Thousands of Christians from Europe began a peaceful demonstration in Brussels on Saturday to protest the escalation of violence against Christians in Iraq and other nations in the Middle East. Unfortunately, when President Barack Obama visited the region, he was silent about the murder and persecution of Christians in Muslim and communist countries.(Islamic officer in veil frisks a Christan nun-Obam's America)
As if the United Nations' failure to address the persecution of Christians weren't bad enough, that international body's resolution called “Defamation of Religions” will lay the legal ground work for a country to legalize persecution of their citizens if they believe in a different religion than the state. Such a resolution would be of great assistance to Muslim, communist and socialist nations who view the teachings of Jesus Christ and the Holy Bible impediments to their political or theological goals.  read more »

Iraqi Christians are seeking UN intervention in light of the recent attack on a Syrian Catholic Church in Baghdad which killed 60 people, including two priests.

“The United Nations must protect this small community,” Syrian Catholic Archbishop Basile Georges Casmoussa of Mosul told Radio Vatican on Nov. 2.  read more »