In AD 781, the Caliph Al-Mahdi summoned the leading churchman of his empire to recently founded Baghdad to debate with him the rival merits of Christianity and Islam. Patriarch Timothy did not…
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Mareil Marly (Agenzia Fides) – Among the various organizations working in favor of the battered Syrian people, there is the support of the Pontifical Aid to the Church in Need, actively involved in…
The last decade has been catastrophic for the Middle East’s the 14 million Christians, says William Dalrymple. It won’t be much of a Christmas for the Christians of the Middle East. Wherever…
by Raymond Ibrahim December 17, 2013 at 4:00 am [Gatestone Institute in New York is a think-tank politically taking a robust pro-Israel line. ] “Don’t they know that the Koran orders us…
On 18 December, The Daily Telegraph featured this analysis from the excellent journalist, Peter Oborne, on how UK and US foreign policy has been so comprehensively ill informed that it has effectively…
By HRH The Prince of Wales 8:19PM GMT 18 Dec 2013 I have for some time now been deeply troubled by the growing difficulties faced by Christian communities in various parts…
It is a particular pleasure to be able to welcome you here during this season of Advent. Although, I must say, standing here, as I am, alongside a “wise man from the…
The ousting of Christians from the countries of the Middle East is a sore spot of the modern world. Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Egypt and Syria are in the midst of a civil…
Dr. Ashraf Ramelah, an Egyptian Christian activist and founder of Voice of the Copts, said in a recent interview with Arab media that the new constitution being discussed in Egypt is further…
By Jean Aziz AL Monitor Posted 2013-12-18 01:50 GMT Amid the positive and negative developments involving Lebanon these days, and the anticipation and anxiety surrounding the upcoming constitutional procedures —…