{"id":25779,"date":"2017-11-21T08:17:42","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T08:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=25779"},"modified":"2017-11-22T08:40:31","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T08:40:31","slug":"acns-persecuted-forgotten-report-2015-17-officially-launched-malta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2017\/11\/21\/acns-persecuted-forgotten-report-2015-17-officially-launched-malta\/","title":{"rendered":"ACN\u2019s\u00a0Persecuted and Forgotten?\u00a0report 2015-17 is officially launched in Malta"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>ACN\u2019s\u00a0<em>Persecuted and Forgotten?<\/em>\u00a0report 2015-17 is officially launched in Malta<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ACN\u2019s\u00a0<strong><em>Persecuted and Forgotten?<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0report 2015-17<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>was launched in Malta on 17 November 2017. The official launch, which took place in Good Shepherd church, Balzan was attended by ACN benefactors and staff, local clergy and religious.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Stephen Axisa, National Director of ACN Malta, delivered the Opening Address and introduced the next speaker Rev Prof Hector Scerri, Ecclesiastical Assistant to ACN Malta. The Keynote Speaker,\u00a0Syrian priest Fr Firas Lutfi OFM, came to Malta to speak at the launch. He gave a moving and thought-proving account of his pastoral and humanitarian work with families during five years of war in Aleppo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Later on Friday evening the Auberge de Castille, the Prime Minister\u2019s Office, was floodlit in red from 7.00 &#8211; 11.00pm in memory of all those who were killed for their religious beliefs. This illumination was arranged to coincide with the launch of <strong><em>Persecuted and Forgotten?<\/em><\/strong> in Malta.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The biannual ACN\u00a0<strong><em>Persecuted and Forgotten?<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0the report, which assesses the situation regarding the persecution of Christians worldwide, draws on research by journalists, NGOs, academics and clergy. The latest report warns that persecution of Christians in the worst regions has reached record historic levels, with increasing attacks on the faithful by governments and fundamentalist groups including ISIS and Boko Haram.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>ACN Malta<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACN\u2019s\u00a0Persecuted and Forgotten?\u00a0report 2015-17 is officially launched in Malta &nbsp; ACN\u2019s\u00a0Persecuted and Forgotten?\u00a0report 2015-17\u00a0was launched in Malta on 17 November 2017. The official launch, which took place in Good Shepherd church, Balzan was attended by ACN benefactors and staff, local clergy and religious. 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