Tag: Middle East

IDOP calls for prayer in response to increasing persecution of Christians

Christians in Crisis has compiled a list of aid agency resources on how to pray for and help persecuted Christians.

The persecution of Christians in Iraq: a deepening crisis

The situation for Christians in Iraq is common in the Middle East.

Religious minorities are still in jeopardy in Iran

Discrimination targeting Christians often turn into violent persecution across the Middle East.

Iraqi Christians rebuild their lives as a religious minority

International Christian Concern (ICC) claims there are only around 50 Christian families living in the city of Mosul today.

Pope Francis urged the cessation of the violence of Iran

Pope Francis emphasized that all actions that fuel the wave of violence about the Iran attack.

Christian persecution should not just be Hungary's concern

Ignoring or downplaying Christian persecution in various parts of the world emboldens perpetrators.

Catholics were killed in a church in Gaza

The Holy Family Church, the only Catholic Church in the Gaza Strip, is home to the Missionaries of Charity.

Patriarch of Jerusalem offered to swap himself for Israeli hostages in Gaza

Pierbattista Pizzaballa says he would "do anything" in order to set the captive children free.

Two men convicted for blasphemt were executed in Iran

In Iran, the death penalty is permitted as a punishment for blasphemy.

An Orthodox priest was assaulted in Jerusalem

Jerusalem police told The Times of Israel they had no knowledge of the incident.