Syrian bishop says nuns’ kidnapping has shocked Christians
The kidnapping of five Orthodox nuns from a Christian village near Damascus has shocked Syria’s Christian community and filled many Christians with fear, said Chaldean Bishop Antoine Audo of Aleppo,...
View ArticlePersecuted Christians should follow Japanese example, says Francis
Christians facing difficulties and discrimination, especially in the Middle East, can learn a valuable lesson from Japanese Christians who survived by clandestinely baptising, praying and hiding during...
View ArticlePatriarch decries ‘mass cleansing’ of Mosul Christians
Syriac Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan travelled to Washington to meet US government representatives to highlight the plight of Christians in Mosul. He spoke out about the “mass cleansing” of...
View ArticleIraqi Christians ‘dying in crowded refugee camps’
Iraqi Christians driven from their homes by Islamic State fighters are beginning to die in crowded camps, witnesses have claimed. Sahar Mansour, 40, who lectured in chemistry at the University of Mosul...
View ArticleCould you give up your life for your faith?
I remember a story the Baptists liked to tell us in Sunday school. A family of missionaries are captured by the Communists in Africa, and the Reds say to the father: “If you deny the existence of God,...
View ArticlePope Francis says ‘world seeks to hide’ persecution of Christians
Condemning deadly terrorist attacks against a Catholic and an Anglican church in Pakistan, Pope Francis said “the world is trying to hide” a wave of anti-Christian persecution in various parts of the...
View ArticleCatholic congressman to boycott Pope’s address over climate change
An American Catholic congressman has announced he is boycotting Pope Francis’s address to the US Congress over his views on the environment. Paul Gosar, a Republican congressman for the State of...
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