The bill will provide humanitarian relief to genocide victims in Iraq and Syria and hold accountable Islamic State perpetrators of genocide.

"Christians are leaving the Holy Land due to the lack of peace and economic hardships and we are struggling to keep them in their homeland."

Francis is the first pope to visit the oil-rich United Arab Emirates, a majority-Muslim country of 10 million people.

It has been a month since Asia Bibi was acquitted of blasphemy, but her ordeal is far from over.

“Religious Freedom in the World 2018” found worsening conditions for religious freedom in 17 nations, citing attacks on Christians in India and Iraq.

"The forces of evil are on a rampage against the church of God but, as Christians, we believe in the promise of Christ that the gates of underworld will never prevail over the church."