Home » News » Set Your Captives Free: A Report on Christians unjustly detained for Faith

Set Your Captives Free: A Report on Christians unjustly detained for Faith

Countdown to launch of report on innocent Christians held against their will

THE plight of Christians who are kidnapped or unjustly jailed is the focus of a fresh report out next week produced by the UK office of the Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN).

Set Your Captives Free: A Report on Christians unjustly detained for their Faith will be launched on #RedWednesday (25th November). #RedWednesday is an initiative started by ACN in 2015 to support suffering and persecuted Christians.

Set Your Captives Free profiles individuals of different ages who have been kidnapped by extremist groups or arrested by the state and held without charge. Report editor John Pontifex said: “In different parts of the world, Christians are unjustly denied their freedom, many for the precise reason that they refuse to give up their faith. They live in fear and many suffer in complete silence. Who is there to be their voice? Set Your Captives Free gives them the chance to tell their stories, call for justice, and appeal for liberty.”

The report, the first of its kind by the charity, complements other ongoing ACN research projects including the Religious Freedom in the World report and Persecuted and Forgotten? A Report on Christians oppressed for their Faith. It is intended as a springboard for ACN supporters to advocate for the release of those unjustly detained and demand perpetrators be brought to justice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaYXk0vK5Gg

Many countries around the world, from Canada to Australia, are taking part in the #RedWeek initiative. During this time religious monuments will be floodlit in red. This includes the statue of Christ “Cristo Redentor” in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where the campaign first began in 2015, which will be lit to remember the victims of persecution in northern Mozambique, where it is estimated that more than 2,000 people have been killed and over 400,000 others have been forced to flee their homes. Reflecting the theme of the report, the Cathedral Metropolitan Basilica of Bogotá in Colombia will be illuminated as part of a prayer campaign for the release of the Colombian missionary Gloria Narvaez, kidnapped in Mali in 2017.

Don't miss the latest updates!

Children prepare to send “tidal wave of prayer” around the world

Responds to the ever-pressing yearning for peace and unity in…

Iraq: Ecumenical festival points to future for persecuted Church

Today, the very same communities will raise the Cross high…

Bishop denounces illegal occupation of Church land in Mozambique

"Officials who were sent there were chased away, there must…

Priest’s murder shocks Sierra Leone

Father Amadu was a man of peace, compassion, and unwavering…

Christian clergy in Gaza defy evacuation orders to remain with their flocks

Like other residents of Gaza City, the refugees living in…

Mozambique: Pope “close” to suffering people of Cabo Delgado

The Pope’s words were an important solace for the people…

Thousands of children prepare to return to school, thanks to ACN

Many families would not have been able to pay tuition…

List of News

ACN denounces new massacre in Ntoyo as situation in eastern Congo deteriorates

International Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) expresses its deep concern and solidarity with the families of the victims of a brutal attack carried out on September...

“No one can silence the voice or erase the love of the martyrs,” says Pope

ACN International executive president Regina Lynch says the organisation is proud to support those who are persecuted or even make the ultimate sacrifice for their faith. Pope Leo XIV celebrated...

Vatican gathers the stories of 1,624 Christians murdered for their faith since the year 2000

An ecumenical tribute will be held in Rome, but names will not be published for now A Vatican commission comprising historians, theologians and other experts has documented the stories of...