John Pontifex explores why ACN's new report - Persecuted and Forgotten? A Report on Christians oppressed for their Faith 2020-22 - should be a wake-up call to governments who claim to be the champions of religious freedom.
“My God, it is hard to be chained and receive blows but I live this moment as you present it to me.”
Such was the prayer of Sister Gloria Cecilia Narváez. She was held for more than four years by Islamist militants in Mali, west Africa. Recalling what happened when a jihadist leader found her praying, she said he struck her, saying: “Let’s see if that God gets you out of here.” She reflected: “My soul shuddered at what this person was saying while the guards laughed out loud at the insults.”
