“Unprecedented levels:” Podcast discusses oppression of Christians over past two years

New episode of “Faith Under Siege” features ACN’s John Pontifex, editor of “Persecuted and Forgotten?” report.

This month’s installment of the podcast series “Faith Under Siege” features an interview about “Persecuted and Forgotten? A Report on Christians Oppressed for Their Faith, 2024-2026.”
In the podcast, Robert Royal, president of the Faith and Reason Institute, speaks with John Pontifex, Head of Press & Public Affairs at Aid to the Church in Need UK. The two discuss the challenges facing Christians in the 18 countries that are featured in the report. Oppression of Christians across Central America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia has grown to unprecedented levels since 2024, the report says.
Pontifex, who founded the “Persecuted and Forgotten?” research program, explained that it features 18 countries because they are where ACN is particularly active and know the situation.
“We’ve stuck to many of the same countries so we can track change,” Pontifex said, adding, “In more than half of them, the situation has worsened.”

The interview is below. The report can be read here.

–John Burger