Pope condemns ISIS violence

Jerusalem - On the eve of a trip to the Middle East, Pope Francis is urging
religious and political leaders to speak out against attacks on Christians by
Islamic State extremists.
In an interview published on Thursday, the pope was quoted as saying that
the persecution of Christians today is "the worst" it has been since
Christianity's earliest days. "In Iraq, for example, barbaric, criminal
indescribable things are being committed," he was quoted as telling the
Israeli daily Yediot Ahronot.