Political life in Europe is dominated by an extremely anti-Christian liberal mainstream, further increasing the Hungarian Government’s responsibility to protect and support persecuted Christians, said Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on Wednesday in Budapest.
At the “Red Wednesday” event, focused on the situation of persecuted Christians, the Minister began by emphasizing that humanity is currently living in a time of crisis and that Europe is also directly confronted with the dangers of war, migration, and terrorism. Added to this is the crisis of European democracy, he continued.
Today, European politics and everything else is dominated by an extremely liberal mainstream. And this extremely liberal mainstream is waging a very aggressive war of opinion in Europe.
If someone does not support the propaganda of the liberal mainstream one hundred percent, they are immediately branded, immediately marginalized, immediately ostracized,” Szijjártó added.
He emphasized that one of the main features of this liberal dictatorship of opinion is a very aggressive secularization and a rejection of the church and Christianity. Péter Szijjártó pointed out that, at the same time, a large part of the Christian communities in other parts of the world are also subject to physical persecution and that these two phenomena reinforce each other.
“It follows that while representatives of Muslim states speak out loudly, passionately, and resolutely against Islamophobia at the international political level, which is certain to be highly appreciated from their point of view, we never hear from the political representatives of supposedly Christian Europe that they are standing up for persecuted Christians,” he said.
“This increases the responsibility of the national government of a country with a thousand-year-old Christian state tradition (…).
I would like to assure you that the national government will fulfill its responsibility in every situation where Christian communities need help and support,”
the Minister emphasized.
In this context, he announced that over two million people in 64 countries worldwide have received assistance in recent years as part of the Hungary Helps program. He added that 450 humanitarian or development programs worth HUF 46 billion (EUR 120.57 million) have been implemented.
“This is urgently needed, because in 2024 alone, 380 million Christians worldwide lived in places where they were or could be persecuted for their faith (…) It is a frightening figure that last year, nearly 4,500 murders of Christians were documented because of their faith. And almost 5,000 Christians were imprisoned worldwide last year because they are Christians,” Szijjártó urged.
He reported that the Hungarian Government is providing humanitarian and financial aid, taking legal action, and establishing international cooperation to protect Christian communities.
We do not want to help Christians leave their homes, but rather to help them live peaceful, safe, and dignified lives in places where Christian communities have been present for centuries,”
he emphasized.
In many countries around the world, this day is dedicated to remembering the persecuted Christian martyrs of our time. However, the event in Budapest is unique in that it is not organized by a church or civil society organization, but by the government — and its unique unit dedicated to supporting persecuted Christians. This also shows that Hungary is one of the most consistent and visible advocates for persecuted Christians worldwide.
Source: Hungary today
