Christianity is the “most persecuted religion,” so the faithful must follow Jesus Christ in fighting “vigorously for the faith,” Father Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, told Newsmax Sunday. 

“It’s a religion that was founded because its founder was crucified,” Pavone said on Newsmax’s “Sunday Agenda.” “There’s a double-edged sword here. On the one hand, we know Jesus sacrificed himself for us. He says to us, ‘Love your enemies. Carry your own cross.'”

But there is another side, with Christ calling on the faithful to fight for the faith, defend it, and spread it, and “I’m afraid we’ve lost that very appropriate aggressiveness,” he added.

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