ROME — The Vatican said Wednesday that it had concluded a treaty to recognize Palestinian statehood, a symbolic but significant step welcomed by Palestinians but upsetting to the Israeli government. Formal recognition of a Palestinian state by the Vatican, which has deep religious interests in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories that Continue Reading
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ISIS beheads and shoots Ethiopian Christians in sickening new video
Less than two months after 21 Egyptian Christians were beheaded by extremists in a similar video, now another slaughter on the beach. At least 16 captives are marched onto a beach, and 12 more in a desert to be told they must convert from Christianity to Islam or die: A Continue Reading