From Persecution to Freedom: A Journey of Faith, Courage, and Triumph
Lowell Menorca II, protected by Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Board, becomes a Canadian citizen with his children after years of persecution by the Iglesia ni Cristo.
Lowell Menorca II, protected by Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Board, becomes a Canadian citizen with his children after years of persecution by the Iglesia ni Cristo.
There is a question being asked quietly in homes from Quezon City to Winnipeg, from Dubai to Daly City, from Ho Chi Minh to Berlin, and in every district of every country where the Iglesia Ni Cristo has a locale. It is not asked out loud, because asking it out loud gets you a visit…
Seventeen Years. One Song. Play It Every Time You Hear His Name. Today, September 7, marks seventeen years since Eduardo V. Manalo took the seat of Executive Minister of the Iglesia Ni Cristo. The Central Office will call it seventeen years of “dynamic leadership.” Those of us who lived through it, and were thrown out…
117 and counting — individual prosecutions, charges, petitions and appeals filed by the INC and its proxies against critics since 2005, counting each person charged in each venue. Forty-four libel cases in forty-four courts against one man. Thirty accused in a single dawn raid. Three Canadian tribunals, one verdict: persecution. Known convictions of any INC critic: zero. The full ledger, the charts, the documents — and the reforms that would take their weapons away.
Another chapter in the long-running legal clash (since Feb. 11, 2019) between the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has ended the same way with another slam of the gavel. Too many of these attempts from this institution do: with the court shutting the door — firmly, clearly, and without confusion….