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Refugee children in Erbil receive their First Communion May 27, 2016. Photo courtesy of Deacon Roni Momica.

Iraqi refugee children make First Communion in Erbil camp

May 28, 2016

By Elise Harris

On Friday, the first of three rounds of displaced Iraqi children made their First Communion in a refugee camp in... Read more

Deacon Momica leads a prayer gathering in Erbil shortly after the Islamic State attack on Telskuf, May 3, 2016. Photo courtesy of Deacon Momica.

Iraqi Christians grateful, yet uneasy following foiled Islamic State attack

May 4, 2016

By Elise Harris

After Islamic State militants broke through Kurdish army forces Tuesday, killing one American and three Kurdish fighters, local Christians voiced... Read more

United Nations Headquarters in New York City.

Intervene in Christian genocide: 400,000 bring plea to UN

Apr 30, 2016

By Matt Hadro

Advocates delivered hundreds of thousands of signatures to the United Nations on Friday, calling on the body to declare that... Read more

Rome's Trevi Fountain, illuminated red for persecuted Christians.

Blood-red Trevi fountain a wake-up call on Christian persecution

Apr 30, 2016

By Elise Harris

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

Apr 29, 2016

By Matt Hadro

The stories were graphic, brutal and raw.  Read more

St. Peter's Basilica.

Arrests made in alleged terror plot against Vatican, Israeli embassy

Apr 29, 2016

Italian police arrested four people and issued arrest warrants for two more on Thursday on suspicion of conspiring with the... Read more

Refugee children at the Sharia Al Haman Hope Refugee Camp in Duhok, Iraq on March 28, 2015.

French bishops travel to Iraq in support of Christian students

Apr 20, 2016

A delegation of bishops and priests from France are visiting Iraq April 17-21 to aid young Christian students living in... Read more

Displaced Christian children at a refugee camp in Dawodiya, Iraq, April 10, 2016.

Will the US take action to protect the victims of Islamic State genocide?

Apr 19, 2016

By Matt Hadro

Now that the U.S. has declared that the Islamic State is waging genocide against religious minorities in Iraq and Syria,... Read more

Cardinal Timothy Dolan at the Ordination of Deacons at St. Peter's Basilica on Oct. 1, 2015.

Cardinal Dolan visiting Iraq to show support for displaced Christians

Apr 6, 2016

By Elise Harris

This week Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York and chair of Catholic Near East Welfare Association, will travel to... Read more

Belgian cathedral.

'Good Friday came early' – Catholic bishops mourn Brussels attacks

Mar 22, 2016

The Holy Week terrorist attacks in Brussels on Tuesday led the city's bishops to mourn and reflect on the deadly... Read more

Barbed wire.

In groundbreaking move, US declares Christians among victims of ISIS genocide

Mar 17, 2016

By Matt Hadro

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

Mar 14, 2016

By Matt Hadro

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

Mar 5, 2016

By Matt Hadro

Pressure is mounting for the U.S. State Department to declare Christians as genocide victims at the hands of the Islamic... Read more

Archbishop Jean-Clement Jeanbart surveys damage from an attack on Christians in Aleppo, Syria, May 2015.

A plea to the US Secretary of State: Recognize anti-Christian genocide

Feb 25, 2016

The U.S. must not ignore the Islamic State’s genocide of Christians. That is the position of a petition drive and... Read more

Children at Sharia Al Haman Hope Refugee Camp in Duhok, Iraq on March 28, 2015.

This Lent, an opportunity to help Middle East Christians

Feb 10, 2016

A gift of 40 dollars in Lent could help persecuted Christians and other refugees in the Middle East, thanks to... Read more

Jihad in Gaza.

EU joins voices labeling ISIS actions a 'genocide'

Feb 4, 2016

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

Jan 28, 2016

By Matt Hadro

Europe’s leading human rights body passed a resolution on Wednesday calling ISIS atrocities a “genocide,” a week before the European... Read more

Priest: Pray for jihadists' conversion – one of them could be a future St. Paul

Jan 23, 2016

French spiritual writer Father Jacques Philippe says there is only one thing that can end violence.  Read more

St. Elijah's Monastery near Mosul, as it appeared in February 2005.

Satellite images confirm: Iraq's oldest monastery destroyed by Islamic State

Jan 22, 2016

St. Elijah's Monastery in Mosul dated back to the sixth century, making it the oldest Christian monastery in Iraq. Muslims... Read more

Watch this video and 'wake up' from indifference to persecuted Christians

Jan 21, 2016

A video that shares the testimonies of people who have personally suffered the persecution of Christians in the Middle East... Read more