The Financial Times disclosed today that elements of the Syria opposition – those fighting to remove Syrian president & dictator Bashar al-Assad – are engaged in secret negotiations with Russia, meeting in and moderated by Turkey. The Financial Times quoted one anonymous opposition figure,…

There is hope in Iraq for displaced Christians who were driven from their homes 2¼ years ago. As the Iraqi army now stands on the outskirts of Mosul, a number of historically Christian villages east of Mosul have been liberated.…

Our friend, Father Ammar writes excitedly from Erbil, Iraq to tell us “the liberation of Mosul and our cities” – meaning the Christian towns and villages of the Nineveh Plain – “begins today (yesterday, October 17).” His report is confirmed…

By Father Gideon ObasogieCommunications Director, Catholic Diocese of MaiduguriSeptember 9, 2016 Baga is at the extreme north of Borno State (capital: Maiduguri, in Nigeria’s northeast) and has suffered extremely from the violence committed by the Wahabist fanatical group Boko Haram.…

Common to many parts of Christianity, in East and West, is a commemoration of the Holy Cross in these days of September.  Catholics of the West as well as parts of the Anglican Communion and other Western Christians keep September…

At a Congressional Roundtable yesterday afternoon called to discuss the situation of Christian persecution in the Middle East, Representative Louis Gohmert (R-TX) said, “The US government is funding the persecution of Christians in Syria.” The Congressman’s meaning was that opposition groups…