and 2010 died during the Civil War in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the report did not take into consideration the political or ethnic differences which are accepted as the primary motive behind these killings. Todd Johnson, director of the CSGC, says his centre has abandoned this statistic. The Vatican reporter and author of The Global War on Christians John L. Allen Jr. said: "I think it would be good to have reliable figures on this issue, but I don't think it ultimately matters in terms of the point of my book, which is to break through the narrative that tends to dominate discussion in the West – that Christians can't be persecuted because they belong to the world's most powerful church. The truth is two-thirds of the 2.3 billion Christians in the world today live… in dangerous neighbourhoods. They are often poor. They often belong to ethnic, linguistic and cultural minorities. And they are often at risk." See also Carthusian Martyrs Catacombs of Rome Christian pacifism Coptic saints Drina Martyrs Forty Martyrs of England and Wales Great Martyr Irish Catholic Martyrs Korean Martyrs Latter Day Saint martyrs List of Christian martyrs Marian Persecutions Mannar Catholic martyrs (1544) Martyrdom in Islam Martyrdom in Judaism Martyrs Mirror Martyrs of Japan Martyrs of Laos Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War Murders of Jesuits in El Salvador New Martyr North American Martyrs Palm (Easter) Palm branch Persecution of Christians Religious Persecution Roman Emperor Saints of the Cristero War The Oxford Martyrs Uganda Martyrs Vietnamese Martyrs References Sources External links Christian terminology Martyr