Pope: Religious Persecution attacks peace and it belittles our dignity VATICAN CITY, June 20, 2014 (Zenit.org) – Here is the Pope’s address to the International Congress organized by the Department of Jurisprudence…
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19 June 2014, RISU Archbishop Yevstratiy (Zorya) of Chernihiv and Nizhyn summarized the results of the Synod of the UOC (MP), which was held in Kyiv. He posted his opinion on Facebook:…
19 June 2014 On June 19 at the Synod Hall of the residence of the UOC Primate in the Holy Dormition Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra the meeting of the Holy Synod began, presided over…
19 June 2014 On June, 19, the Holy Synod of the UOC (MP) adopted an address to President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko in connection with the recent events in Ukraine. The hierarchs…
19 June 2014 Director of Religious Affairs and Nationalities Ministry of Culture of Ukraine Volodymyr Yushkevych in his official statement on June 19 declared the strong position of the authorities that it’s…
By Judit Neurink 19/6/2014 BARDARASH, Kurdistan Region – There is no place for them in an Islamic state, say Christians who fled Iraq’s second city of Mosul for safer areas controlled by…
By Sean Savage/JNS.org, June 19, 2014 For most Westerners, Iraq is a foreboding and dangerous place that is filled with extremists and daily violence. Yet as little as 75 years ago Iraq…
Thursday, June 19th, 2014 | Posted by WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt faces what could be an insurgency abduction campaign in the Sinai Peninsula. Security sources said Al Qaida-aligned insurgency militias have been kidnapping Christians…
Fleeing Christians find shelter in St. Matthew’s Monastery in northern Iraq, a place of refuge since the fourth century June 17, 2014, by Jane Arraf @janearraf Perched on the side of a…
Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have fled, prompting fears of a brewing humanitarian crisis. Most shops in Bartilla are closed. Their owners have either left or don’t bother opening. Business is down;…