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  • Iraqi priest doubles down on Christianity’s survival in the Middle East

    Iraqi priest doubles down on Christianity’s survival in the Middle East

    • Nov 9, 2020

    Ever since the rise of the Islamic State (ISIS), there’s been rising alarm regarding the future for Christians in the Middle East. A Catholic priest who recently returned to his village in northern Iraq after six years in Rome described what he found as “shocking,” but doubled down on the need for Christians to survive.

    By Inés San Martín
  • Egyptian court gives life sentence for 8 IS-linked militants plotting attacks on Christians

    Egyptian court gives life sentence for 8 IS-linked militants plotting attacks on Christians

    • Jan 27, 2020

    An Egyptian court on Monday sentenced eight people to life in prison, after they were convicted of joining a local affiliate of the Islamic State group spearheading an insurgency in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.

    By Samy Magdy
  • After 6 years, family of kidnapped Jesuit is ‘in limbo’

    After 6 years, family of kidnapped Jesuit is ‘in limbo’

    • Jul 30, 2019

    Relatives of a Jesuit priest who was kidnapped in Syria six years ago say they have been living in a “limbo” with no information of his whereabouts.

    By Claire Giangravè
  • When Islamic State came, Iraqi monks had just finished hiding manuscripts

    When Islamic State came, Iraqi monks had just finished hiding manuscripts

    • Jul 16, 2019

    A monk describes his efforts to save manuscripts and holy objects from ISIS before being driven from their homes in Iraq.

    By Doreen Abi Raad
  • Sri Lanka cardinal warns that if the state doesn’t act, the people will

    • May 2, 2019

    Sri Lanka’s cardinal warns that if the government doesn’t hold the perpetrators of the bombings accountable, the people may act on their own.

    By Inés San Martín
  • Letters from zones of anti-Christian violence speak of hope

    Letters from zones of anti-Christian violence speak of hope

    • Apr 30, 2019

    Letters from the Central African Republic and Syria, where Christians are suffering persecution, speak of hope.

    By Inés San Martín
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