Cardinal Sandri: We must ask what we can do for persecuted Christians

Asks for Good Friday collection donations to go to the Holy Land and Syria and Iraq. Egypt, Iraq, Syria …Suffering…

Orthodox Coptics: We pray for terrorists

The Coptic Orthodox Christians of Egypt suffered a double attack yesterday, that ended the lives of more than 50 people …

The Christian woman who was hidden by a Muslim family

  Josa is an 83-year-old Christian woman from Mosul. When ISIS first reached the city, everything was taken away from her, even her rosary. She w…

Emotional “Sanctus” in a Church recontrolled after Daesh in Iraq

The Syro-Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Qaraqosh has recently been regained by Iraqi Forces. During …

Living the Christian faith in secret

Living the Christian faith in secret Before the Civil War exploded in Yemen Nadeen, a young woman in her late twenties had converted to Christianity. …

“Yes, I’m a doctor. I am a Christian and I have cured ISIS terrorists.”

  This Christian doctor decided to stay in Iraq with his family to help the wounded and refugees. There are three t…

12,000 students are educated at the Franciscan Institute of the Holy Land

The educational mission of the Holy Land is even more important at this time, as it gets closer to Holy Week. It is duri…

Rebuilding Nineveh Plains and providing milk for Aleppo children

1. Reconstruction of the Nineveh Plains The Syro-Catholic, Chaldean and Syro-Orthodox Churches have signed a decisive ag…

Is it possible to keep faith and hope in the Middle East?

“In the Middle East, living Christian faith nowadays, we know, it is not easy(…) Keeping hope in this situation is…

Rebecca brings hope and new clothes to displaced widows

Boko Haram attack in 2009, during which many churches of Maiduguri were set ablaze, lead Rebecca and her family to escap…

A residence for the elderly is adapted for war refugees in Lebanon

The bishop of Zahlé, in the Bekaa Valley, administers the project. We are in the city of Zalehj, in one of the Lebanese …

The joyful Christian community of Oman

Archbishop Paul Hinder, Apostolic Vicar of South Arabia, explains that the Christian community of Oman enthusiastically …

Good Friday collection: for the Christians of the Holy Land and the Middle East

The assistance for the Holy Land, through the Good Friday Collection, is able to support and safeguard the Holy Places a…

“Hoping against every desperation”

Despite the appalling conditions in which they live, due to electricity rationing and difficulty in obtaining raw materi…

The church of the nuns burned in Egypt. The reconstruction and hope with the pope’s visit.

Mother Maria Clara Caramagno gave an interview to Zenit, in which she speaks of Pope Francis’ upcoming visit to Eg…

“I’ve never heard a Christian from Syria or Iraq speak of revenge, rather of forgiveness”

SOS Chrétiens d’Orient works so that Christians might be able to remain in the Middle East. There are some people …

Christian faith flourishes despite persecution

In recent months, conversions to Christianity in Bangladesh have become more numerous. In a country with a Muslim and Hi…

Pope and president of Lebanon talk about Christians in Middle East

Michel Aoun and Pope Francis chatted with the help of a translator. During the visit with the Lebanese president, the Ho…

Vatican representatives visit Middle East: children offer hope despite a “lack of trust”

“Children are the equalizers, they seem to get along just fine,” says Card. Mahony. Card. Roger Mahony and Archbishop To…

Guardians of Faith

One year ago on March 11, “Guardians of Faith”, a documentary that tells the story of 30 young people who left their hom…