Without naming President Trump, the pope urged all nations to "respect the status quo" of Jerusalem in accordance with United Nations resolutions.

The Supreme Court's order means that the Trump administration can fully carry out the ban -- which is now in its third iteration.

After surviving ISIS, Christian communities in Nineveh face a new threat as Kurdish Peshmerga forces and Iraqi government troops backed by Shiite militias square off across the province.

The United States last year called Islamic State's atrocities in the region constituted genocide.

A Day of Prayer for Persecuted Christians on Nov. 26 initiates “Solidarity in Suffering,” a week of awareness and education that runs through Dec. 3.

The pope described the attack as a “wanton act of brutality directed at innocent civilians gathered in prayer.”