"In the Footsteps of the Nazarene" presents to you today Father Thomas Uzhunnalil, SDB. Fr. Tom was kidnapped by members of Islamic State (ISIS) when they assaulted the Missionaries of Charity's home for elderly and disabled in Yemen on March 4, 2016. He was a witness to the cruel killing of 4 of the sisters, who he actually attended spiritually, and 12 volunteers that helped the sisters in the home. After that, he spent 18 months at the hands of his captors. Thanks to the International Conference WeAreN We are all Nazarenes, organized by HO.org, HM Television was able to interview this great priest of Christ.

Fr. Ibrahim Alsabagh, OFM has exercised his ministry as parish priest and superior of the Franciscan community in Aleppo, Syria. He is also the author of the book Letters from Aleppo that gathers stories about war and faith, lived in first-person.
This exemplary religious who, despite persecution and fear, has not abandoned his flock, tells us about the human and divine experience lived in the middle of this “happy war,” full of suffering, but also of grace. He will help us understand the difficult moments the city of Aleppo has gone through as well as its actual resurrection, thanks to the constant help from the Church and the strong faith of its people.
His testimony makes us feel proud of our Christian brothers and sisters.

After sixteen years in the Middle East, Fr. Enrique Montes, IVE, shares his daily challenges in the Virgin Mary refugee camp, the deep faith experiences at the Latin Cathedral of Baghdad, and the fears facing the Islamic State's still active sleeper cells.

What’s going on in Ukraine? The Ukrainian priest Fr. Vasyl Boyko tells about the situation of violent conflict, especially in the provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. The Catholic community is persecuted for defending their faith, but this is hidden to the West through the constant manipulation of the mass media and of politicians.

Meet the religious sisters who suffered together with our persecuted brothers and sisters, the flight from the ISIS invasion in the Nineveh Plain and, more specifically, in Qaraqosh. Sr. Sabria Momika, O.P. acquaints us with the experience that so many Iraqi Christians displaced to Kurdistan continue to live to this day.

In the program "In the Footsteps of the Nazarene," you can get a close up on the missionaries who are most dedicated to serving the persecuted Christians. Fr. Luis Montes, IVE, has spent 20 years evangelizing in the Middle East, and 6 of those years were spent in Iraq. Thus, he lived the conflict first-hand from Baghdad. In this program, he bears witness to the Iraqi people's faith and their present reality.