Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arinc again hinted at the imminent possibility of reopening the Islamic worship, the Ayasofya Museum in Istanbul. This was announced by Turkish press sources consulted by Fides…
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The rise of religious extremism has pushed religious communities to migrate from Iraq, especially Christians, according to Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako, Patriarch of the Chaldeans in Iraq. The patriarch called on the…
Running from assault, abduction, and assassination at the hands of jihadists and FSA rebels, Syria’s ancient Christian community fears a religious pogrom is set to erupt. Traumatized by what they have…
Edward Pentin of Terra Santa (the news service of the Custody of the Holy Land) writes: (Rome) – When Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Pope Francis on Nov. 25th, persecuted Christians in…
I’m not sure whether Western countries hear my appeal or have lost their sense of humanity. This was belongs in the battlefield, not in schools, churches and homes BEIRUT: Greek Catholic Patriarch…
Speaking to Parliament in Baghdad on human rights, His Beatitude describes a reality that is “a source of concern.” Security has “deteriorated” as have divisions of a confessional nature , fanned by…
Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) – The Christians of Lebanon and the Middle East, worried about their future, should avoid giving credit to fallacious theories such as the “alliance among minorities” and would do…
MPs raised concerns over the increasing persecution of Christians in the Middle East in a debate held in Westminster Hall this week. “Extreme suffering” Conservative MP Fiona Bruce, who led the debate,…
At the Sunday Angelus, Francis speaks of Jesus ‘discourse ‘ about the end of time” and in unscripted remarks recalls the “brothers and sisters in many parts of the world who are…
Read the report here: Metropolitan Hilarion attends conference on protecting the family : Department for External Church Relations of the Russian Orthodox Church The joint Communique from the Pontifical Council for the…