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Extraigo esta reflexión de una entrevista con el papa Francisco en 2014. En aquellos momentos yo estaba preparando un libro sobre la persecución de los cristianos en el siglo XXI que publicaría en 2018 con el título de “S.O.S. cristianos”. El objetivo de mi libro era doble: por un lado, denunciar la persecución sistemática que sufren los creyentes en Cristo; y por el otro, romper lo que Julio María Sanguinetti tildó, en su prólogo, como un “ominoso ostracismo informativo”.
Más de diez años después, la afirmación del Santo Padre no solo no ha sido desmentida, sino que resulta dolorosa y trágicamente ratificada: en el siglo XXI hay más mártires cristianos que en los tiempos de las catacumbas, en una sangría que parece imparable. Coptos, asirios, siríacos, ortodoxos, católicos y protestantes, todas las familias del cristianismo sufren el estigma de la cruz. No se trata de una persecución aleatoria surgida de contingencias puntuales (zonas de conflicto, procesos migratorios, guerras), sino de una persecución ideológica, especialmente vinculada a la expansión del salafismo ideológico, profusamente contrario a los valores morales y éticos de las enseñanzas de Jesús, que dieron forma a los valores occidentales. No es una casualidad, por ejemplo, el rosario de ataques a mercados navideños en Europa porque en la concepción integrista islámica, después de los judíos, vienen los cristianos. Ese era el lema que se coreaba en el Mosul del Estado islámico: “primero por el sábado, y después por el domingo”.
El nivel de persecución es de tal magnitud que puede considerarse una limpieza étnica en un sentido religioso, con comunidades con más de dos mil años de historia en su tierra, que ahora están desapareciendo. Coptos en Egipto, asirios y caldeos en las llanuras del Nínive, siríacos del Kurdistán turco, silo malabares del sur índico, todo tipo de comunidad milenarias que sobrevivieron a grandes imperios, pero no consiguen sobrevivir al siglo XXI, diezmados por la violencia, la represión y la obligada diáspora. Como triste ejemplo, el de la comunidad ortodoxa siríaca que se remonta al siglo I (es la más próxima a los raíces semíticas del cristianismo) y cuya lengua es una variante del arameo. En el siglo XX superaban los quinientos mil fieles y ahora, en el 2025 no llegan a dos mil. Sus monasterios e iglesias abandonadas y semi derruidas decoran los campos del Kurdistán turco.
Si los ejemplos concretos son lacerantes, los datos globales del año 2024, extraídos del informe de la fundación Puertas Abiertas que hace años que monitoriza la persecución de los cristianos, son trágicos: 4744 cristianos asesinados por su fe; 7679 iglesias atacadas; 380 millones de cristianos en situación de discriminación, persecución y violencia. Es decir, 1 de cada 7 cristianos del mundo sufre alto niveles de riesgo, desde la discriminación y la segregación legal, en los países donde se impone la sharia -con penas que pueden llegar a condena de muerte-, hasta el asesinato, allí donde actúa el terrorismo yihadista. A excepción de Corea del Norte, que tiene el horrible mérito de ser el país más peligroso del mundo para los cristianos-solo puede haber un Mesías en el imperio de Kim Jong-un-, el resto de los veinte países más peligrosos son islámicos o sufren la presión del islamismo. El caso de Nigeria es el más clamoroso, con sistemáticas
matanzas de católicos por parte de Boko Haram. Lo mismo ocurre en Mali, en Burkina Faso, en Somalia, en el Yemen, en Libia, en Pakistán, en Afganistán…
La realidad es inapelable: las comunidades cristianas tienen sus derechos básicos diezmados, violentados y reprimidos en múltiples países, y en otros directamente son asesinados. Desde no poder celebrar la Navidad u otras celebraciones religiosas, a tener prohibido cualquier símbolo cristiano, de sufrir segregación social a tener diezmados sus derechos judiciales, y así un largo etcétera, y ello en los países donde “solo” sufren discriminación por ser cristianos. En los lugares donde su fe es un objetivo yihadista, simplemente no pueden vivir. Y todo ello pasa ante la clamorosa indiferencia internacional, sin prensa que ponga el foco, ni pancartas de ruidosos manifestantes, ni campus universitarios sublevados, ni izquierdosos salvadores del pueblo, ni ONUS escandalizadas. Los cristianos no interesan, su dolor no duele, y su muerte no es noticia. Sufren la nada, el ostracismo, el silencio cómplice…
Mueren, pero no nos importa.
FI.
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US judge orders suspect detained for threatening to kill Richard Grenell

