Stockholm (AINA) — Assyrians and Turks held demonstrations outside the municipal building of Botkyrka, a small town approximately 20 KM southwest of Stockholm, as the municipal council met yesterday to consider the…
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2 February, AsiaNews – Nusra Front claims recent attack in Hermel (Lebanon) was to punish Hizbollah. Former general Aoun holds back new government by demanding key ministries. Maronite bishops prepare paper on…
From Terrasanta.net : (Milan/e.p.) – So far this year, anti-Christian graffiti was sprayed on the walls of a Catholic institution in Jerusalem, and three synagogues and a mosque were attacked and vandalized.…
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – After messages of support from the Coptic Orthodox Church to General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, similar gestures of appreciation towards the strong man of the Egyptian army – and…
Cairo ( AsiaNews) – A group of armed men yesterday afternoon attacked the Coptic Orthodox Church of the Virgin Mary in the “October 6” district of the governorate of Giza. Police responded…
Interview with SSJC Committee Member in Catholic World Report The Reverend Doctor Athanasius D. McVay specializes in the 20th-century history of Vatican diplomacy and of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. He co-edited…
On January 29, a global prayer drive will be held from Rome to Beirut for the safe return of the Italian missionary kidnapped in Syria. His abduction is shrouded in mystery and…
Book: The Silence of Our Friends Like many Coptic Christians in Egypt, Ayman Nabil Labib had a tattoo of the cross on his wrist. And like 17-year-old men everywhere, he could be…
Mark Movesesian of First Things recently wrote: Last week, Robert P. George and Katrina Lantos Swett, the chair and vice-chair, respectively, of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, published an important op-ed…
Vital new evidence has come to light that the Syrian government is guilty of war crimes, including the systematic torture and execution of 11,000 detainees. The report – compiled by three experts…