Posted on 08/05/2017 6:41:37 PM PDT by marshmallow
The Christian population in nine Middle Eastern states is 14,526,000, down from 14,740,000 in 2010, according to a report published by the Vatican newspaper.
The total population of Cyprus, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, and Turkey is 258 million.
The report draws on a recent study by the Catholic Near East Welfare Association on Christians in the Middle East. The study documented sharp recent and historical declines in Christian population:
* in Syria, from 2.2 million (2010) to 1.2 million
* in Egypt, from 19% of the population (1910) to 10%
* in Lebanon, from 53% (1932) to less than 40%
* in Jerusalem, from 20% (1946) to less than 2%
* in Palestine, from 20% (1948) to 1.2%
Le radici hanno tenuto (L’Osservatore Romano, p. 6)
It is a miracle that there is any Christians left in the Middle East at all.
Christian nations that do not allow the population of Muslims to grow in their countries are bigots, racists and Islamaphobes. Muslim nations who ACTIVELY persecute and eradicate Christians in their countries are... are... largely ignored.
Oh, they’re probably safe there. All the Muslims that would like to kill them are moving here.
rwood
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