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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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