By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Jun 26, 2017 / 07:03 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Monday the Vatican issued a statement on the situation of the Chinese Bishop Peter Shao Zhumin of Wenzhou, who has not been returned since being forcibly removed from his diocese by the Chinese state May 18. “The Holy See is observing…
06/22/2017 Syria (Christian Post) – Austria has become one of the first countries in the world to not only formally recognize the genocide being committed against Christians in Iraq and Syria, but also to advance a seven-point plan aimed at helping victims. The American Center for Law and Justice reported on Tuesday that the Austrian National…
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Amid a government campaign in Pakistan against “blasphemous” content online, a Christian was arrested on Friday (June 16) when a Muslim accused him of blasphemy after a dispute over a repair bill, sources said. After millions of Pakistanis last month began receiving text messages from the government warning them against…
06/16/2017 Iraq (Catholic News Agency)– A new report estimates that between 50 and 80 percent of Christians have fled the countries of Iraq and Syria since the start of the Syrian Civil War in 2011. Released by Christian advocacy groups Open Doors, Served, and Middle East Concern, the report estimates that at least 100,000 Iraqi…
by EDWIN MORA 9 Jun 2017 Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) jihadists, in the most recent edition of their propaganda magazine Rumiyah, have reportedly released “unseen” pictures of “belligerent Christians” executed by the jihadist group in the Philippines. “The soldiers of the Khilafah in East Asia stormed the city of Marawi in the southern Philippines on the island of…
06/13/2017 The Philippines (Interaksyon) – War spares no one. In Marawi City, the fighting’s victims include residents –- both Muslims and Christians — who have become refugees in their own homeland. Among them are about 300 to 500 civilians, who were trapped in the war between government troops and Maute and Abu Sayyaf extremists, which…
DENVER — Six-year-old Christina Khodor Abada, taken in Iraq by ISIS from her mother’s arms at the age of 3, has been extracted from captivity and returned to her parents in Erbil, Iraq as of this morning, Friday, June 9. Fr. Andre Mahanna founder of Denver-based Apostolate of Our Lady of Hope / St…
By Daniel Harris 06/08/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Alex’s heart was pounding so hard he felt sure the police could see it through his shirt. If that wasn’t enough, his leg was trembling…visibly. Surrounded by a police escort, he said a simple prayer under his breath as they turned the corner and entered…
“My heart is full, and my life will change after the visit It was a blessing to experience a holy place with spiritual people full of love. May God bless whoever comes to the Western Wall.” – Nikki Haley
By LEAH MARIEANN KLETT Jun 07, 2017 11:11 AM EDT A Syrian pastor who has shared the gospel in the war-torn country over the past six years despite continued dangers has said he’s witnessed a staggering number of Muslims, disillusioned by the atrocities committed in the name of Islam, come to Christ. The Syrian civil…
