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…
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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…
Daily Telegraph report: Terrorist violence against Christians has put the very survival of the religion in some regions in peril. We cannot stand idle, says Baroness Warsi. There are parts of the…
What Happened to Christians in the Middle East this August? :: Gatestone Institute
The bishops of the Chaldean Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic church in full communion with the Holy See, met in extraordinary session on November 5 to discuss their upcoming meeting with Pope…
Among the factors which encourage the exodus of Christians from Iraq there is also the practice adopted by many foreign embassies and consulates that facilitate the granting of visas for asylum to…
How can we live our faith in a time of great difficulty? What can we do for those who are persecuted because of their faith? To ask this question means above all…
His Beatitude reminds the clergy that their task is to be “priests”, that they belong to the “One” Church, which is not an NGO because “its core is Christ.” He reiterates that…
LONDON — Two Christian leaders appealed for unity within and across the different faiths and ethnicities of Iraq at an event celebrating the Christians of Kurdistan in London last week. “We don’t…