Christians Fear for State of Religious Freedom in Afghanistan
Due to persecution, the Christian community remains largely closeted and hidden from the public eye.
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Five Reasons Why Christians Are Public Enemy No. 1
COMMENTARY: Any fantasy ideology is utterly at odds with the Christian religion.
How Should a Christian Respond to Suffering? Archbishop Sample Reflects
Suffering is a mystery, the archbishop of Portland said, but the Christian faith helps us understand that suffering does have purpose.
Is This the American Apocalypse?
COMMENTARY: The most valuable thing the Catholic Church can do — in good times and bad — is to preach the Kingdom, and give witness to the existence of heaven, which will never pass away.
Christian Pastor and Pregnant Wife Killed in Nigeria
The Hausa Christians Foundation called the killings part of a “systematic, direct war against Christianity in Nigeria,” and said that “pastors, Christian leaders and seminarians are either being kidnapped or killed every week” in the country.
Maronite Bishop Warns: World is ‘Washing its Hands’ of Lebanon
Bishop Zaidan explained that it was not a question of privileging Christians in Lebanon over other religious groups in the country “making them servants,” but that Christians need to have an equal footing with every other group in the country and the same rights and voice in the political sphere.
US Group Calls Pakistan Blocking of Aid to Christians, Hindus ‘Reprehensible’
The authorities of Pakistan have consistently failed to implement safeguards on behalf of religious minorities, despite numerous policies in favor of economic and physical protections for members of non-Muslim religions.
Tensions Remain Even as Israel Removes Metal Detectors at Temple Mount
Two Israeli policemen were killed July 14 by three Israeli Muslims, resulting in a crackdown that critics are calling overly harsh.
Iraqi Orthodox Bishop: The West Cares More About Frogs Than Us
The Syriac Orthodox archbishop of Mosul, whose flock are among the last people who speak Aramaic, the language of Jesus, criticises the West for placing animal rights ahead of the wellbeing and survival of Christians.
VIDEO: Iraqi Christian Refugee: “The U.S. Has Primary Responsibility to Help Us”
Yohanna Towaya, who lost all his livelihood after ISIS invaded his home town, says Christians and Yazidis prayed for Trump to win the U.S. election and have high hopes he can lead the way in saving them from this crisis.
