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By Courtney Grogan Dallas, Texas, Mar 23, 2018 / 01:48 pm (CNA).- Actors and filmmakers at the red carpet premiere of “Paul Apostle of Christ” said the film’s portrayal of Christian persecution in ancient Rome is a timely reminder that people around the world continue to suffer for their faith.…
Read moreA picture taken on March 14, 2018 shows a view of destruction surrounding the Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Hour (L) in the old city of Mosul, eight months after it was retaken by Iraqi government forces from the control of ISIS. (AFP). Hassan Saidi, Al Arabiya English Tuesday, 20 March 2018…
Read moreAshraf Khalil, Associated Press Washington – The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the Trump administration, claiming it is violating immigration laws and its own policies by detaining immigrants who have a solid case for seeking asylum in the United States.…
Read moreHow is this even possible? PETER DOCKRILL They say never judge a book by its cover – but sometimes you can’t even trust the words written on the pages. This week, scientists in California are busy investigating an archaic hymn book of…
Read moreBy Stoyan Zaimov , Christian Post Reporter (Photo: Reuters)A man carries an injured boy as he walks on rubble of damaged buildings in the rebel-held besieged town of Hamouriyeh in Eastern Ghouta in February 2018.…
Read moreU.S. News & World Report Syria’s Minister of National Reconciliation Affairs Ali Haidar meets with members of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Syria March 6, 2018. SANA/via REUTERSReuters By Riham Alkousaa…
Read moreJudit Neurink The tomb of the prophet Nahum is located in a synagogue in al-Qosh, Iraq, June 4, 2015. AL-QOSH, Iraq — “The Iraqi government was against everything Jewish after the Jews left in the ’50s,” said Father Araam, a young Chaldean priest serving in the…
Read moreLast summer, the Iraqi army launched a major ground offensive to recapture Mosul from so-called Islamic State. Reporter Ayman Oghanna joined a unit of the Iraqi special forces as they advanced on the city. He tells the story of the men who reclaimed Mosul.…
Read morePope Francis at the Vatican’s pre-synodal youth meeting. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA By Elise Harris Vatican City, Mar 20, 2018 / 04:00 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Young people from around the world have begun a meeting at the Vatican by voicing their hopes and expectations from the Church regarding the challenges they face and the questions life…
Read moreBy BosNewsLife Middle East Service with additional reporting by Philippa Hitchen in Vatican City and Stefan J. Bos DAMASCUS/VATICAN CITY (BosNewsLife)– The Vatican and aid workers have urged the world to help end an “apocalyptic” bombing campaign in Syria where “thousands of…
Read moreBy The Canberra Times Has any country had a more unfortunate history since the end of World War Two than Syria? While some African nations, such as Angola, might be able to give the war-torn state a run for its money, it would have to be a close run thing.…
Read moreBosNewsLife The Vatican and aid workers have urged the world to help end an “apocalyptic” bombing campaign in Syria where “thousands of families” live in underground shelters and “millions of children” are malnourished. Christians are also among the many displaced men, women, and children in the Middle Eastern nation.…
Read moreHolding the Syrian regime and its allies accountable for the horror inflicted on civilians is fraught with problems. How effective can the UN’s legal mechanism be when funding is scarce? Teri Schultz reports. A boy standing in the rubble of a bombed building (picture alliance/abaca/A. Al Bushy)…
Read moreBy: Abigail Roberts | Contributor In the 20th century, Christians made up over 10 percent of the Middle East, today that number has dropped to less than 5 percent. Factors such as emigration, growing religious intolerance and persecution play significant roles in this decline.…
Read moreDale Gavlak CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE Christian activists say militias target religious minorities in Syria People sit in a truck with their belongings in Afrin, Syria. Jihadists fighting with Turkey are hunting down religious minorities to kill them in Syria’s northwest, Christian activists warn, as Turkey and its militant allies have encircled the Kurdish-held town. (Credit:…
Read moreBy Eno Adeogun US Vice President Mike Pence has vowed President Donald Trump’s administration will protect persecuted Christians in Iraq. According to a White House statement, Mike Pence spoke with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi by telephone to discuss the “upcoming May elections in Iraq, reports of…
Read moreISIS terrorists Security forces have found a mass grave containing bodies of ISIS terrorists in northwestern Mosul. According to a security source, 35 bodies of the terrorists were found in the grave.…
Read moreGeorge Thomas It was 30 years ago on March 16, 1988, when Saddam Hussein, then president of Iraq, murdered thousands of Kurdish civilians in the Iraqi town of Halabja. The Iraqi dictator used a lethal combination of mustard chemical gas and the nerve…
Read moreIraqi Christians attend a mass at the Church in Erbil. AFP Cairo, London- Asharq Al Awsat ADS BY BUZZEFF TV Rayan al-Kildani, leader of the PMF’s Babylon Brigades, hinted that ISIS was the reason behind the latest crimes that targeted Christians in Baghdad.…
Read moreFor Mar Sako, the candidacy helps “keep alive the focus on the Iraqi people, on the Christian community” and defeat “marginalisation and indifference” towards minorities. Muslim support for his nomination is “important” and represents a “sign of closeness”, opening “the door to progress and democracy”. For the archbishop of Kirkuk, this is a…
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