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Syrian Minister of Culture Mohammed Saleh with Islamic chanter Al-Mu’tasim Billah Al-Assali inside St. Ananias Orthodix Church in Damascus, Syria. Billah Al-Assali performed an Islamic hymn with lyrics that directly contradict Christian beliefs.

Syrian minister of culture sparks controversy with Islamic chant in Orthodox church

Aug 21, 2025

By Zoe Romanowsky

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Thousands fill St. Peter’s Square for the Jubilee of Youth welcome Mass on July 29, 2025, at the Vatican.

2 Syrian girls share ‘moving testimony’ at Jubilee of Youth event

Aug 1, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

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Cardinal Dominique Mathieu, archbishop of Tehran, Iran (left), and Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem.

Pope appoints Pizzaballa and Mathieu to Vatican’s interreligious dialogue office

Jul 4, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

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Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, patriarch of the Chaldean Church, speaks during a prayer vigil in 2014.

Iraqi bishop says imposing Iran regime change ‘can only worsen the situation’

Jun 27, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

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The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Linz, Austria, is the largest church building in that country.

Austria to ordain more priests in 2025 than in previous years

Jun 20, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

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China recognizes Pope Leo XIV’s first bishop appointment

Jun 13, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

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Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki, archbishop of Cologne in Germany.

Petition to Pope Leo XIV to remove German cardinal gains over 60K signatures

Jun 6, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

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Cologne Cathedral in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Crimes against churches and Christians in Germany on the rise

May 23, 2025

By Tessa Gervasini

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St. Hedwig’s Cathedral in Berlin, Germany.

Berlin pharmacist ordered to give up practice after refusing to sell ‘morning-after’ pill

May 16, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

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Crowds of the faithful fill St. Peter’s Square awaiting smoke from the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Indian, Pakistani cardinals seen leaving St. Peter’s Basilica together ahead of conclave

May 9, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

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A policeman stands guard at a checkpoint along a street in Srinagar on May 1, 2025. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given the military “operational freedom” to respond to a deadly attack in Kashmir that New Delhi has blamed on arch-rival Pakistan, a senior government said on April 29.

Catholic who refused to deny his faith shot by Islamic terrorists in India

May 2, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

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German Bishops at Mass in the Papal Basilica of St. Paul outside the Walls during their visit in Rome, Nov. 17, 2022.

German group slams bishops’ same-sex blessing guide issued after Pope Francis’ death

Apr 25, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

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Traffickers pose as Christian missionaries in Thailand to entrap victims

Apr 11, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

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St. Paul’s Chaldean Catholic Cathedral in Mosul, Iraq.

Cardinal calls on Iraqi Christians to vote for fellow Christians in upcoming elections

Mar 28, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

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3 Christian converts in Iran sentenced to over 40 years in prison

Mar 14, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

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