Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – Pope Francis phoned the Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, Louis Raphael I Sako to manifest his participation and closeness to the suffering of the Iraqi people, starting…
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By Christopher Howse, 25 Jul 2014 The persecuted Christians in Iraq and Syria share a history of holiness and literary and theological culture of which the West is largely ignorant There is…
23-07-2014 – According to Iraqi intellectual Walid Khadouri Christianity is now facing an eclipse in its own cradle, writes Dina Ezzat In the Lebanese capital Beirut, where he, like no small number…
The end of Christianity in the Middle East could mean the demise of Arab secularism In a Middle East rebuilt on intolerant ideologies, there is likely to be little place for beleaguered…
19/07/2014, Jerusalem The Patriarchate of Jerusalem is alarmed upon hearing the horrifying statement issued by the Islamic State group, telling Christian communities in the Iraqi city of Mosul that they must convert to…
July 24, 2014, By Dr. Adam A. J. DeVille, Catholic World Report Each semester, I teach a course called “Eastern Christianity and the Encounter with Islam.” And next year I have a…
2014-07-24, Rome Reports Two of the leading voices in the Muslim world denounced the persecution of Christians in Iraq, at the hands of extremists proclaiming a caliphate under the name Islamic…
Fr Robin Gibbons, Thursday, July 24, 2014, ICN What is happening to the Christian communities in the Middle East is nothing less than martyrdom and destruction of their heritage and our ancient origins.…
Tue 22 Jul 2014 – The Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, Gregorios III (Laham) has urged Muslims and Christians to work hand in hand to rescue the Arab East…
07/24/2014 by Fady Noun “The planned expulsion of Christians is a barbaric act,” said Ignatius Ephrem, “unprecedented in the history of relations between Christians and Muslims.” There are states that support those…