Catholic Culture; At least 44 Coptic Christians were killed on Palm Sunday, April 9, in two separate bombings. More than 30 people were killed, and 75 others injured, when a suicide bomber approached the altar of a historic Coptic church in … Continue reading
AsiaNews: To express their opposition, some Mosul residents wrote word “M” ( “Muqawamah”, resistance) on the city’s walls. Those discovered were immediately sentenced to death without trial. The militiamen fleeing the besieged city, are headed to Raqqa and Deir Ez Zor … Continue reading
Church Pop: “Forgive them”: that’s the last thing a 12-year-old Christian girl told her mother before dying in a hospital of burns from an attack by ISIS militants. Read more here.
Agenzia Fides: In neighborhoods and suburbs of the Syrian city of Deir al Zor, under siege by the jihadists of the Islamic State (Daesh), at least 120 thousand Syrian civilians are starving. The alarm was launched by Archbishop Jacques Behnan Hindo, … Continue reading
Catholic Online: Italy’s Counterterrorism Agents and the Kosovo police arrested four suspected Jihadists for planning an attack on Pope Francis. More here.
CatholicOnline: In the United States, ISIS is our greatest threat, but across Iraq, the people believe differently. According to most Iraqis, the United States is literally and deliberately supplying ISIS fighters. In retaliation, Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi, has suggested he … Continue reading
Vatican Insider: The Bishop of Aleppo continues by saying: “Terrorist groups in Syria have grown up killing, kidnapping and mercilessly destroying entire cities, ruining the lives of thousands of people forever, raising everything including monuments to the ground. And all the … Continue reading
Catholic Online: The 200 children were forced to lie stretched out in the dirt side-by-side in a single long line. At least 12 gunmen, armed with assault rifles and handguns, are seen standing behind the children. More on this here.
CNA: Although they are afraid [Christians in Hassake, Syria], they aren’t paralyzed, the archbishop said, adding that there is still work they can do. “If we need to praise we must praise Christ,” he said, and, quoting a Syriac saint, added: … Continue reading
CNA: The Syrian Catholic Archdiocese of Homs confirmed on Friday that a priest in the diocese has been kidnapped, and has asked for prayers for the priest’s safe release. According to Fides, the Homs archdiocese “asked all the faithful to invoke … Continue reading
CNA: The number of ISIS hostages in Syria has increased to at least 250 after continued attacks on Christian villages, and civilians fleeing to the Turkish border have been stranded when not allowed to cross. “There are 200 families who were … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: Militants of the Islamic State have abducted at least 100 Christians from Syrian villages. The Reuters news service reported that Kurdish forces, assisted by US airstrikes, are battling with ISIS for control of northeastern Syria. As Kurdish forces … Continue reading
CP World: Princeton scholar Bernard Haykel, a leading expert on ISIS’ theology, agrees with the ISIS article in the sense that Western Muslims who believe that Islam is the religion of peace have a “cotton-candy view” of Islam and overlook … Continue reading
Italy warned that ISIS is at Europe’s doorstep as France and Egypt called for the United Nations Security Council to meet over the spiraling crisis in Libya. The growing alarm came as Egyptian jets bombed ISIS targets in the North … Continue reading
Catholic Herald: Iraq needs British “boots on the ground” to halt the genocide of the country’s Christians and other minorities at the hands of Islamist terrorists, a Chaldean archbishop has told Parliament this week. Archbishop Bashar Warda of Irbil pleaded … Continue reading
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