The CNS News website reports that Pope Benedict XVI today (December 16, 2010) singled out Christians as the religious group that suffers from the most persecution, denouncing lack of freedom of worship as an "intolerable" threat to world security.
The message reflected a pressing concern by Benedict in recent months for the plight of Christian minorities in parts of the world -- especially in the Middle East.
"Sadly, the year now ending has again been marked by persecution, discrimination, terrible acts of violence and religious intolerance," Benedict lamented in the message for World Peace Day, celebrated by the church on January 1, but traditionally released in advance.
He wrote that he was especially thinking of Iraq, "which continues to be a theater of violence and strife" as it aims for stability and reconciliation.
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