She still had to cover Saudi Arabia and other parts of the Islamic world. Americans are not seeing news reports about these tragedies or hearing preachers and politicians make urgent appeals for action. But that may change soon. Events at home and overseas may help. Last weekend, the South China Morning Post reported signs that a brutal crackdown was beginning on underground churches in northwest China.
Efforts are underway to encourage Catholic programs at that time.
We can expect him to hear him speak out on this issue again. The issue is why the U.S. Catholic hierarchy has been quiet. Meanwhile, most of America's Powers That Be in government, media and religion have looked the other way while Christians have become one of the modern world's most persecuted minorities, said Michael Horowitz, a former Reagan administration official who has worked frantically behind the scenes on this issue. Most people think of evangelicals as odd or a even threatening. But more and more Christians are getting tortured and killed for their faith.