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A federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia, on Tuesday ordered the detention of a 33-year-old man charged with threatening to kill President Donald Trump ally and Kennedy Center President Richard Grenell, in what Justice Department officials described as a win for the Trump administration – and for Lindsey Halligan, the acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Grenell, a former U.S. ambassador to Germany, was not in court for the arraignment Tuesday afternoon, and was identified in a press release only as a «federal employee.»
The Justice Department identified Grenell to Fox News Digital as the individual in question.
The suspect, Scott Allen Bolger, was charged with transmitting threats in interstate commerce, and with making false statements to federal officers, who later used phone evidence to trace the threats back to him. He was arraigned in federal court in Alexandria.
Justice Department officials told Fox News Digital that the decision to hold an individual in pretrial detention is somewhat rare, and described the win as a victory for the Justice Department.
According to court documents, Bolger used Google Voice to send threatening messages to Grenell, including allegedly threatening to kill him. Google Voice allows users to make calls and send messages to phone numbers that are not tied to their primary devices.
Bolger is also accused of lying to members of a federal task force who went to his residence in McLean to question him, falsely identifying himself as «Brian Black.»
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If convicted, he faces up to five years in prison.
Ambassador Richard Grenell, Kennedy Center president, speaks at the 48th Kennedy Center Honors Medallion Reception at the U.S. Department of State on Dec. 6, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Paul Morigi/Getty Images)
They also noted that Halligan, who Trump installed as U.S. attorney for EDVA earlier this year, attended the arraignment.
Halligan attended the proceedings, but did not play a formal role, Fox News Digital confirmed.
The Justice Department also shared a victim statement from Grenell with Fox News Digital that was read aloud in court.
«In my current role as a presidential envoy, I have been attacked and harassed by people who don’t know me and who simply want to leave nasty, rude and angry messages because I don’t share their political viewpoint,» Grenell said in the statement.
«But I strongly believe it is their right to be bitter and angry. I understand the passion. And I think the freedom to be rude and angry is a cherished right.»
«But today is much different,» he said. «Today we are dealing with someone who went far beyond sharing his angry opinion. Today we see a man who wants to kill someone because of their political differences.»
«And as we have sadly learned from my friend Charlie Kirk’s death, we must take talk of violence and calls for death seriously. «
«This individual crossed the line from sharing his viewpoint to wanting to shoot someone in the face because he disagrees with them politically. It is very troubling,» he said, adding, «The people doing what he is doing, and there are many, must be given clear instructions from community leaders that their calls for shooting people in the head will have swift and severe consequences. Unstable people are watching what we do today.»
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Former Acting Director of National Intelligence of the U.S. Richard Grenell, Sen. Mike Lee, former President Trump, and Glenn Beck participate in a private roundtable discussion on Oct. 13, 2024, in Prescott Valley, Arizona. (Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)
Notably, the determination to hold Bolger in pretrial detention was made by U.S. Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick.
Fitzpatrick most recently made headlines for issuing scathing broadsides against DOJ for its handling of grand jury materials in the Comey case, which he said, last month, presented «irregularities» that «may rise to the level of government misconduct.»
The suspect’s arrest comes at a time when threats and intimidation aimed at high-profile figures across all three branches of government have appeared to escalate.
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Polls have shown that people believe political violence is on the rise in the wake of Kirk’s assassination, the murder of two Minnesota Democratic lawmakers and violence toward immigration enforcement officials.
Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
This story is developing. Check back for updates.
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Michael Ignatieff, historiador y ex político canadiense: “El genocidio comenzó como un concepto legal y ahora es simplemente un instrumento para deslegitimar»

«Lo que está sucediendo es una catástrofe para los derechos humanos. Es una catástrofe para los palestinos. Y como alguien que ha apoyado al Estado de Israel toda su vida, es una catástrofe para Israel».
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China launches largest military drills off Taiwan in 8 months with live-fire exercises caught on camera

