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FILE - In this Saturday, June 24, 2017 file photo, Zeid Ali, 12, left, and Hodayfa Ali, 11, comfort each other after their house was hit and collapsed during fighting between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq. The Ali cousins said some of their family members are still under the rubble. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

Christian Persecution

As Horrific and Deadly Global Persecution Rages at Hands of Communists, Extremists, ‘Strength of the Church’ Shines Through

“Heroes.”

Billy Hallowell
Rolando Alvarez, Bishop of Matagalpa, arrives for a press conference in Managua, Nicaragua, Thursday, May 3, 2018. the Roman Catholic Church agreed on Tuesday April 24, 2018 to act as "mediator and witness" in a national dialogue between members of civil society and the Nicaraguan Daniel Ortega's government. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Christian Persecution

‘Evil’ Persecution Horror: Nicaragua’s Communist Regime Sends Bishop to Prison for 26 Years

“It’s a communist regime…”

Billy Hallowell
FILE - Ethnic Armenian soldiers walk along the road near the border between Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia, Nov. 8, 2020. Judges at the United Nations’ top court ordered Azerbaijan on Tuesday Dec. 7, 2021, to protect all the prisoners it captured during the country's war last year with neighboring Armenia, to prevent incitement of racial hatred against Armenians and to punish vandalism of Armenian cultural heritage. (AP Photo/File)

Christian Persecution

‘An Impending Genocide’: ‘Annihilation of Christians’ Could Unfold in Nagorno-Karabakh, Baroness Caroline Cox Warns

“The Armenians were the first nation in the world to become Christian.”

Billy Hallowell
FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2016 file photo, Iraqi Christians pray at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, damaged by Islamic State fighters during their occupation of Qaraqosh, east of Mosul, Iraq. Pope Francis is pushing ahead with the first papal trip to Iraq despite rising coronavirus infections, hoping to encourage the country’s dwindling number of Christians who were violently persecuted during the Islamic State insurgency while seeking to boost ties with the Shiite Muslim world. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Christian Persecution

‘God Is Building His Kingdom’: Hero Facing Death Sentence Risks Life to Advocate for Persecuted Christians

“I prayed for guidance from the Lord, and I think He gave me this idea.”

Tré Goins-Phillips
FILE - Ethnic Armenian soldiers walk along the road near the border between Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia, Nov. 8, 2020. Judges at the United Nations’ top court ordered Azerbaijan on Tuesday Dec. 7, 2021, to protect all the prisoners it captured during the country's war last year with neighboring Armenia, to prevent incitement of racial hatred against Armenians and to punish vandalism of Armenian cultural heritage. (AP Photo/File)

Culture

‘There Will Be Massacres’: Armenian Christians Face Dire Circumstances Amid Nagorno-Karabakh Blockade

“There is no time to wait…”

Billy Hallowell
FILE - Ethnic Armenian soldiers walk along the road near the border between Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia, Nov. 8, 2020. Judges at the United Nations’ top court ordered Azerbaijan on Tuesday Dec. 7, 2021, to protect all the prisoners it captured during the country's war last year with neighboring Armenia, to prevent incitement of racial hatred against Armenians and to punish vandalism of Armenian cultural heritage. (AP Photo/File)

Faith

‘Genocide’ Warning: As Armenian Christians Face Potential Horror, Nagorno-Karabakh Official Speaks Out

“Shocking.”

Billy Hallowell
FILE -- Fans display a banner during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and VfB Stuttgart in Dortmund, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022. Normally when the World Cup comes around, Germans proudly fly their country’s flag and enthusiastically back their team. Not this time. People boycotting the tournament and many fans say they won't watch in protest against human rights abuses in Qatar.  (AP Photo/Martin Meissner,file)

Christian Persecution

Dark Dangers and Intense Christian Persecution Bubbling Beneath the Surface of Qatar’s World Cup

“It’s a reminder to pray for Qatar.”

Billy Hallowell