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A priest surveys the damage caused by ISIS at a Catholic Church in Karamles, Iraq. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Stephen Rasche CNA Staff, Oct 23, 2023 / 08:45 am (CNA). Pope Francis cited the examples of Western intervention in Libya and Iraq in...

NEWS ANALYSIS: Signs of hope exist, but Christians continue to be concerned about inadequate security and few job opportunities

Paul Thornton’s recent opinion commentary (“How scientists give their children hope,” Los Angeles Times, Monitor, 4/2) stated ‘”Having a child is the most emphatic statement of hope a person can make.” He went on to say that he has three kids and that...

One of the original ideas for fighting climate change was to have a carbon fee and rebate system where you would tax fossil fuels and thereby raise the price, but return the revenues back to the citizens. It would be revenue neutral but it would...

State Rep. Mike Moffett’s My Turn (Monitor, Dec. 22) criticized what he referred to as identity politics in the Democratic Party. I think what Mike fails to understand is just why it is that I, as a heterosexual white male, might think of myself as...

The massacre occurred during a Sunday Mass, but it wasnt an ordinary Sunday – this was the great feast of Pentecost, which marks the end of the Easter season.

Rasche was reacting to a June 5 attack by terrorists on congregants of St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State where about 40 persons were killed and several others injured. He also spoke about the violence Christians in Nigeria are subjected to.

Nigerian Christians no longer trust their own government or the leaders of the United States and the European Union.

The massacre occurred during a Sunday mass, but it wasn’t an ordinary Sunday — this was the great feast of Pentecost, which marks the end of the Easter season.

The massacre occurred during a Sunday mass, but it wasn't an ordinary Sunday -- this was the great feast of Pentecost, which marks the end of the Easter season.