Dale Gavlak, Catholic News Service

Churches help Iraqi Christians displaced by Islamic State

The Christian Aid Program Northern Iraq is helping people to cope with loss and trauma

Action needed to stop Christians from leaving Lebanon, Iraq

According to the United Nations, 78 percent of Lebanese now live below the poverty line

Christians in Lebanese border town enjoy spiritual revival

The Beirut port explosion last year left people in the crisis-hit country badly shaken

Pope's trip 'influences Muslims beyond Iraq's borders'

Sunni grand imam welcomes Pope Francis' 'message of peace, solidarity and support to all Iraqi people'

Iraq full of historic sites important to understanding Christianity

Pope Francis will visit Ur, the birthplace of Abraham, recognized as the patriarch of faith in one God by Jews, Christians and Muslims

Pandemic, security pose challenges, but pope hopeful for Iraq visit

The Iraqi government is responsible for the pope's safety and that of his entourage during the visit

In Iraq, pope hopes to encourage Christians, build bridges to Muslims

Logo depicts pope with Iraq's Tigris and Euphrates rivers, a palm tree and a dove carrying an olive branch over Vatican and Iraqi flags

In Jordan, patriarch reaffirms baptismal site, work with refugees

Archbishop Pizzaballa celebrated Mass at the unfinished church at the site to mark the feast of Epiphany

Dubai parish steps up to help stranded foreign workers

The coronavirus pandemic has hit thousands of foreign workers hard in the glitzy Gulf emirate of Dubai

Pandemic, economy worsen situation for Syria's minority Christians

Religious workers say Covid-19 and economic conditions are deepening poverty and hardship

In Turkey, parishioners safe, but iconic cathedral damaged after quake

The magnitude 7 quake injured more than 1,000 people in coastal Izmir

Priests say Turkish attacks in northern Iraq displace Christians

Turkish military is accused of chasing out Christians and other villagers to create its own bases on Iraqi soil

Indonesia pays compensation to sexually abused altar boys

Thou shalt not kill

Filipino lay minister gunned down in Cebu City

The risks of sponsorship of social egg freezing

Thailand’s new curbs further harm press freedom

Indonesian indigenous people fight on despite arrests