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July 13, 2018 – Iraq: Repaired Houses Spur Resettlement

https://zenit.org/articles/iraq-repaired-houses-spur-resettlement/ Christians in the West have played a crucial role in reviving communities in Iraq ravaged by extremists in the ancient Nineveh Plains – according to a Church leader who has helped pioneer their resettlement in towns and villages which have been their home for thousands of years. With latest reports stating that about half…

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July 10, 2018 – Attack on seven Iranian Christians exposes religious minorities’ ‘extreme vulnerability’ in refugee camps

https://www.worldwatchmonitor.org/2018/07/attack-on-seven-iranian-christians-exposes-extreme-vulnerability-in-refugee-camps/ Five Christian converts and two children from Iran were attacked last month in a refugee camp in Greece and told to leave as “this is a Muslim camp”. Following the incident, which took place on Sunday 24 June in a camp near the city of Larissa, about 360km northwest of the capital Athens, an…

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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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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,…