On this Christmas season, Christian communities in the Middle East are suffering from persecution and displacement. This should be a concern for Western Christians more than the wholesale embracing of the globalized and commercial version of Christmas. The Christian communities in Iraq, in particular some of the oldest in the world, have endured invasions and occupations by many imperial powers, but they may never recover from the US invasion and the spiral of events it set in motion. The majority of Iraqi Christians are Assyrians, who belong to the CatholicRead More