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January 27, 2016

Priest laments destruction of Iraq's oldest Christian monastery

This 2009 photo shows the remains of St. Elijah Monastery in Mosul, Iraq. Islamic State militants claimed responsibility for the recent destruction of Iraq’s oldest Christian monastery after a preservation effort was mounted to save the 1,400- year-old site.

AMMAN, Jordan - Catholic clergy lamented the destruction of Iraq's oldest Christian monastery, St. Elijah, and urged the international community to do more to stop such assaults.

Published in International
January 27, 2016

English cardinal warns teachers against Islamic State recruitment

A masked, black-clad militant, identified as a Briton named Mohammed Emwazi, brandishes a knife in this still image from a 2014 video. Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster planned to tell delegates at a London conference Jan. 28 to guard against the Internet recruitment of vulnerable secondary school students by the Islamic State group.

MANCHESTER, England - It can take just one month to turn a disenfranchised teenage Catholic student into fanatical Islamic terrorist, an English cardinal planned to warn Catholic teachers.

Published in International
March 4, 2015

21 slain Egyptian Copt martyrs had their cross to bear

Coptic Christian women attend a Feb. 17 service in Cairo for the Egyptians said to have been beheaded in Libya. A video released on social media Feb. 15 is said to show the beheadings.

MONTREAL - Christians have always faced various degrees of persecution through the centuries and should always be prepared to wear  “the crown of martyrdom,” a Coptic leader in Montreal told his congregation Feb. 28 during a memorial Mass honouring  21 Egyptians who were beheaded on a beach in Libya by jihadists in mid-February.

Published in International
October 9, 2014

Defining just war

A Canadian Royal Navy CF-18.

New Democrat MP Paul Dewar flushed with surprise when asked whether, as someone raised Catholic, he considers Canada’s involvement in the bombing of ISIL terrorists to qualify as a just war. 

Published in Peter Stockland
September 30, 2014

Religious leaders try to cope with Islamic State attacks

Religious leaders try to cope with Islamic State attacks

Religious leaders agree the Islamic State — also known as ISIL or ISIS — must be stopped. Their struggle is how best to do it.

Published in International