The international community must act against the persecution of Christians, stressed Tristan Azbej, the State Secretary responsible for programs to help persecuted Christians at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, in his Facebook post. The politician expressed his thoughts in response to the fact that terrorists attacked a Catholic parish in Nigeria and executed the parish priest.
As can be read in the post, terrorists attacked the local St. Peter and Paul Catholic parish in the Nigerian town of Kafin-Koro. During the attack, the terrorists killed the local parish priest in a brutal way: according to reports, the Reverend Father Isaac Achi was burned alive in his home, and his assistant was taken to the hospital with gunshot wounds.
I remember with grace the martyred Father Achi and express my condolences to our persecuted Christian brothers in Africa. However, mercy is not enough, the international community must act against the persecution of Christians. The first step is for Western politicians to end their denial. Contrary to the claims of liberal politicians, Father Achi and the dozens of Christians killed every day were not killed or killed because of climate change or local outbreaks, but because they are Christians and believe in the name of Jesus Christ.
Hungary sends emergency aid
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade announced on Monday that the Hungarian government will provide immediate humanitarian aid of three thousand dollars to the Catholic Church of Nigeria through the Hungary Helps Program. With the emergency aid offered, the government supports the care of the wounded survivor and the restoration of the parish burned down during the attack.
It can be read in the announcement that, through the Hungary Helps Program, the Hungarian government has been supporting African Christians exposed to violent attacks since 2017.
Over the past years, the program has contributed to the care of internally displaced persons and victims of terrorist attacks, the reconstruction of destroyed churches, schools, and homes in cooperation with the Catholic and Protestant churches in Nigeria, and the support of academic scholarships for persecuted Christian youth.
Source: MTI
Photo: MTI/Zsolt Czeglédi
