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Local bishop expresses dismay over German train attack
In the wake of Monday night's terror attack by an Afghan Islamist on a train and pedestrians in Würzburg, the... Read more
ACLU lawyers say Christians caused the Orlando shooting
After a gunman pledging allegiance to ISIS carried out the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, attorneys with the American... Read more
For Iraq's Christians, what comes after Islamic State?
With thousands of displaced Christians in Iraq subsisting on humanitarian aid, advocates are asking if they have a future there... Read more
Iraqi refugee children make First Communion in Erbil camp
On Friday, the first of three rounds of displaced Iraqi children made their First Communion in a refugee camp in... Read more
Iraqi Christians grateful, yet uneasy following foiled Islamic State attack
After Islamic State militants broke through Kurdish army forces Tuesday, killing one American and three Kurdish fighters, local Christians voiced... Read more
Intervene in Christian genocide: 400,000 bring plea to UN
Advocates delivered hundreds of thousands of signatures to the United Nations on Friday, calling on the body to declare that... Read more
Blood-red Trevi fountain a wake-up call on Christian persecution
Illuminated by the red light that spilled across Rome’s Trevi fountain, voices from persecuted Christian communities across the world shared... Read more
Stories of ISIS victims are emerging, and they're unbelievably brutal
The stories were graphic, brutal and raw. Read more
Arrests made in alleged terror plot against Vatican, Israeli embassy
Italian police arrested four people and issued arrest warrants for two more on Thursday on suspicion of conspiring with the... Read more
French bishops travel to Iraq in support of Christian students
A delegation of bishops and priests from France are visiting Iraq April 17-21 to aid young Christian students living in... Read more
Will the US take action to protect the victims of Islamic State genocide?
Now that the U.S. has declared that the Islamic State is waging genocide against religious minorities in Iraq and Syria,... Read more
Cardinal Dolan visiting Iraq to show support for displaced Christians
This week Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York and chair of Catholic Near East Welfare Association, will travel to... Read more
'Good Friday came early' – Catholic bishops mourn Brussels attacks
The Holy Week terrorist attacks in Brussels on Tuesday led the city's bishops to mourn and reflect on the deadly... Read more
In groundbreaking move, US declares Christians among victims of ISIS genocide
Secretary of State John Kerry declared Thursday that Christians, Yezidis, Shi’a Muslims, and other religious and ethnic minorities are victims... Read more
House backs genocide label for Christians under ISIS
The U.S. House of Representative voted Monday to declare that what is happening to Christians and other ethnic and religious... Read more
Time is running out for Christians to be named genocide victims
Pressure is mounting for the U.S. State Department to declare Christians as genocide victims at the hands of the Islamic... Read more
A plea to the US Secretary of State: Recognize anti-Christian genocide
The U.S. must not ignore the Islamic State’s genocide of Christians. That is the position of a petition drive and... Read more
This Lent, an opportunity to help Middle East Christians
A gift of 40 dollars in Lent could help persecuted Christians and other refugees in the Middle East, thanks to... Read more
EU joins voices labeling ISIS actions a 'genocide'
The European Parliament on Thursday declared that genocide is taking place in the Middle East against Christians, Yazidis, and other... Read more
Yes, ISIS is guilty of genocide, says European human rights group
Europe’s leading human rights body passed a resolution on Wednesday calling ISIS atrocities a “genocide,” a week before the European... Read more
