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Irish faith leaders decry Chinese treatment of ethnic Uyghur Muslims

February 17, 2021

More than fifty Irish faith leaders — including several Catholic figures — have signed a statement condemning the persecution of the Uyghurs and other Muslims in Xinjiang, China, where it has been widely reported that no fewer than a million Uyghur and other Muslims are confined to internment camps and set to labour as slaves.

Watch groups: Christians in Turkey face suppression, exploitation

December 09, 2020

Christians account for roughly 160,000 citizens, or roughly 0.2% of the total population in Turkey. (Image: Hagia Sophia, which was inaugurated as a mosque July 24. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA.)

Mike Pence: ‘We stand with’ persecuted Christians

May 12, 2017

Vice President Pence addressed Christian leaders in Washington DC

China’s hideous persecution of Christians can’t continue to go unchecked

July 29, 2015

China's anti-Christian campaign must be kept in the public eye and we must implore our politicians to do more

Persecution of Christians worse than in early Church, says Francis

June 23, 2014

Pope Francis says there are more martyrs today than in pre-Constantine days

Sudan must recognise that the rights of conscience are sovereign

May 20, 2014

The case of Meriam Yehya Ibrahim tells us a great deal about the Muslim mindset as it exists in Sudan today

Secularism cuts both ways: the Church should stay out of politics, but the State should stay out of the Church

January 20, 2014

North Korea, China and Saudi Arabia share with the Tudor's a fear of Catholicism as a rival authority

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