What naming ISIS’ actions ‘genocide’ would mean to Christians (COMMENTARY)
(RNS) To not say the truth would give Islamic militants a green light, says one Iraqi priest.
View ArticleUS says Islamic State committed genocide against Christians
WASHINGTON -- The State Department says the designation by Secretary John Kerry does not create a legal obligation for the United States.
View ArticlePope’s visit to Armenian genocide memorial may strain tensions with Turkey
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Francis’ trip carries huge significance, following the pontiff’s description of the killings as "the first genocide of the 20th century,” a claim Turkey rejects.
View ArticleYes, there was an Armenian genocide
All Jews should affirm that the Armenian catastrophe was a genocide. The first of its kind, in fact.
View ArticlePope to visit Armenia after irking Turkey with ‘genocide’ label
(Reuters) Pope Francis will have to tread delicately at Tzitzernakaberd and in half a dozen other addresses to political and religious leaders.
View ArticlePope on visit to Armenia cites ‘genocide,’ likely to anger Turkey
(Reuters) Pope Francis departed from his prepared text on Friday (June 24) to use the word "genocide" to describe the mass killings of Armenians in 1915.
View ArticleTurkey says Pope shows ‘crusader mentality’ by calling 1915 killings genocide
(Reuters) A Turkish deputy prime minister said that it was 'unfortunate' that Pope Francis had labeled the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman forces a genocide, and that it reflected the papacy's...
View Article‘Defusing Hate’: Holocaust museum publishes a handbook
(RNS) A young American who countered incendiary speech in Kenya authors a how-to book.
View ArticleTwo Rwandan pols found guilty of slaughter inside a Catholic church
(RNS) A French court sentenced the former politicians to life in prison for masterminding the killing of 2,000 people taking refuge in the church during the country’s 1994 genocide.
View ArticleActivists: West is ignoring genocide of Middle East religious minorities
(RNS) The plight of Christians in the Middle East is all but ignored, say their advocates.
View ArticleRwandan bishops apologize for role in 1994 genocide
(RNS) The apology was read aloud in all Catholic churches in the local Kinyarwanda dialect on Sunday (Nov. 20).
View ArticlePope asks forgiveness for church role in Rwanda genocide
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Some massacres took place in churches where people who had sought refuge were killed by militias
View ArticleChristian genocide: Blame Israel?
(RNS) In attacking the powerful new documentary film 'Faithkeepers,' James Zogby joins a long line of condescending Westerners who infantilize Islamists by claiming that they didn’t mean what they said.
View ArticleRex Tillerson: Protecting targets of ISIS’ ‘genocide’ a religious freedom...
WASHINGTON (RNS) — 'The protection of these groups — and others subject to violent extremism — is a human rights priority for the Trump administration,' the secretary of state said.
View ArticleBrian Zahnd: No, God didn’t command genocide in the Old Testament
The following is an adaptation from “Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God.” I have decided to feature it here because it was one of the most profound and readable theological reflections that I’ve...
View ArticlePope Francis shouldn’t risk going to Myanmar
(RNS) — Next week Pope Francis will visit Myanmar, where he risks either compromising his moral authority or putting in danger the Christians of that country. I have great admiration for the pope and...
View ArticleTurkey says Pope shows ‘crusader mentality’ by calling 1915 killings genocide
(Reuters) A Turkish deputy prime minister said that it was 'unfortunate' that Pope Francis had labeled the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman forces a genocide, and that it reflected the papacy's...
View Article‘Defusing Hate’: Holocaust museum publishes a handbook
(RNS) A young American who countered incendiary speech in Kenya authors a how-to book. The post ‘Defusing Hate’: Holocaust museum publishes a handbook appeared first on Religion News Service.
View ArticleTwo Rwandan pols found guilty of slaughter inside a Catholic church
(RNS) A French court sentenced the former politicians to life in prison for masterminding the killing of 2,000 people taking refuge in the church during the country’s 1994 genocide. The post Two...
View ArticleActivists: West is ignoring genocide of Middle East religious minorities
(RNS) The plight of Christians in the Middle East is all but ignored, say their advocates. The post Activists: West is ignoring genocide of Middle East religious minorities appeared first on Religion...
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