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VIS news - Holy See Press Office: Francis in the Consistory: we cannot resign ourselves to a Middle East without Christians

“We are witnessing a phenomenon of terrorism on an unimaginable scale”, he commented. “Many of our brothers and sisters are brutally persecuted and driven from their homes. It seems that an awareness of the value of human life has been lost; it as is if people do not count and can be sacrificed to other interests. And unfortunately all this encounters indifference on the part of many”. “This unjust situation requires, aside from our constant prayer, an adequate response on the part of the international community

How to Defeat ISIS, According to Ted Cruz - The Atlantic

When Sunnis kills Shiites, Cruz shrugs because there’s been a sectarian divide within Islam since 632. But when Muslims kills Christians—another conflict with a long history—Cruz readies the F-16s.