There’s a disturbing story in The Catholic Herald by Jonathan Luxmoore on the growing persecution of Eastern-rite Ukrainian Catholics in Crimea. So much for Vladimir Putin’s attempts to suck up to Pope…
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By Michael Gryboski, Christian Post Reporter, March 25, 2014|8:51 am Washington – A religious freedom-themed panel organized by a liberal group stated Monday that the American left should focus more on the…
Beirut (Agenzia Fides ) – “There are more than three hundred Armenian families who have fled from Kessab. They have now found shelter in the Armenian Orthodox parish in the city of…
Assiut (Agenzia Fides) – “The situation is complex. There is the hardness of a judgment that is not final, and we have to wait. In any case, the Church is against the…
A female Christian Syrian activist opposing the rule of President Bashar Assad was abducted by Islamist militants who disapproved of her participating in an outdoor protest while her hair was uncovered, a…
As the Syrian civil war drags on, one issue that has been neglected is the status of the remaining Christians within the country. Media reports have generally focused on the concerns Christian…
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – The so-called Arab Spring in reality “was not a spring or even an autumn, it was a winter”. With this judgment without appeal Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II…
Since President Putin’s remarks touched upon, and have in part been aimed at, the Ukrainian Greek-Catholics of Ukraine, with false accusations of extremist political links despite their true role as peace-makers in…
KESSAB, Syria (A.W.)—The predominantly Armenian-populated town of Kessab has been emptied after rebels associated with Al-Qaeda’s al-Nusra Front, Sham al-Islam and Ansar al-Sham attacked the region in a bid to control strategic…
Coptic Orthodox Church UK Media and Communications Office Coptic Orthodox Church (Europe) Media and Communications Office A delegation representing the Coptic Orthodox Church, comprising Their Graces: Bishop Kyrillos of Milan,…