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Video shows ISIS destroying Catholic church, threatening Rome

Aug 25, 2017

By Hannah Brockhaus

A new video has been released showing ISIS militants in the Philippines threatening to come to Rome as they desecrate... Read more

Hope continues for captured Filipino priest sighted alive

Jun 27, 2017

Captured priest Father Teresito “Chito” Suganob was seen alive on Sunday in a part of a Philippines city under Islamist... Read more

Kidnapped Filipino priest pleads for help in video

May 30, 2017

By Elise Harris

A week after Islamist militants kidnapped some 240 Catholics in the Philippines, a video has surfaced online showing one of... Read more

Soldiers take positions while evading sniper fire as they try to clear Marawi of armed militants one street at a time, May 25, 2017.

Cardinal pleads for Islamist militants to release Philippines hostages

May 25, 2017

A Filipino cardinal has prayed for the release of Catholic hostages held by Islamist militants who have seized parts of... Read more