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Pope’s visit highlights the dwindling population of Iraqi Christians

The first-ever papal visit to Iraq should raise awareness about the challenges facing Iraqi Christians – a majority of whom are Catholic. In the past two decades, the Christian population in Iraq has fallen by over 80%. The 1987 Iraqi census reported that there were 1.4 million Christians in Iraq, and today it is estimated […]

by Ramazan Kilinc Mar 10, 2021Mar 10, 2021 / 3 mins /

After ISIS, the Christians of Mosul still suffer

by Nicodemus Daoud Sharaf Mar 27, 2018May 1, 2020 / 4 mins /

US aid will finally go to persecuted Christians

by Sheila Liaugminas Oct 31, 2017May 1, 2020 / 5 mins /

To Christians in the Western world: a call to action

by Anastasia Sinyawski Oct 19, 2017May 1, 2020 / 3 mins /

Pleading the cause of Middle East Christians

by Ignatius Youssef III Younan Oct 26, 2016May 1, 2020 / 6 mins /

The resistance of Christianity in its homelands

by Martino Diez Aug 11, 2016Feb 23, 2021 / 4 mins /

Marking 22 years since Rwanda’s descent into hell

by Daniel Blackman Apr 7, 2016May 1, 2020 / 3 mins /

Muslims against Christianophobia

by Mohammed Sammak Feb 2, 2016Nov 10, 2020 / 14 mins /

Three lessons from modern martyrs

by Angelo Scola Jan 26, 2016May 1, 2020 / 8 mins /

The slow death of Syrian Christianity

by Jean-Clément Jeanbart Jun 16, 2015May 1, 2020 / 7 mins /

The Middle East’s vanishing Christians

by Michael Cook Jan 22, 2015Apr 19, 2020 / 5 mins /

Canadian rampage is tip of iceberg

by Michael Coren Oct 24, 2014May 1, 2020 / 6 mins /

How to help Christians, minorities in crisis

by Sheila Liaugminas Sep 2, 2014May 1, 2020 / 5 mins /

Why the silence on Christian elimination?

by Sheila Liaugminas Sep 1, 2014May 1, 2020 / 4 mins /

Persecution of Christians contradicts idea of a Caliphate

by Erica C.D. Hunter Jul 28, 2014May 1, 2020 / 4 mins /