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Gerard Russell
A turning-point for Iraqi Christians? Not necessarily
iraq’s urbane and impressive new president, barham salih, has invited the pope to visit ur, home of abraham, in 2019. the invitation was ext...
Bahrain: Catholics return to the desert
a cathedral is being built in the arabian peninsula there were christians in the arabian desert before the coming of islam: they included bi...
Why we’re struggling to defeat extremism
isis recruits are often portrayed in the west as having been ordinary people prior to some sudden moment of radicalisation, shortly before t...
Egypt’s long Good Friday
pope francis will be going to egypt at eastertide, but for the christians of that country it will still be one long good friday. the copts –...
Egypt's long Good Friday
The Pope is taking a risk by visiting Egypt, but he is going to the right place at the right time
No one is safe any more
isis-style extremists are not new: they are indeed a more obvious part of human history than western-style liberals. they are, however, newl...
It’s Ronald Knox’s turn for a revival
ronald knox ed by francesca bugliani knox, pontifical institute of mediaeval studies, £48 mgr ronald knox (1888-1957) is finally getting the...
There's a good reason Christians rarely take up arms in the Middle East
Christian militias are merely defending villages from an enemy that will show no mercy. But in doing so they must make dangerous choices
The Middle East’s century of Christian warfare
we are accustomed to seeing christians in the middle east as always being victims of discrimination and violence. and so they are, and have ...
Seeds of hope in a barren wasteland
the vanishing: faith, loss, and the twilight of christianity in the land of the prophets by janine di giovanni publicaffairs, £22.99, 272 pa...
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