Persecuted Christians

Sudan Archbishop: ‘We Must Evangelize the Culture'

Archbishop Michael Didi recently spoke about the situation of the Church in Sudan

Jun 16, 2017 13:44

Oliver Maksan

Persecuted Christians

Aid Official Praises Iraqi Christians' Resilience

“Overall I would say that the people are no longer so lost and aggressive…”

Sep 13, 2016 20:00

Oliver Maksan

Popes

‘Armenians, Whether Catholic or Orthodox, Love the Pope’

Prelate Says the Pope Showed Strong Moral Leadership When He Called the Genocide By Its Name

Jun 08, 2016 17:06

Oliver Maksan

Justice and Peace

Church Spokesman in Egypt: Pope-Imam Meeting 'Broke the Ice'

Priest says that despite ongoing problems, things are looking more positive for Christians

Jun 01, 2016 20:00

Oliver Maksan

Persecuted Christians

Syria: ‘Things Were Never So Bad in Aleppo Before.‘

A Franciscan Priest Reports From Embattled City of Aleppo

May 05, 2016 13:17

Oliver Maksan

Meetings•Persecuted Christians

Catholic-Orthodox Delegation’s Middle East Visit Is ‘Tangible’ Fruit of Pope Francis Meeting Patriarch Kirill

Expert Says February Meeting Was Understood in Middle East As ‘Being a Strong Signal That Christian Denominations Needed to Stand United to Face Situation of Suffering, War and Persecution.”

Apr 22, 2016 20:35

Oliver Maksan

Meetings•Persecuted Christians

Nuns in Angola: ‘We Hid in the Bread Oven to Escape Being Killed by the Bullets’

Sister Says It’s a Miracle We’re Still Alive, Weren’t Hit by a Single Bullet

Apr 20, 2016 10:00

Oliver Maksan

Persecuted Christians

Patriarch Takes ‘Painful’ Stock of ISIS-ravaged Syrian Town

Syriac Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II Says ‘If It Goes on Like This, We Christians in Syria Will Disappear…’

Apr 15, 2016 14:35

Oliver Maksan

Persecuted Christians

More Vital Than Restoration of Stones Is Reconciliation of Hearts

Priest laments destruction of 5th-century monastery in Syria but looks toward Eternal Jerusalem

Apr 14, 2016 18:12

Oliver Maksan

Persecuted Christians

Not Enough Food or Electricity: Daily Life in Aleppo

Priest explains struggles in city hardest hit by war

Apr 12, 2016 17:23

Oliver Maksan

Archives

'We Identify More With Good Friday Than With Easter'

Holy Week has started in Jerusalem with the big Palm Sunday procession – but the political situation has left its mark

Mar 23, 2016 11:08

Oliver Maksan

Persecuted Christians

Yemen: ‘They Passed Out Bread and Received Gunfire’

“These fanatics, who have perpetrated this heinous crime, have basically declared to the entire world that these nuns were very close to Jesus—so close that they shared in His end and were killed themselves”

Mar 16, 2016 18:37

Oliver Maksan