persecuted Christians
Anti-Christian violence in Nigeria could become another Rwanda, says bishop
Addressing the international community, Bishop Avenya said: ‘Don’t wait for the genocide to happen before intervening’
Rome’s Colosseum to be lit up in red for persecuted Christians
The Colosseum will be illuminated at the same time as prominent churches in Syria and Iraq
Houses of Parliament to be lit up in red for persecuted Christians
The Parliament building will be lit up along with at least 10 cathedrals for #RedWednesday
Catholic group sends 15 Virgin Mary statues to Iraq to replace ones destroyed by ISIS
A French Catholic group has sent the new statues from Lourdes to Erbil, where they will be carried through the streets in procession
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Widow of Palm Sunday martyr says she forgives ISIS attacker
In an interview on Egyptian television, she said: ‘I’m not angry at the one who did this, I am telling him, may God forgive you’
Christians in northern Iraq ‘on verge of extinction’, says aid worker
Their future depends on help from the West, according to a senior Chaldean Catholic official
Catholics in Egypt are sheltering Orthodox families fleeing ISIS
A Catholic spokesman says ISIS is now ‘strongly entrenched’ in the North Sinai region
Egyptian Christian shot dead by militants in front of his wife and child
The murder – the sixth in less than a month – comes after ISIS promised to step up its attacks
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