{"id":79694,"date":"2026-03-07T14:45:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T14:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=79694"},"modified":"2026-03-07T14:45:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T14:45:20","slug":"holy-see-to-un-christians-are-the-most-persecuted-community-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/learn\/holy-see-to-un-christians-are-the-most-persecuted-community-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Le Saint-Si\u00e8ge \u00e0 l'ONU : les chr\u00e9tiens sont la communaut\u00e9 la plus pers\u00e9cut\u00e9e au monde"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>S'exprimant lors d'une conf\u00e9rence \u00e0 Gen\u00e8ve le 3 mars, Mgr Ettore Balestrero, observateur permanent du Saint-Si\u00e8ge aupr\u00e8s des Nations unies depuis 2023, a d\u00e9plor\u00e9 le fait que les chr\u00e9tiens soient la communaut\u00e9 la plus pers\u00e9cut\u00e9e au monde.<\/p>\n<p>Son discours \u00e9tait intitul\u00e9 \u00ab Soutenir les chr\u00e9tiens pers\u00e9cut\u00e9s : d\u00e9fendre la foi et les valeurs chr\u00e9tiennes \u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>Mgr Balestrero, qui est \u00e9galement le repr\u00e9sentant du Saint-Si\u00e8ge aupr\u00e8s de l'Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC) et de l'Organisation internationale pour les migrations (OIM), a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 qu'en 2025, \u00ab pr\u00e8s de 5 000 fid\u00e8les ont \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9s pour leur foi \u00bb, soit l'\u00e9quivalent de 13 personnes par jour.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab Pr\u00e8s de 400 millions de chr\u00e9tiens dans le monde sont confront\u00e9s \u00e0 la pers\u00e9cution ou \u00e0 la violence, ce qui en fait la communaut\u00e9 religieuse la plus pers\u00e9cut\u00e9e au monde \u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 le pr\u00e9lat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/en\/vatican-city\/news\/2026-03\/holy-see-christian-persecution-religious-freedom-human-rights.html\">Vatican News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mgr Balestrero a affirm\u00e9 que les victimes \u00ab sont des martyrs au sens \u00e9tymologique du terme \u00bb, car elles sont des t\u00e9moins \u00ab de leur foi qui incarnent des valeurs d\u00e9fiant la logique du pouvoir \u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>Du point de vue du droit international, le pr\u00e9lat italien a soulign\u00e9 que les chr\u00e9tiens sont \u00e9galement victimes de \u00ab violations flagrantes des droits de l'homme \u00bb et a insist\u00e9 sur le fait que leur t\u00e9moignage ne doit pas d\u00e9tourner l'attention de la responsabilit\u00e9 des \u00c9tats, dont le devoir est d'assurer leur protection.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab Il est du devoir de l'\u00c9tat de prot\u00e9ger la libert\u00e9 de religion ou de conviction, ce qui inclut d'emp\u00eacher des tiers de violer ce droit. Cette protection doit sauvegarder les croyants qui sont pris pour cible, avant, pendant et apr\u00e8s une attaque \u00bb, a-t-il d\u00e9clar\u00e9.<\/p>\n<h2>Le probl\u00e8me de l'impunit\u00e9<\/h2>\n<p>Mgr Balestrero a attir\u00e9 l'attention sur la question de l'impunit\u00e9 dont jouissent ceux qui \u00f4tent la vie aux chr\u00e9tiens, ce qu'il a qualifi\u00e9 de \u00ab l'un des probl\u00e8mes les plus graves dans le paysage mondial de la pers\u00e9cution religieuse \u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>Apr\u00e8s avoir exprim\u00e9 sa pr\u00e9occupation pour les millions de chr\u00e9tiens pers\u00e9cut\u00e9s, il a not\u00e9 que ce \u00ab fl\u00e9au \u00bb auquel ils sont soumis \u00ab touche des pays du monde entier \u00bb et des continents, y compris l'Europe. Dans ce contexte, il a cit\u00e9 le r\u00e9cent rapport sur les crimes de haine du <a href=\"https:\/\/odihr.osce.org\/\">BIDDH<\/a> Bureau des institutions d\u00e9mocratiques et des droits de l'homme, qui a enregistr\u00e9 plus de 760 crimes de haine contre des chr\u00e9tiens en Europe pour la seule ann\u00e9e 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Au-del\u00e0 des crimes, le repr\u00e9sentant du Saint-Si\u00e8ge \u00e0 Gen\u00e8ve a d\u00e9nonc\u00e9 d'autres formes de pers\u00e9cution qui sont des \u00ab formes de pers\u00e9cution plus subtiles et souvent silencieuses \u00bb, telles que la marginalisation progressive ou l'exclusion de la vie sociale et professionnelle \u00ab m\u00eame dans des terres traditionnellement chr\u00e9tiennes \u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>Il a \u00e9galement pr\u00e9cis\u00e9 que cette pers\u00e9cution prend la forme de restrictions et de limitations plus discr\u00e8tes, \u00ab par lesquelles des normes juridiques et des pratiques administratives restreignent ou, en fait, annulent les droits l\u00e9galement reconnus de la population majoritairement chr\u00e9tienne, m\u00eame dans certaines parties de l'Europe \u00bb.<\/p>\n<p><em>Cet article<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aciprensa.com\/noticias\/122785\/vaticano-denuncia-ante-la-onu-cristianos-son-la-comunidad-mas-perseguida-del-mundo\"> a \u00e9t\u00e9 publi\u00e9 pour la premi\u00e8re fois<\/a> par ACI Prensa, le service fr\u00e8re en langue espagnole d'EWTN News. Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 traduit et adapt\u00e9 par EWTN News English.<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewtnnews.com\/vatican\/holy-see-to-un-christians-are-the-most-persecuted-community-in-the-world\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.ewtnnews.com\/vatican\/holy-see-to-un-christians-are-the-most-persecuted-community-in-the-world<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking at a conference in Geneva on March 3, Archbishop Ettore Balestrero, the permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations since 2023, decried the fact that Christians are the most persecuted community in the world. His address was titled \u201cStanding with Persecuted Christians: Defending the Faith and Christian Values.\u201d Balestrero, who is [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-79694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52863,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/learn\/pope-leo-xiv-expresses-his-closeness-to-persecuted-christians-in-the-middle-east\/","url_meta":{"origin":79694,"position":0},"title":"Pope Leo XIV expresses his closeness to persecuted Christians in the Middle East","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"juillet 2, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims at the Wednesday general audience in St. Peter's Square, Wednesday, June 25, 2025 \/ Credit: Daniel Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez\/CNA ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 25, 2025 \/ 13:54 pm (CNA). 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