
As the Islamic Republic of Iran’s (IRI) crackdown on Christians continues, the theocratic regime plans to turn an illegally confiscated Assyrian church into an “Islamic prayer center.”
by Adelle Nazarian5 Jan 2016, 7:50 AM PST0

Nearly 150 Iraqi Christian refugees, including 62 children, are no longer facing devastating persecution in their homeland at the hands of the murderous Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), thanks to an American husband and wife who helped them flee to Europe, ABC News reports.
by Edwin Mora21 Dec 2015, 6:40 PM PST0

The Islamic State has released a videotaped execution of three Assyrian Christian hostages, captured during a February offensive in Syria. The lives of hundreds more Christian captives remain in the balance, a point the savages emphasized by making three of them beg for ransom payments on camera.
by John Hayward8 Oct 2015, 9:31 PM PST0

The ancient Middle Eastern churches are “dissolving” thanks to widespread Christian emigration in the wake of persecution at the hands of jihadists, the Archbishop of Erbil has warned. Church communities in the region are doing their best to house, clothe
by Donna Rachel Edmunds11 Aug 2015, 7:58 AM PST0

A Canadian Jewish businessman has spearheaded efforts to rescue Iraqi Yazidi and Christian girls from slavery after the girls were captured by ISIS troops, using money donated privately by business contacts. The businessman has cited Oskar Schindler, who rescued Jewish
by Donna Rachel Edmunds8 Aug 2015, 7:00 AM PST0

Hundreds are flocking to the apartment of an El Cajon resident who claims that a statue of the Virgin Mary holding baby Jesus is miraculously seeping a lavender scented oil.
by Michelle Moons18 Jun 2015, 12:07 PM PST0

A plenary meeting of Iraqi bishops in Baghdad on Saturday has resulted in an important joint declaration calling on all “national and international forces to unite their efforts” to liberate territories occupied by ISIS and to “exercise the necessary influence” to provide protection for Christians and other Iraqis returning to their homes, enabling them to live in security and dignity.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.9 Feb 2015, 11:45 AM PST0

Though the head of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Iraq, Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako, claims he reveres Pope Francis as the “Father of all Christians,” he has defied the Pope’s decision to permit Chaldean priests, including one based in San Diego, to stay in the United States rather than obey Sako’s injunction to return to Iraq or face excommunication.
by William Bigelow18 Jan 2015, 5:23 AM PST0