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March 5, 2012

Archbishop says attacks on Christians tripled in 2003-2010

The ruins of a Christian church are seen after it was burned down in the New Jerusalem area of Damaturu in Yobe state, Nigeria, last November. Terrorist attacks on Christians in Africa, the Middle East and Asia tripled in a seven-year period between 2003 and 2010.

VATICAN CITY - Terrorist attacks on Christians in Africa, the Middle East and Asia tripled in a seven-year period, a Vatican official told a U.N. meeting.

Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi, the Holy See's permanent observer to U.N. offices in Geneva, told the U.N. Human Rights Council that while Christians are not the only victims, attacks on them in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia "increased 309 percent between 2003 and 2010." He did not offer any specific numbers.

Published in International