Mass migration of Christians spells end of church in Iraq, warn activists

December 31, 2016 — ICC Note: Since 2003 mass migration has practically eliminated the Christian population of Iraq. Christian activists in the country are greatly concerned with the survivability of the Church in their...

Aggressive Secularism Discriminates Against Christians in the West, Vatican Diplomat Warns

December 27, 2016 — ICC Note: A diplomat from the Vatican, Janusz Urbanczyk, spoke about the effects of discrimination against Christians in the West during a recent conference. Although deliberate acts of religiously motivated...

Prince Charles Hits Out Against Religious Persecution

December 22, 2016 — ICC Note: In a recent radio broadcast, Prince Charles of Wales spoke out against religious persecution around the world. While he has frequently spoken out against this matter, he reached...

UK Nurse Sues After Being Fired for Speaking About Her Faith With Patients

December 12, 2016 — ICC Note: Sarah Kuteh, a nurse in the UK, was fired in August after sharing her Christian faith with patients on several occasions. Kuteh has since filed a lawsuit over...

Syrian Christians must choose between several evils

December 9, 2016 — ICC Note: Senior Syrian clerics visited Ireland last week to discuss the dire situation faced by Christians in Syria. The conflict is not so much of good guys vs. bad...

Three Christian leaders from the Middle East denied entry to the U.K.

December 7, 2016 — ICC Note: After Prince Charles visited the ceremony at St. Thomas Cathedral and spoke on the plight of suffering Christians in the Middle East, he extended an invitation to three...

ISIS Sex Slave Survivor Told Jihadists Who Raped Her: ‘No Religion Accepts What They Did’

December 5, 2016 — ICC Note: A sex slave survivor of The Islamic State in Iraq has spoken before the UN recounting the atrocities committed against her and fellow women in Iraq. Starting in...

Persecuted Christians Need Your Support, EU Officials Told

December 1, 2016 — ICC Note: European Union officials and religious leaders met on Tuesday to discuss the necessary help needed to aid Christians in the Middle East. Many expressed frustrations with the EU...

European Union Officials Urged to Support Persecuted Christians

December 1, 2016 — ICC Note: During an interfaith meeting of various religious leaders, officials from the European Union were urged to take greater action on behalf of Christians facing persecution for their faith....

Christian Refugees Facing Attacks In European Refugee Camps

November 30, 2016 — ICC Note: More and more testimonies are coming forth from European refugee centers of Christian persecution. Middle East Christians in particular are in harms way due to their Muslim neighbors...

Failure to bring IS to justice shows UN genocide conventions ‘obsolete’

November 29, 2016 — ICC Note: In her new book, Never Again, Ewlina Ochab explains that the existing conventions on the prevention of genocide has failed religious minorities in the Middle East. She ardently...

Prince Charles Condemns ‘Appalling Suffering’ Of Syria’s Christians

November 28, 2016 — ICC Note: Prince Charles of Wales danced and visited with members of the congregation at the consecration of the new Syriac Orthodox church in London. As a devout Christian, the...

Woman Stabbed to Death in Attack on Home for Retired Missionaries

November 28, 2016 — ICC Note: A woman was fatally stabbed in southwestern France after a masked man carried out an attack on a home that houses retired missionaries. According to the latest reports,...

Turkey: Even Dead Christians Cannot Escape Islamic Persecution

November 18, 2016 — ICC Note: Christian persecution in Turkey is ever on the rise as the government continues its crackdown against non-Muslims. They have gone so far as to persecute the dead among...

Christians from Pakistan Refused Visas to Visit UK Church – Because They Are Too Poor

November 14, 2016 — ICC Note: According to reports, two Pakistani Christians were denied visas to visit a church in the UK after being told that they are “not wealthy enough.” Due to job...

Displaced Syrian Christian in UK helps bring hope for future of Middle East churches

November 12, 2016 — ICC Note: A displaced Syrian Christian living in the UK is helping spread the news of hope and survival for Middle East churches. Originally from Aleppo, the Syrian man has...