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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.

Christians hold signs as they march on the streets of Abuja during prayer and penance for peace and security in Nigeria on March 1, 2020.St. Louis, Mo., Jun 13, 2022 / 20:45 pm (CNA).More than a week after a devastating massacre at a Catholic church in Nigeria on Pentecost, an advocate for persecuted Christians says that Nigerian Christians largely do not view the U.S. government as a "credible partner" that will advocate on their behalf. Stephen Rasche, an American lawyer who has...

More about the Christians of Iraqi-Kurdistan and Nineveh than Pope Francis, the film highlights their gratitude by showing why it was so important to them that he visit Iraq.

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

Mar 9, 2021 Mar 9, 2021 Congressman Hal Rogers presents Private First Class Josh Helton from Knox County. | Photo contributed Eric Connolly WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Rep. Harold "Hal" Rogers (KY-05) recognized members of the Kentucky National Guard last Tuesday who were deployed to Washington, DC from Kentuckys Fifth Congressional District following the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6. More than 26,000 National Guard members were deploye...

Iraqi Christians heartened by determination, stubbornness of Pope Francis Mar 5, 2021 contributor A worker hangs the Vatican flag on a utility pole in Najaf, Iraq, Feb. 27, 2021. Pope Francis is visiting Iraq March 5-8. (Credit: Alaa Al-Marjani/Reuters via CNS.) Before Pope Francis left for his historic trip to Iraq, several observers objected to the risks he was taking, given the security situation and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. However, one American working in the country said, “it’s ...

Pope Francis arrives for a meeting with bishops, priests, religious men and women, seminarians and catechists in the Syriac Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of Deliverance in Baghdad March 5, 2021. (CNS photo/Paul Haring Maryann Cusimano Love, an associate professor of international relations at the Catholic University of America in Washington, is trying to think of a time when Pope Francis walked into a more dangerous and complicated situation than he did today, touching down in Baghdad. “Well...

Papal travel during a pandemic – what impact will it have? Dec 11, 2020 senior correspondent A doctor checks the blood pressure of a displaced Iraqi woman in a medical center at a camp in Dahuk March 7, 2020. Catholic aid agencies helping the displaced in northern Iraq say they are reaching those in need as the COVID-19 situation there slowly improves. (Credit: Ari Jalal/Reuters via CNS.) Pope Francis’s visit to Iraq in March will carry huge significance for the nation’s small and persec...

Religious Freedom: Will U.S. Emphasis Continue Under Biden? Susan Crabtree © AP Photo/Fay Abuelgasim It was already a deeply moving tour through the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum when it became personal for one visitor. Senior State Department officials were wending their way through the sobering exhibits accompanied by recent survivors of religious persecution at an event kicking off the 2019 Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom, a Washington gathering of high-l...