A turning-point for Iraqi Christians? Not necessarily
January 17, 2019
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Iraq’s urbane and impressive new president, Barham Salih, has invited the Pope to visit Ur, home of Abraham, in 2019.
Bahrain: Catholics return to the desert
August 2, 2018
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A cathedral is being built in the Arabian peninsula There were Christians in the Arabian desert before the coming of
Iraq: A bishop in Babylon
June 7, 2018
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Few prelates have as much to worry about as Cardinal-designate Louis Sako The Patriarch of Babylon, Louis Raphael Sako, will
Syria: Grim choices
April 19, 2018
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Why Syria’s Christians support the ‘Gas Killing Animal’ Assad by Gerard Russell Among those condemning the American-French-British strikes on Bashar
A riddle in Riyadh
November 29, 2017
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Most news about Christians in the Middle East these days is gloomy. The Christian presence in Iraq is a fraction
Why we’re struggling to defeat extremism
June 15, 2017
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ISIS recruits are often portrayed in the West as having been ordinary people prior to some sudden moment of radicalisation,
Egypt’s long Good Friday
April 27, 2017
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Pope Francis will be going to Egypt at Eastertide, but for the Christians of that country it will still be
Egypt’s long Good Friday
April 27, 2017
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The Pope is taking a risk by visiting Egypt, but he is going to the right place at the right time
No one is safe any more
November 24, 2016
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ISIS-style extremists are not new: they are indeed a more obvious part of human history than Western-style liberals. They are,
It’s Ronald Knox’s turn for a revival
November 10, 2016
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Ronald Knox Ed by Francesca Bugliani Knox, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, £48 Mgr Ronald Knox (1888-1957) is finally getting
There’s a good reason Christians rarely take up arms in the Middle East
September 15, 2016
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Christian militias are merely defending villages from an enemy that will show no mercy. But in doing so they must make dangerous choices
The Middle East’s century of Christian warfare
September 15, 2016
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We are accustomed to seeing Christians in the Middle East as always being victims of discrimination and violence. And so