Church leaders in Iraq call for day of prayer in face of ‘ethnic cleansing’
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales has urged Catholics to answer a call from Church leaders in Iraq to take part in a universal day of prayer on Wednesday, the same day as the Feast...
View ArticleJames Foley’s letter to family described solace he found in prayer
The family of James Foley, the kidnapped American journalist murdered by Islamic State (IS) militants, have posted a letter he sent to them in which he spoke about how prayer helped him while he was in...
View ArticleUS cardinal urges solidarity with Iraqi Christians
Cardinal Donald W Wuerl of Washington has made an impassioned plea for solidarity with persecuted Christians and other religious minorities in Iraq and Syria and strongly urged that voices be raised...
View ArticlePope: Iraq’s persecuted Christians are bold witnesses of Christ
Iraqi Christians are true and courageous witnesses of Christ’s message of hope, forgiveness and love, Pope Francis has said. “The Church suffers with you and is proud of you, proud to have children...
View ArticleThe dangerous ignorance of Russell Brand
I don’t think Russell Brand has read much Orwell. Not just because he recently described Owen Jones as our generation’s incarnation of the left-wing iconoclast, but because yesterday he engaged in the...
View ArticleWe must do more to combat ISIS’s insidious propaganda
The Americans sometimes speak of ‘public diplomacy’; in British English this is usually rendered as waging a ‘hearts and minds campaign’. The Soviets used to practice agitprop, which means agitation...
View ArticleDavid Cameron urged to recognise ISIS slaughter of Christians as genocide
The killing of Christians and other minority groups in the Middle East should be recognised as genocide, more than 60 parlimentarians have demanded in a letter to the Prime Minister. The letter,...
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