“truth is under attack. The followers of the Risen Lord are once again being persecuted, especially in the Middle East, the cradle of Christianity, which continues to give birth to new martyrs of the faith in our own time.
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“The new creation bestowed upon us by the risen Lord allows no room for hatred and enmity, only love, love without limits, compassion and understanding. By this shall all know that we are true disciples of the risen one: if we have love for one another and for all people. We must always proclaim peace and brotherhood among peoples and nations, not war, even if we baptize it as ‘holy’ to please an authoritarian secular power. There has never been, nor will there ever be, a ‘holy war’! Holiness and war are, by their very nature, mutually incompatible concepts incapable of coexisting in any form!
“churches, clergy, and monastic communities are increasingly becoming targets of planned attacks
“all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution
“militants killed 3,490 Christians in the country, accounting for seventy-two percent of the total number of people killed for their faith worldwide
“people continue to be killed and kidnapped, and many Christians are forced to leave their homes and live in camps for displaced persons.