Christians in Middle East Media Misrepresentation
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Faith Under Siege
Robert Royal Interviews Archbishop Amel Nona, Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Baghdad
We’re happy to present the next video in our series “Faith under Siege,” produced in collaboration with Aid to the Church in Need USA. In this interview, we are joined by the Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, Archbishop Amel Nona, to discuss the current state of Iraq’s Christian community and the recent call on...
Robert Royal Interviews Archbishop Bashar Matti Warda to Discuss Religious Freedom in Iraq
We’re happy to present the next video in our series “Faith under Siege,” produced in collaboration with Aid to the Church in Need USA. In this interview, we are joined by Archbishop Bashar Matti Warda from the Chaldean Archdiocese of Erbil to discuss the current state of the Church and religious freedom in Iraq. After...
Faith in God, Not Regime — Claire Lai on Her Father Jimmy Lai’s Imprisonment | Faith Under Siege
Dr. Robert Royal sits down with Claire Lai — daughter of imprisoned Hong Kong publisher and Catholic dissident Jimmy Lai — to discuss her father’s imprisonment, the role of faith in his witness, and the upcoming Trump-Xi meeting that has put renewed focus on China’s political prisoners. Released as part of Faith Under Siege, the...
Robert Royal interviews Uzay Bulut about Pope Leo’s trip to Africa
We’re honored to present to you the third in our series of podcasts called “Faith under Siege,” produced in collaboration with Aid to the Church in Need USA. This episode is particularly timely in that Pope Leo XIV has embarked on his trip to Africa where he will visit Algeria, Angola, Cameroon, and Equatorial Guinea....
Robert Royal Interviews Lebanese Bishop Georges Bacouni on War and Catholic Church in Middle East
We’re honored to present to you the second in our series of podcasts “Faith under Siege,” produced in collaboration with Aid to the Church in Need USA. This episode is particularly timely in that the Iran war has spilled over into a renewed conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon — which always affects the...
Robert Royal Interviews His Beatitude Sviatoslav on Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church & Ukrainian War
This interview is the very first in a series of podcasts being produced under a new partnership between Aid to Church in Need USA and the Faith & Reason Institute, the parent organization of The Catholic Thing. In light of the material developed in Robert Royal’s recent book Martyrs of the New Millennium, supported in part by...
Ukraine’s Resilience: A Long-Term Mission
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