For Jeb Bush, Christian Persecution Is Personal

Hours after Pope Francis warned yet again against a complicit silence in the West about Christian persecution Monday, Governor Bush told me over the phone that “the persecution of Christians and other minority populations in Iraq,” too, is a matter of personal concern. “While my daughter in law was born in Canada, her family is Christians from Iraq.” He points to the Knights of Columbus’s matching-grant program “to provide support for these populations that are being decimated,” explaining that he has b