Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) – The Christian village of Kanayé, Orontes River, in the Governorate of Idlib, has been invaded by Islamist militants that terrorize the population, threaten a massacre and have imposed…
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Warning that a Middle East empty of Christians would be “just like the Taliban,” Iraq’s most senior Catholic leader pointedly called on the West to show greater concern for suffering Christians in…
With grateful acknowledgement: John Allen Jr, in the National Catholic Reporter, writes: In a Dec. 14 interview with the Italian newspaper La Stampa, Pope Francis suggested that the common experience of anti-Christian…
Ten years after the fall of Saddam Hussein, Christians have dwindled from more than a million to as little as 200,000. Colin Freeman reports on attempts to stem the exodus from Iraq’s…
For almost two millennia Christian communities have lived in Iraq, Syria, Egypt and elsewhere in the Middle East. These groups have contributed economically, politically, and intellectually, and have helped shape their respective…
Update on a previous post: Damascus (Agenzia Fides) – The Metropolitan Greek Orthodox Lukas al-Koury, Auxiliary Bishop of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch, categorically denies inciting Syrian Christian youth to take…
Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem and Jordan condemned the kidnapping 12 nuns from the monastery of St. Takla in Maaloula, Syria, adding that the goal of this crime is to harass Christians…
ARCHBISHOP BOULOS YAZIGI – Greek Orthodox ARCHBISHOP YOHANNA IBRAHIM – Syrian Orthodox FR MICHEL KAYGAL – Armenian Catholic FR MAHER MAHFOUZ – Greek Orthodox FR PAOLO DALL’OGLIO – Italian Jesuit THE TWELVE…
“I demand the immediate release of the nuns, who have done no harm to anyone.” These were the words of a local Catholic leader in Syria following the abduction of nuns from…
According to video released by Al-Jazeera the women religious held in Yabrud were to be released on December 9. The Greek -Orthodox Patriarchate “concerned” about their condition. Ongoing intense fighting in the…