We, Pope Francis, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece, have met on the Greek island of Lesvos to demonstrate our profound concern for the tragic situation of…
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By Sally Williams, 29 Nov 2014 On August 6 Isil fighters seized control of the largest Christian city in Iraq. Militants had first attacked Qaraqoshsix weeks earlier as they surged through north-western Iraq,…
25 November 2014, Vatican Radio Pope Francis travels from Ankara to Istanbul on Saturday where he’ll visit the famous Hagia Sophia museum and the Blue Mosque. Later in the day he’ll celebrate…
On the initiative of Patriarch Gregorios III (Laham) and after consultation with other patriarchs and bishops in Damascus, daily prayer services for peace in Syria and the Middle East will be held…
08/02/2014 Patriarch of Baghdad, Mosul Christians should be able to stay in Iraq, not forced into exile Mar Sako thanks France and Bahrain for the proposal to facilitate visas for Iraqi Christians,…
Saturday, August 2, 2014 11:28 am What does it mean for a Christian in fear of their life in Iraq, a Syrian Christian bombed out of home and church or a child…
by Elise Harris, Vatican City, Jul 31, 2014 (CNA/EWTN News). The Iraqi ambassador to the Holy See has lamented the ongoing persecution of Christians by ISIS forces in Iraq, stating that they…
Posted 2014-07-29 (AINA) — The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) captured the city of Mosul, Iraq on June 10. Almost immediately thereafter it began to drive Assyrians out of Mosul…
France offers Iraq Christians asylum after Mosul threat, BBC 28 July 2014 The French government says it is ready to offer asylum to Iraqi Christians forced to flee by Islamist militants in…
By Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith on Wednesday, 30 July 2014, The Catholic Herald France has offered asylum to the Iraqi Christians forced to flee from Mosul. The BBC reports this, and so does…