Christian persecution

As many as 70,000 ancient Christians and Jews sought refuge in a hidden underground city in Turkey in the second and third centuries.

Open Doors’ World Watch List emphasizes persecution of Christians in Afghanistan.

International organization that lists North Korea as the most dangerous place in the world to be a Christian provides vital support to Christians fleeing the nation.

Open Doors USA’s annual report on the global persecution of Christians spotlights 50 countries where Christians are targeted for their faith.

As financial and food insecurity ravages much of the world in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnam and Pakistan governments and aid agencies are denying food aid to disadvantaged minority Christians because of their faith.

A nondenominational, nongovernmental Christian watchdog group headquartered in Washington, D.C., is battling Christian persecution by providing assistance to victims and raising public awareness about their plight.

North Korea, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India are among the top 10 countries where the persecution of Christians is likely to recur this year, according to a leading Christian charity group’s World Watch List for 2020.

Although 40 percent of American Catholics believe that there is severe persecution of Christians around the world, they rank this as less important than other human rights issues such as human trafficking, poverty, climate change and the refugee crisis.