Prayers: Christian Town Prepares to Battle ISIS Attackers

Catholic Culture: Syria: Hundreds of Syrian Christian fighters have gathered to defend Sadad, a Christian town of 3,500 between Homs and Damascus, as forces of the Islamic State advance.

Newsweek reported that Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II, the head of the Syriac Orthodox Church, visited Sadad in order to encourage the town’s defenders. Read more here.