{"id":225548,"date":"2019-01-23T18:54:40","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T16:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=225548"},"modified":"2019-01-23T18:54:40","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T16:54:40","slug":"245-million-christians-experience-high-levels-of-persecution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/245-million-christians-experience-high-levels-of-persecution\/","title":{"rendered":"245 Million Christians\u00a0experience high levels of\u00a0persecution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A report by Open Doors, a Dutch charity that supports persecuted Christians showed that in total, 245 million faced violence or oppression in 2018, with 73 countries listed as danger zones for Christians, Daily Mail <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-6598209\/Christians-suffered-increase-persecution-year-245-MILLION-facing-violence.html\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Christians around the world suffered a huge increase in persecution last year &#8211; with around 30 million more people being targeted than in the previous year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1 In 9 Christians Are Persecuted For Their Faith<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Of the 150 countries surveyed in the 2019 World Watch List, 73 countries showed extreme, very high or high levels of persecution.<\/p>\n<p>That means 1 in 9 Christians globally experience \u2018high\u2019 levels of persecution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A report by Open Doors, a Dutch charity that supports persecuted Christians showed that in total, 245 million faced violence or oppression in 2018, with 73 countries listed as danger zones for Christians, Daily Mail reports. 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