Warning that a Middle East empty of Christians would be “just like the Taliban,” Iraq’s most senior Catholic leader pointedly called on the West to show greater concern for suffering Christians in…
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With grateful acknowledgement: John Allen Jr, in the National Catholic Reporter, writes: In a Dec. 14 interview with the Italian newspaper La Stampa, Pope Francis suggested that the common experience of anti-Christian…
Ten years after the fall of Saddam Hussein, Christians have dwindled from more than a million to as little as 200,000. Colin Freeman reports on attempts to stem the exodus from Iraq’s…
Interview on Vatican Insider Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak was elected Patriarch of Alexandria’s Coptic Catholics last January. Since then there have been unexpected surprises of all kinds both in Egypt and throughout the…
Baghdad ( AsiaNews) – Baghdad’s local government has decided to show its solidarity with the Christians and try to stem the exodus of the minority from the country with a Christmas tree…
For almost two millennia Christian communities have lived in Iraq, Syria, Egypt and elsewhere in the Middle East. These groups have contributed economically, politically, and intellectually, and have helped shape their respective…
Everyone may know the Ayasofya [Hagia Sophia] but it is best we share some basic information about this historic edifice because this article is about what it was and what it may…
“We currently stand next to the Hagia Sophia mosque,” so said Turkey’s deputy prime minister, Bulent Arinc last month during a dedication of a museum of Caucasus rugs and carpets next to…
Hearing about OIC’s report of the persecution of discrimination against Muslims worldwide, Pope Francis asks for prayers and cooperation from the Islamic nations represented for the freedom of Christians, and an end…
With Sharia law de-emphasized, Egyptian Christians call draft constitution a positive step — JNS.org
Egypt’s new draft constitution, to be voted on in a national referendum in January, is being hailed for its improvements over the 2012 Islamist-backed constitution. But the new constitution still has a…