On Tuesday 13 October we began to hand in our petition to the Colombian government in locations around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now is the time to pray. Pray for the leaders and their communities, pray for the government and pray for the nation of Colombia as a whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lord, bring your peace.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n When President Gustavo Francisco Petro Urrego came to power in August 2022, he promised Paz Total<\/em><\/strong> (Total Peace)<\/strong>, a safer future for communities across Colombia – but just one year later, religious leaders were stripped of state protections<\/strong> that left them more exposed to threats from armed and criminal groups, undermining efforts to prevent further violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Violence has intensified and religious leaders who work in areas under the control of illegal armed and criminal groups are targeted for extortion, threatened, and in the worst cases, killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thousands of attacks have been recorded against religious leaders throughout Colombia\u2019s decades-long internal conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since December 2024 at least 11 religious leaders have been kidnapped or assassinated.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Religious leaders need protection. And the Colombian government can provide it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n How can you help?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sign the petition<\/strong> to the Colombian government and demand that the ability of religious leaders to access security protections be restored. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We want to gather 4,000 <\/strong>signatures by the inauguration of the new government in August 2026<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We can then present the full petition to the new Colombian government in Bogota, and at Colombian embassies and consulates around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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