Easter comes early for refugees, immigrants with special needs
Posted by SDD Contributor , Bandelle Markos, 8, and her aunt, Zena Elias, adjust bunny ears on Markos‘ cousin and Elias‘ nephew, Matthew Yousif, all of Sterling Heights, during the “Breaking Barriers Spring Event” on Saturday, March 18, 2017 at St. Continue reading →

Lebanese Christian children meet St. Nicholas during a 2018 gift drive by St. Rafka Mission of Hope and Mercy. Credit: SRMHM.
By Courtney Grogan
MoreBeirut, Lebanon, Dec 14, 2019 / 02:00 pm (CNA).- As Lebanon’s economic crisis Continue reading →

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 14, ARMENPRESS. President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian addressed a message to Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, the Armenian President’s Office told Armenpress. Continue reading →

 By Daily Camera letters | openforum@dailycamera.com | Boulder Daily Camera
Mike Schreiner: Speaker at Council endured discriminatory harassment
I was saddened and disappointed to read about John Spitzer’s experience at Boulder City Council, described in his recent letter to the editor. Continue reading →

Spreading Christmas cheer: St Narsai Assyrian Christian College donated 40 hampers of food to CatholicCare recently. 
Christmas is a time which people come together and share a meal together in joy. Sadly, not everyone has this luxury. It’s why St Narsai Assyrian Christian College Continue reading →

In addition to historic recognition by US lawmakers, this week a new patriarch was finally elected in Istanbul, Turkey.
Jayson Casper Image: Maja Hitij / Staff / Getty
Following years of frustration, Armenian Christians worldwide received a double blessing this week Continue reading →

In the final years of the Ottoman Empire, the Ottoman government under the Committee of Union and Progress (“CUP”) orchestrated the massacre of its Christian minorities. The Ottoman government organized death squads, forced people out of their homes, and marched them to their deaths in the Anatolian mountains and the Syrian Desert. Continue reading →

In a video, the Chaldean primate praises the document signed by the Pope and the Grand Imam of al-Azhar at a conference sponsored by the French Senate. In Iraq, protesters make unprecedented demands. Confessional conflicts are a “scandal”. Constitution, citizenship and infrastructure are needed to revive the country. Continue reading →

Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution that recognizes as a genocide the mass killings of Armenians a century ago, a historic move that infuriated Turkey and dealt a blow to the already problematic ties between Ankara and Washington. Continue reading →

The Melkite Basilica of St. Paul in Harissa, Lebanon. Credit: Kevin Jones/CNA.
By Doreen Abi Raad As anti-government protests continue in Lebanon, the country’s economic crisis is worsening. Banks have imposed restrictions on withdrawals and transfers, the currency has been devalued and many people are losing jobs. Financial Continue reading →

Church of the Brethren Newsline
Photo by Weldon Nisly of Christian Peacemaker TeamsNathan Hosler, front right, talking with community leaders on delegation with Churches for Middle East Peace in Iraqi Kurdistan.
By Nathan Hosler Continue reading →

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John Hayward
A report at RealClearPolitics (RCP) on Wednesday charged that bureaucrats in the U.S. State Department under the Obama administration deliberately thwarted aid programs for Christians and Yazidis subjected to genocidal attacks in Iraq by the Islamic State. Continue reading →

Leaders of Iraq’s Christians unanimously cancel Christmas-related celebrations in solidarity with the protest movement – but the aims of their stance go deeper than tinsel and fairy lights.
by  Associated Press , Israel Hayom Staff Continue reading →

Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako. Credit: Aid to the Church in Need
 (CNA).- Christmas celebrations among Iraqi Christians will be subdued this year in a show of solidarity with anti-government protesters. Continue reading →

By Sarah Z. Salih  There will be no Christmas tinsel in Iraq this year. According to AP, a recent decision by Iraq’s Christians to call off seasonal festivities was released to honor the protest movement and all those who lost their lives. The aim of their stance goes way deeper than just the tinsel and fairy lights, slogans of a united Iraq free of Continue reading →

The Armenian Mirror-Spectator
ALEPPO (Panorama.am) —  The Armenian Catholic Cathedral of Our Mother of Mercy was reopened on Saturday, December 7, in the  al-Telal neighborhood of Aleppo after restoration and renovation works to fix the damage caused to the cathedral by terrorism Continue reading →

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press
BAGHDAD — The Christmas tree in the middle of a central Baghdad plaza occupied by anti-government protesters is bare, save for portraits of those killed under fire from security forces. A tribute, the demonstrators explained, to a recent decision by Iraq’s Continue reading →

Amid show of solidarity by Chaldean patriarch, some Iraqi Christians hope to lead nation to Jonah-like repentance. Jayson Casper
Image: Courtesy of National Baptist Church
Pastor Ara Badalian leads members of National Baptist Church in prayer at Baghdad’s Continue reading →

Persecuted Christians |For months, Iraqis have been taking to the streets to protest against corruption, sectarianism, the precariousness of basic services and the lack of future opportunities. Continue reading →

In 2015, an Iraqi refugee from the Ninevah Plain region prays Christmas day at a camp in Calais, France. (CNS photo/Stephanie Lecocq, EPA)
By Doreen Abi Raad • Catholic News Service • Posted December 10, 2019 Continue reading →