Vatican cardinal linked to financial scandal resigns and loses rights
- Sep 24, 2020
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Priests say Turkish attacks in northern Iraq displace Christians
- Sep 25, 2020
Iraqi Christian priests warn that the latest Turkish military attacks in northern Iraq are displacing Christians and exacerbating a precarious security situation.
Christians, others warn Turkey is ‘weaponizing water’ in northeast Syria
- Aug 30, 2020
Parts of Syria’s north where Kurds, Christians and Yazidis have practiced religious freedom in recent years are reportedly again under attack by mainly Turkish military and their allied Syrian Islamist fighters.
Another former Byzantine church in Turkey to be reconverted into a mosque
- Aug 21, 2020
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday announced a decision to reconvert the historic Chora Church, one of the country’s most celebrated Byzantine buildings in Istanbul, into a mosque.
Archbishop says church needs more aid to help refugees arriving in Greece
- Aug 19, 2020
To be able to continue helping migrants and refugees in Greece, a local archbishop said, the Catholic Church needs more funds.
Some Christians see Turkey’s Hagia Sophia move as attempt to expand Islam
- Jul 29, 2020
Catholics and other Christians are upset by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s conversion of Hagia Sophia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, into a functioning mosque where Muslim Friday prayers were recited recently.
As Hagia Sophia opens as mosque, Orthodox observe day of mourning
- Jul 24, 2020
As Muslims for the first time 86 years chant prayers from Istanbul’s famed Hagia Sophia Friday morning, Orthodox Christians worldwide will recite an ancient hymn in lamentation of what they see as a major blow to interreligious coexistence.
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