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China fired rockets into waters near Taiwan during large-scale live-fire drills Tuesday, staging its biggest military encirclement of the island in eight months while warning «separatist» forces and outside powers.
A video released by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command showed forces firing rockets into waters north of Taiwan and bomber aircraft taking off at night as part of the encirclement.
The footage was released on the second day of the large-scale exercise «Justice Mission 2025.»
China launched the exercise Monday, surrounding Taiwan with warships, aircraft and live-fire drills as tensions rose following a record U.S. arms sale to Taipei.
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China launched rockets near Taiwan during massive live-fire drills, surrounding the island with warships, aircraft and military pressure as tensions rise. (PLA Eastern Theater Command via Reuters)
«Justice Mission 2025» includes coordinated deployments of ground forces, naval vessels, fighter jets, drones and artillery across seven maritime zones encircling Taiwan.
Tuesday’s drills included long-range live-fire exercises in waters north of Taiwan, PLA Eastern Theater Command spokesperson Li Xi said, according to state-run Xinhua News. Li said the drills achieved their intended results.
Other drills included assaults on maritime targets and anti-air and anti-submarine operations. Destroyers, frigates, fighter jets and bombers also carried out simulated strikes on maritime targets.
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China launched rockets near Taiwan during massive live-fire drills, surrounding the island with warships, aircraft and military pressure as tensions rise. (PLA Eastern Theater Command via Reuters)
Rockets fired by Chinese forces landed inside Taiwan’s 24-nautical-mile line, Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said.
Taiwanese leader William Lai Ching-te said Tuesday that Beijing «has continued to escalate military tension in the region, which is not the behavior of a responsible world power,» according to Focus Taiwan. He added that «Taiwan will not provoke a confrontation, nor seek conflict with China.»
Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said on X that 130 PLA aircraft, 14 naval vessels and eight official ships were operating around the island as of 6 a.m. local time.
«Ninety of the 130 sorties crossed the median line and entered Taiwan’s northern, central, southwestern and eastern air defense identification zone,» the statement said. «We monitored the situation and responded.»
CHINA LAUNCHES THIRD AIRCRAFT CARRIER AS XI PUSHES MILITARY MODERNIZATION AGAINST US INFLUENCE

China launched rockets near Taiwan during massive live-fire drills, surrounding the island with warships, aircraft and military pressure as tensions rise. (PLA Eastern Theater Command via Reuters)
The PLA said on X that a Chinese military drone captured aerial footage of Taipei 101, which Taiwan’s Defense Ministry described as a typical example of psychological warfare. «So close, so beautiful, go to Taipei at any time,» the PLA said in the post.
President Donald Trump said Monday that Chinese President Xi Jinping did not inform him of the drills, adding that the exercises did not concern him.
As the drills unfolded, Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said Chinese military aircraft and naval vessels were operating near the island, with some engaging in close stand-offs near Taiwan’s contiguous zone, about 24 nautical miles from shore.
BIPARTISAN HOUSE CHINA PANEL SLAMS BEIJING’S TAIWAN DRILLS AS ‘DELIBERATE ESCALATION’

Military exercises mobilize the Chinese PLA Navy, Army, Air Force and the Chinese Coast Guards, which are deemed as a punishment to Taiwan’s call for independence. (Daniel Ceng/Anadolu via Getty Images)
«Conducting live-fire exercises around the Taiwan Strait would not only constitute military pressure on us, but could also pose broader risks to the international community and neighboring countries,» said Hsieh Jih-sheng, Taiwan’s deputy chief of the general staff for intelligence.
Taiwan placed its military on high alert and said it was prepared to conduct rapid-response exercises if the drills escalated. The ministry released video highlighting its own capabilities, including U.S.-made HIMARS systems, while the coast guard deployed large patrol ships to monitor Chinese vessels near its waters.
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China claims Taiwan as its territory and has not ruled out using force to bring the island under its control. Taiwan rejects that claim, maintaining that only its people can decide the island’s future.
Fox News Digital’s Morgan Phillips and Reuters contributed to this report.
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