More than 175 American Christian leaders have
signed a pledge of solidarity supporting
persecuted Christians in other parts of the world.
Evangelical
and Orthodox Christian leaders, including Catholic Cardinal Donal Wuerl, came
together Wednesday morning at the nation's capital for the event. Signatories
also include other civic society leaders.
Wuerl
said the Church cannot be silent, especially while some of Christianity's
oldest communities, such as those in Egypt, Iraq, and Syria, are driven into
exile or even extinction.
"I
often ask how is it that things like this can happen? Who is it that there can
be concentrated, continuous, persistent acts of violence directed against
groups of people?" Wuerl said.
"The
answer keeps coming up. It happens because of the silence around it,” he
continued. “It takes place because so many others are simply silent."
Credit: cbn
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