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…
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…
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,…
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…
In February 2016, an International Expert Group Meeting of the International Center on Law, Life, Faith and Family was held at Ave Maria School of Law, Naples, Florida to discuss “The persecution of Christians in the Middle East and North Africa: Reflections on certain Legal Strategies thru the Prism of Religious Freedom. Acts of the…
