Vatican City, Feb 27, 2010 / 14:33 pm
Vatican spokesman Fr. Federico Lombardi reflected on current anti-Christian persecution in his recent appearance on a weekly television show. Religious minorities, he said, suffer because of the "hate and violence" that religious extremism generates.
Thinking of recent examples of anti-Christian acts, particularly in Iraq and India, Fr. Lombardi reflected, "Again, in these days, violence against Christians is rekindled."
His comments came during his weekly editorial on the Vatican Television Center show "Octava Dies."
Fr. Lombardi reported that in the past he was shown flyers that were being "systematically” distributed to individual houses in Mosul. The flyers contained "terrible threats" meant to convince Christians to abandon the city.