US House Calls For Mideast Religious Rights Envoy
By BosNewsLife Americas Service
WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- A key rights official has "praised" a U.S. House of Representatives resolution for the creation of a special diplomatic envoy for religious freedom in the Middle East.
Muslim Militants Kill More Christians In Iraq
By Joseph C. DeCaro, BosNewsLife International Correspondent with BosNewsLife Middle East Service
BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in northern Iraq mourned a Christian father and his 6-year-old daughter Wednesday, November 17, after they were killed in a bomb attack, the latest in a string of strikes against the country's dwindling Christian population.
BREAKING NEWS: Iraq Church and Market Blasts Kill Dozens
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service
BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife)-- Suspected Islamic militants targeted Christians in two seperate bomb attacks in Iraq's capital Baghdad on Christmas Day, killing at least 37 people and raising fears that the embattled Christian minority will face a new wave of extremism, officials said.
URGENT BREAKING NEWS: Iraq Christians Ask Prayers As Scores Are Killed In Bombings And...
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife with BosNewsLife Middle East Service
BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife)-- Iraqi Christians asked for prayers Tuesday, November 2 as a series of explosions killed at least 50 people across Baghdad, shortly after nearly 60 people this weekend in a gun battle at a Syrian Orthodox Church.
NEWS ALERT: Up To 6 Christians Killed In Iraq
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service
BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife)-- Up to six Christians have been killed in a new wave of anti-Christian violence rocking the northern city of Mosul and nearby areas, an advocacy group said.
Iraq Militants Kill Christian; Pope Urges Authorities To Intervene
BosNewsLife Middle East Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife)-- The leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI, has appealed to Iraqi authorities to defend minority Christians, after police confirmed that the Christian owner of a car repair shop was killed, execution-style, in Mosul.
Thousands Of Iraq Christians Flee Despite “Disaster” Warnings
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service
BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife)-- Thousands of Christians are fleeing Iraq amid an upsurge in violence and eligious extremism in Iraq, the country's most senior church leader says.
BREAKING NEWS: Iraq Churches Cancel Christmas Services Amid Security Fears
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service
BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in Iraq have canceled several church services, including traditional Christmas Eve midnight Masses, amid fears of more violence after more than a dozen bonbings in the capital Baghdad killed some 60 people this week and other violence claims at least 7 lives elsewhere, Catholic and other church officials said.