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\"persecution\"<\/a>My article at Aleteia <\/a>this week focusses on Pope Francis\u2019 increasing awareness of persecution against Christians worldwide.<\/p>\n

After speaking out about the Armenian genocide over the weekend<\/p>\n

Francis also used the opportunity to remember other historic anti-Christian onslaughts and to condemn the rising tide of persecution against Christians in the world today. \u201cConcealing or denying evil\u201d the pontiff said, \u201cis like allowing a wound to keep bleeding without bandaging it!\u201d He repeated his claim that we are engaged even now in a third world war in which, in a piecemeal fashion, we witness slaughter, beheadings, people being driven from their homes, genocide, kidnappings, torture, murder, beheadings and crucifixions.<\/p>\n

Pope Francis speaks about this issue not only out of a sense of outrage at injustice and compassion for the suffering, but because he has experienced injustice and cruelty firsthand.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Go here<\/a> to read the full article.<\/p>\n

Image<\/a> Aleteia<\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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