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‘Christianity now faces the possibility of being wiped-out in parts of the Middle East,’ says Philip Mounstephen. Servus Tuus / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0 Aaron Homer) Religion Aaron Homer Christians are so persecuted that in some parts of the world it’s tantamount to genocide, an Anglican bishop claims in a new report.…
Read moreby Russ Read The Islamic State will target Christians as part of the terrorist group’s offensive during the upcoming Islamic holy month of Ramadan, a new report predicts.…
Read moreA Syrian priest prays during mass, December 25, 2018. ©Reuters / Sertac Kayar Christians are the most persecuted of any religious group and face near-genocidal levels of oppression in some parts of the world, says a report commissioned by the UK Foreign Office.…
Read moreBy John Newton The Anglican Bishop leading an independent review into Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) support for persecuted Christians has described being shocked by the scale of problem being unearthed by…
Read moreThree-member panel to oversee Jacobite Church affairs for now Ignatius Aphrem II, Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Universal Syriac…
Read moreK.A. Martin: A rare Mass in East Syriac in progress at the old St. George’s Church at Edappally on Thursday. Father Cyril Thayil, a young language enthusiast, takes the lead…
Read moreJean AbiNader Ambassador Ed Gabriel (ret), President and CEO of the American Task Force on Lebanon (ATFL), recently gave his annual presentation on the Middle East to an…
Read moreMor Baselios Thomas has sent a letter to patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church Ignatius Aphrem II alleging conspiracy by the new administrative comm…
Read moreJean AbiNader Recently, my colleague Ambassador Ed Gabriel (ret), President and CEO of the American Task Force on Lebanon (ATFL), decided to speak about Christians in…
Read moreThousands of Orthodox Christians came out to celebrate Easter across Syria, many in previously rebel-held areas where followers mark their faith’s most important festival day on 28 April, one week after fellow Christians.…
Read moreAmmar Hamou:DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images A priest blesses worshippers during an Orthodox Easter service at the Church of St. Jacob in the Kurdish-controlled city of Qamishli in northeastern Syria, April 28, 2019.…
Read moreThe Trump Administration has been a stalwart defender of Americans’ religious liberty. From repealing the HHS mandate, to protecting religious rights in the workplace and especially the appointment of…
Read moreBy Philip Chrysopoulos A team from Greece is currently at St. Catherine’s Monastery in Egypt photographing thousands of fragile manuscripts, including some of the earliest copies ever made of the Christian Gospels, Reuters reports.…
Read moreANADOLU AGENCY ANKARA Easter was celebrated by the Assyrian community at K?rklar Church in southern Mardin province, April 28, 2019. Turkey’s Christian community celebrated yesterday Easter in ceremonies held in several provinces across the country, praying and lighting candles.…
Read moreArchbishop Ibrahim was kidnapped with another church leader outside Aleppo in April 2013 . Fresh appeals have been made for the release of two Syrian archbishops six years on from their disappearance.…
Read moreWhy We Wrote This “Do not go gentle into that good night” just might be the mantra of the ancient Assyrian Christian community. It is ravaged and displaced by war, but its mostly elderly members are clinging to their ancestral home.…
Read moreA bazaar will be organised for holy week to collect food, drugs and clothes for the neediest families. For Fr Samir, many families are still experiencing difficulties at a time when aid has fallen off. Grateful to AsiaNews and PIME for…
Read moreArchbishop Petros Mouche heads the Syriac-Catholic Archdiocese of Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city, which was captured by ISIS in the summer of 2014. Today, with ISIS…
Read moreHis Majesty King Abdullah meets with Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East and Supreme Head of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church, and his accompanying delegation on Tuesday (Photo courtesy of Royal Court)…
Read moreThe Detroit News U.S. Representatives (from left) Andy Levin, Brenda Lawrence and Rashida Tlaib listen during a meeting concerning the Iraqi deportations at the Chaldean Community Center on Saturday, April 6, 2019. Max Ortiz, The Detroit News…
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