Catholic Church

March 30, 2026 | Shannon Walsh, Sean Calabria

Contra Pope Leo, Catholic Just War Doctrine Supports Iran Strikes

Over the weekend, Pope Leo XIV celebrated Palm Sunday Mass at the Vatican by condemning those who “wage war” and insisting that God unequivocally rejects war and the prayers of those who...

January 15, 2026 | Jason Jay Smart, Ivana Stradner

Russian Orthodox Propaganda Takes Aim at Patriarch Bartholomew, Calling Him ‘Antichrist in Cassock’

In its ongoing attacks on religious organizations with the potential to erode Moscow’s sway in its former sphere of influence, Russian intelligence is now stooping to demonological name-calling.

December 24, 2025 | Mariam Wahba, Samuel Ben-Ur

Eight Things to Know About Christians in China

The latest wave of religious repression in China represents the most aggressive internal clampdowns in years. Catholic bishops appointed by the Vatican have been disappeared, despite a deal allegedly giving...

December 17, 2025 | Sinan Ciddi, William Doran

How Turkey Props up Venezuela

The government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan has provided an unexpected sanctions evasion lifeline for Nicolas Maduro’s Venezuela.

September 30, 2025 | Charlie Laderman, Nazee Moinian

Freedom for Iran: Learning From U.S. Support for Polish Anti-Communists in the 1980s

January 22, 2024 | Haisam Hassanein |

After Israel-Hamas war, Egyptian Copts face ambiguous future

For almost a decade, Egyptian President Abdel Fatah el-Sisi has wanted to curb religious extremism and enhance the status of Christians in his country. In the wake of Hamas’ Oct. 7th attacks...

December 28, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

Strategery 101

When an enemy attacks a friend, back the friend

August 18, 2022 | Mark Dubowitz, Saeed Ghasseminejad

The Republic of Fatwas

Last week, a Shiite American of Lebanese origin, 24-year-old Hadi Matar, attempted to murder the Indian-born British-American author Salman Rushdie. Matar’s social media posts display staunch support...

January 5, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

The new conquistadores

U.S. adversaries are becoming South American hegemons

June 14, 2021 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Samuel Hodgson, Austin Blair

Behind the Black Bloc

An Overview of Militant Anarchism and Anti-Fascism

March 8, 2021 | Sharon Nazarian, Aykan Erdemir

The Middle East’s religious minorities are facing extinction. The world must act.

Pope Francis began his first-ever papal trip to Iraq on Friday, marking a watershed moment in relations between the Catholic Church and the Middle East. Yet for all the optimism of the Pope’s message,...

October 1, 2020 | Philip Kowalski |

Turkey Uses Medieval Score-Settling To Justify Its Hagia Sophia Conversion

Europe is now home to one of the world’s strangest paradoxes. The continent’s most prominent mosque, the Great Mosque of Cordoba, has served as a church since the year 1236. Meanwhile, Ankara in July converted Europe’s...

August 21, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Boykott

Germany’s Battle Against the Delegitimization of Israel

November 13, 2019 | Clifford D. May

Justice triumphant

The story of an American who overcame should be told around the world

July 18, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Jihadists rape, stone Christian woman to death in Syria

Christian and human rights groups reported over the last week that the 60-year-old Suzan Der Kirkour was found dead outside of her village, al-Yaqoubiyeh.

June 27, 2019 | Aykan Erdemir |

Religious Freedom in Turkey

April 23, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Terrorists in Sri Lanka swore allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

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April 22, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iranian regime center in Vienna: Homosexuality means the end of humanity

Islamic Shi’ite center promotes destruction of Israel.

April 19, 2019 | Aykan Erdemir |

Scapegoats of Wrath, Subjects of Benevolence: Turkey’s Minorities Under Erdoğan

September 17, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

Turkish Teenager Who Plotted to Blow Up Gay Club in Frankfurt Arrested

German police in the state of Hesse arrested a teenager earlier this month for plotting an Islamic terror attack on a ...