Rubio: Middle East Christians ‘a Fraction of What They Were Not So Long Ago’

Rubio: Cradle of Christianity Is Losing Its Christians (CNS News)

"Christians in the Middle East today are a fraction of what they were not so long ago," Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and others told a Senate hearing on Tuesday.

"If we continue on this pace, we're going to have a world where there are no Christian communities left in what was the cradle of Christianity."

Not only are Christians fleeing persecution, but their history is being "wiped out," including manuscripts, churches, and antiquities that can't be rebuilt, Rubio told Bishop Francis Kalabat, one of those testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee.