Gaza

“Everyone is in Danger”: Christians in Gaza Fear Effects of Israel-Hamas war

One of the less-discussed effects of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, which erupted October 7, is the threat to, and possible elimination of, Christian communities in Gaza and throughout the Holy Land By Christopher Hart-Moynihan Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa (the tallest man in the back) together with other heads of Christian communities in the Holy [...]

The Christian Capital of Northern Iraq Falls

Qaroqosh, the Christian capital of Northern Iraq, the largest Christian city in the country, fell to an advancing Islamic terror army, ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria), during the night of August 6 to August 7. The Kurdish fighters (the Peshmerga) and Assyrian allies defending the city decided they could not assure the safety of [...]