Trump presses Xi during summit, “free Jimmy Lai”
At the summit in Busan, South Korea, US President Donald Trump discussed more than just trade with Xi Jinping. He also called for the release of Jimmy Lai, a Hong Kong Catholic businessman and publisher who has been held in prison since 2020.
- DOSSIER: A Roman Catholic against the Power
Archbishop of Homs: No one is safe in the new Syria
Syrians are persecuted as they were under Assad, and Muslims are in as much danger as Christians. The testimony of the bishop, a friend and confrere of Father Dall'Oglio who was kidnapped like him: “If I managed to escape my captors, it was thanks to the power of prayer.”
Italian government backs Jimmy Lai: 'Working for his release'
Sebastien Lai, son of the imprisoned Hong Kong media mogul, was received yesterday at the Foreign Office by the envoy for religious freedom, who promised to work for his release. Prior to the meeting, which was also arranged by the Bussola/Daily Compass, he met with the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Mr Lorenzo Fontana, who expressed his full support.
- DOSSIER: Jimmy Lai, a Roman Catholic against the Power
Why campaign for Jimmy Lai's release?
At the annual Bussola/Daily Compass conference, Sebastien Lai, Jimmy’s son, gave a moving testimony appealing to Western governments to put pressure on the Chinese authorities to release his father. It was also an opportunity to understand the roots of true freedom — an issue that concerns everyone.
- DOSSIER: A Roman Catholic against the Power
- The HongKonger — the official trailer
Two-thirds of world's population live in countries where religious freedom is restricted
The eighth report by Aid to the Church in Need reveals the widespread nature of religious persecution around the world. More than 5.4 billion people live in countries where systematic violations of religious freedom take place.
Burnt alive for being 'blasphemous'. The sharia law in Islamic Nigeria.
A street vendor is accused of blasphemy by a customer, the police fail to protect her, and she is lynched and burned alive by the mob. This is how the Sharia law works in the northern states of Nigeria, in force for the last 25 years.
From Malaysia to Africa, jihad is carried out by applying Sharia law
Malaysia is tightening Sharia penalties, the Koranic law in force in Muslim-majority states. Muslims are also calling for harsher repression throughout the country. Jihad extends the dominion of Islam and Sharia applies its dictates in Islamised territories.
Schneider: ‘Mass immigration is a plan to Islamise Europe’
Politicians and international organisations have orchestrated a resettlement of Muslim citizens in Christian European countries, with the aim of changing their identity. The term ‘refugee’ is being misused. Many in the Church are exploiting the Bible to justify mass immigration instead of proclaiming Christ. The Daily Compass interviews Monsignor Athanasius Schneider.
Jimmy Lai at final stage of trial in Hong Kong: risks dying in prison
Arrested in August 2020 and imprisoned since December, he has been on trial since 2023 for purely political reasons. Jimmy Lai, a Catholic and anti-communist publisher in Hong Kong, could die in prison.
- Dossier: Jimmy Lai, a Roman Catholic against the Power
Pakistan: Forced marriages of Christian minors continue despite new law
Every year in Pakistan, over a thousand girls are kidnapped, forcibly converted to Islam and married off to adult Muslim men. This is a scourge that the government is failing to address adequately and which deserves the attention of the international community.
Religious Education: America and Europe go different ways
Comparing the United States and Europe’s approaches to religious education reveals two forces moving in opposite directions. In the United States, students can attend classes for that purpose outside of school hours, with one hour specifically set aside for this purpose. In Montana, for example, this free hour is encouraged. However, in Poland, the Tusk government is moving in the opposite direction.
Canada: mass residential school graves hoax against Catholic Church unmasked
After three years of research and the cost of 216.5 million dollars, Trudeau’s government has closed the Residential Schools Inquiry: no mass graves have been found. In the meantime, this umpteenth anti-Christian hoax has led to the destruction of at least 112 churches
