Christianity

Christian Zionists ignore reality of West Bank living, Palestinian Christian leaders say

Palestinian Christian leaders told CNN that US Christian Zionists ignore their experiences and fund West Bank settlements, while Mike Huckabee defended evangelical support for Israel.

Members of the clergy take part in the yearly Christmas procession led by Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem outside the Church of the Nativityon December 24, 2025 in Bethlehem, West Bank.
Clergymen lead Christmas celebrations at the St. George's Syriac Orthodox Church in the old city of Damascus.

Christians arbitrarily detained in Syria denied Bible access, forced to observe Ramadan, CSI report

Rubaha, 8, watches from the entrance of her home as a buffalo is held down for sacrificial slaughter in celebration of Eid al-Adha in the Walled City of Lahore, Pakistan, June 8, 2025.

European Parliament demands Pakistan free 13-year-old Christian girl in forced marriage, conversion

Taliban personnel detain a woman in Herat, Afghanistan, for allegedly violating the dress code.

Female Afghan Christian convert flees Taliban, only to risk deportation in Qatar


Defending the soul of western civilization - opinion

Rising antisemitism has exposed a deeper crisis in Western moral confidence, making renewed Jewish-Christian partnership a strategic and spiritual necessity.

People attend a candlelight vigil at Lafayette Square across from the White House in Washington, DC on May 22, 2025, following a shooting that left two Israeli embassy staffers dead.

Christian persecution in the Middle East, the fight over genocide claims - opinion

Persecution, population decline, and politics collide in the fight over how Middle East Christians are described.

 People carry crosses next to a flag adopted by the new Syrian rulers, during a protest against the burning of the Christmas tree in Hama, in Damascus, Syria December 24, 2024.

IDF soldier 'smokes' with Virgin Mary statue in latest act of disregard towards Lebanese Christians

The photo, Kan News reported, had been uploaded by IDF soldiers to social media and taken in the village of Debel sometime over the last day.

AN IDF soldier puts a cigarette in the mouth of a statue of the Virgin Mary.

When faith is desecrated in Jerusalem, silence is complicity - opinion

Christians in Israel must be respected, clergy, pilgrims, churches, and monasteries, and every Christian holy site must be treated with the dignity that the Torah demands.

This X/Twitter screenshot shows an alleged incident where an IDF soldier is seen smashing a statue of Jesus in southern Lebanon on April 19, 2026.

After leaving Amish roots in Kentucky, Brianna Leapley built a Jewish life in Jerusalem

Raised without phones or internet, Brianna Leapley left Amish life, converted to Judaism, and moved to Jerusalem.

BRIANNA TO NECHAMA: The journey.

Academics recover over 40 lost pages of a 6th-century New Testament manuscript

The New Testament manuscript, also known as Codex H, was lost in the 13th century after it was disassembled at the Great Lavra Monastery on Mount Athos in northeastern Greece. 

Recovered page from the lost sixth century copy of the Letters of St. Paul, recovered by an international team of academics, April 30, 2026.

What South Park and Dante get wrong about the Hebrew Bible’s Hell - study

A new academic essay argues that the fiery underworld familiar from Dante, TV, and pop culture replaced the Hebrew Bible’s older, quieter idea of Sheol.

Dante and Virgil in the Second Circle of Hell, 1823. Found in the Collection of Thorvaldsens Museum, Copenhagen. Artist Koch, Joseph Anton (1768-1839).

Israel appoints new envoy to Christian world after Lebanese Jesus statue, Pizzaballa controversies

The new appointment, George Deek, had previously been Israel's ambassador to Azerbaijan. He was also, the Foreign Ministry noted, Israel's first Christian ambassador in history.

FOREIGN MINISTER Gideon Sa'ar and new envoy to Christian world George Deek.

Washington letter on Bosnia sparks fears of expanding foreign influence in Europe - opinion

A congressional letter reignites debate over Bosnia’s fragile balance, Dodik’s role, and Western strategy in the Balkans.

Former President of the Republic of Srpska, Milorad Dodik, gestures during a parade as Bosnian Serbs celebrate their autonomous region's statehood day with a parade of special forces and armoured vehicles in, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, January 9, 2026.

Yakov Schacht: How a Ninjutsu coach navigates life in Israel’s war zone

Yakov Schacht finds the mentality behind ninjutsu – which also forms the basis of his Shinobi Leadership Coaching business – invaluable and instructive in these scary times.

YAKOV SCHACHT, business leadership coach.