Copts in the village of Tarshoub, Beni Suef, Upper Egypt, are experiencing intimidation after extremists attacked them on Monday. Aggressors threw stones at Coptic homes, burned a tuk-tuk truck owned by a…
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The USA is a secular state constitutionally separate from the Churches. It speaks out on principle. The United Kingdom is constitutionally and confessionally a Christian State, yet remains doggedly silent, while our…
Baghdad (AINA) — A car bomb exploded outside of St. John Catholic Church in Dora, a Christian neighborhood in south Baghdad, as worshippers were leaving the church after attending Christmas Mass. The…
Exerpt from the Al Monitor article: Most of the displaced Christians fled to safe areas in Damascus, Aleppo and Wadi al-Nasara in the countryside of Homs, as well as to regions on…
(AFP) — After fleeing a rebel assault on the historic Syrian town of Maalula, hundreds of Christian families sheltering in Damascus are preparing for a bleak Christmas away from home. The picturesque…
Middle Eastern Christians wonder, “If they kill us all, would Western Christians do something then?” By Nina Shea During this holy season, Christians turn their thoughts to that first Christmas and…
The Most Revd Dr George Carey has spent the twelve years of his retirement making constant interventions in the press and public debate by turns undermining or stealing the thunder of his…
23 December 2013, by Orla Guerin As Coptic Christians in Egypt prepare to celebrate their Christmas on 7 January, they are still waiting for scores of churches destroyed in August to…
Across the world this week, hundreds of millions of us will be singing of that “silent night, holy night” in the town of Bethlehem. But as Christmas approaches, with its beguiling promise…
Baghdad (AsiaNews) – In a new and important step towards the Christian minority, the Iraqi government accepted a request by the Chaldean Patriarchate to recognise 25 December as an official day of…