eminence Archbishop Angaelos, has given his support to the 'Stop Christophobia' campaign, the Premier initiative which seeks to draw attention to the 245 million…

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Christophobia: Met Police arrest street preacher and confiscate his Bible

February 25, 2019
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Over the weekend a Christian street preacher was arrested outside Southgate tube station, London N14. It is reported that he was being 'Islamophobic', but what preceded the encounter with the…

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Hunt pledges UK power and influence to stem global persecution of Christians

January 31, 2019
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As promised in December, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has launched his independent review into the persecution of Christians across the globe. Flanked by the Rt Rev'd Philip Mountstephen, Bishop of…

Hunt shunts Foreign Office to do more to defend persecuted Christians

December 26, 2018
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Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has ordered a major shift in government policy toward persecuted Christians worldwide. Or, rather, he has ordered an independent review into the extent to which Christians…

‘Light in the Darkness’ – Rev’d Jonathan Aitken preaches Christmas sermon to the Foreign Office

December 20, 2018
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Here is the sermon preached by the Rev'd Jonathan Aitken at the Foreign Office Carol Service, Grand Locarno Room, King Charles St, Westminster, on Tuesday 18th December 2018: It is a…

Charles, Defender of the Faithful persecuted for Jesus’ sake

December 5, 2018
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Yesterday, from the pulpit of Westminster Abbey, the Prince of Wales made a plea for peace; and not only peace, but for reconciliation. And not only did he make a…

Asia Bibi asylum application was not ‘blocked’ by Theresa May (the Daily Mail made that up)

November 29, 2018
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A few days ago the Daily Mail carried a quite shocking story about the Prime Minister's cold-hearted callousness. The report claimed that Theresa May had personally intervened and 'blocked' an…

Asia Bibi is free! Now she must be granted safe passage and asylum

October 31, 2018
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There are few mornings when one wakes up to such glorious news. Asia Bibi, the young Christian woman who was imprisoned and sentenced to be hanged in Pakistan eight years…

Lambeth Awards: why is the CofE patting itself on the back over Safeguarding?

April 9, 2018
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The Lambeth Awards were bestowed last week at Lambeth Palace. The Anglican Oscars non-academic honours for exemplary service and inspirational ministry were instituted in 2016 as part of Justin Welby's…