Every Five Minutes a Christian Is Killed for His Faith

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Around the world, about one hundred and five thousand Christians die every year for their faith. The large number does not include the victims of civil wars, but the martyrs in the truest sense of the word, that is, people who are deliberately killed simply because they are Christians. Introvini presented some statistics, pointing out that ‘every five minutes a Christian is killed for his faith in the world.

This was stated by the representative of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, sociologist and researcher Massimo Introvini, in his intervention at the exhibition of the World Conference on Interreligious Dialogue between Christians, Jews, and Muslims, which is being held in Godolo, near Budapest, Hungary.

Every Five Minutes a Christian Is Killed for His Faith

Persecution of Christians

‘If we do not raise our voice so that the world hears these numbers, and if this massacre does not stop. If we do not recognize that the persecution of Christians in the world is the first emergency in the world in terms of violence and religious discrimination, then interfaith dialogue will only produce beautiful conferences, without bringing tangible results.

For his part, the Egyptian diplomat, Ali Mohamed, stated that his country is preparing a draft law aimed at protecting Christian minorities.

Islamic Terrorism in the World

The project aims to consider slogans calling for violence as crimes punishable by law. Cardinal Peter Ardo pointed out that the real danger is the silent exodus of Christians from their lands.

And Europe is preparing for a new wave of immigrants, who are now Christians, who are escaping persecution.” Metropolitan Hilarion reminded us that among the victims of persecution in the world there are at least one million Christian children. The conference is organized by the Hungarian government, which is chairing the European Union at that time, and many personalities of different religions participated in it, including:

Cardinal Peter Ardo, Archbishop of Europe, Custos of the Holy Land Father Pierre Battista Pizza Balla, Archbishop Antonio Maria Fleo, President of the Pontifical Council of Immigrants, Bishop of Beirut for Maronite’s Boutros Matar, Metropolitan Hilarion, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Orthodox Church, Representative of the Organization of the Islamic Conference Omar Orhen, Secretary-General The Islamic-Christian Dialogue Committee in Lebanon, guard Chakib Shehab. (Google Translate)