Father Benedict Kiely is a priest of the Anglican Ordinariate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the founder of nasarean.org, a charity that supports and advocates for persecuted Christians across the Middle East and beyond, offering practical aid to displaced families and small businesses.

Christian persecution is one of the world’s most underreported realities—and its neglect tells us something about Western moral attention. Fr Benedict Kiely describes the realities facing Christians abroad, and reflects on what aggressive secularism and moral fashion mean for public life at home.

We think out loud about:

What persecution looks like in daily life (Middle East, Nigeria)
Why media attention is selective—and what it reveals
Christian–Muslim relations and prospects for coexistence
Patriotism, faith, and public courage
Why hope matters when institutions lose moral clarity

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You can find Fr. Benedict’s work here:

Nasarean.org

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#087 - Fr. Benedict Kiely - Why The Media Is Silent On The Global Persecution Of Christians