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February 26, 2018 – Rome’s Colosseum lit in red to symbolise blood of persecuted Christians

https://www.christiantoday.com/article/romes-colosseum-lit-in-red-to-symbolise-blood-of-persecuted-christians/126414.htm Rome’s Colosseum was bathed in red on Saturday (February 24) as part of a worldwide campaign to highlight the persecution of Christians. It came as Pope Francis met Asia Bibi’s husband and daughter. The Pakistani woman has been on death row for nine years facing spurious charges of blasphemy.

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February 23, 2018 – Giving a Voice to Persecuted and Forgotten Christians

http://www.ncregister.com/blog/klemond/giving-a-voice-to-persecuted-and-forgotten-christians If we forget the persecuted Christians and don’t support them, something isn’t right in our own lives of faith and communion Susan Klemond Middle Eastern Christians are even less in the news following last year’s partial defeat of ISIS, but they continue to face persecution from smaller jihadi groups who share the goal of…

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January 14, 2018 – Pope Repeats Call to Welcome Migrants

Pope Repeats Call to Welcome Migrants Pope Francis in his January 14, 2018, homily on World Day of Migrants and Refugees repeated his call for Christians to welcome migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. He referred to his message for World Day of Migrants and Refugees: “Every stranger who knocks at our door is an opportunity…

December 3-4, 2017 – ICOLF Director of MENA, Geoffrey Strickland as well as Professors Adolphe and Govern Featured Speakers at Expert Meeting on Global Compacts on Migrants and Refugees within the UN System, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University, Warsaw, Poland
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December 3-4, 2017 – ICOLF Director of MENA, Geoffrey Strickland as well as Professors Adolphe and Govern Featured Speakers at Expert Meeting on Global Compacts on Migrants and Refugees within the UN System, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University, Warsaw, Poland

ICOLF Director of MENA, Geoffrey Strickland, as well as Professors Jane Adolphe and Kevin Govern, were featured speakers at the Expert Meeting on relevant issues concerning the preparation of the Global Compacts on Migrants and Refugees within the United Nations System, kindly organized by Msgr. Piotr Mazurkiewicz at the Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw,…

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November 24, 2017 – Pope’s Message for World Day of Peace, Call for UN Action

https://zenit.org/articles/popes-message-for-world-day-of-peace-call-for-un-action/ Pope Francis said that peace is a “profound aspiration for everyone,” in his message for the January 1, 2018, celebration of World Day of Peace. The Vatican released the text on November 24, 2017. Peace is sought “for each individual and all peoples, and especially for those who most keenly suffer its absence.” The…