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Elise Harris :SENIOR CORRESPONDENT
Worshippers pray during Mass in 2017 at St. George Chaldean Catholic church in Teleskof, Iraq, which was damaged by Islamic State militants. (Credit: Marko Djurica/Reuters via CNS.) Continue reading
Assyrian Archbishop Ramzi Garmou (C) leads Mass rituals on Christmas Eve at the Saint Joseph Chaldean-Assyrian Catholic church in Tehran, Iran. (Photo by AP)
Iran’s Assyro-Chaldean churches have censured US officials’ “interventionist” claims about the situation of religious minorities in the Islamic Republic, calling on Washington Continue reading
In response to His Beatitude (H. B.) Patriarch Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako’s invitation, the Synod of the Chaldean Church held its’ annual meeting, 7-13 August 2018, at the Patriarchate Headquarters in Baghdad. Bishops of different dioceses participated, including Australia, America, Canada, Europe, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon and Syria, bearing in Continue reading
Chaldean Catholic synod offers thanks for return of displaced Christians
Dale Gavlak CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
A clergyman and altar servers process during Mass in 2014 at St. Joseph Chaldean Catholic Church in Baghdad, Iraq. The synod for the Iraqi Chaldean Catholic Church in Baghdad took place Aug. 7-13. (Credit: Ahmed Saad/Reuters via CNS.) Continue reading
Prosecutors accuse Joseph Assad of conspiring to bring down government
Julian Borger in Washington Shaun Walker in Budapest
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The alleged coup plot involved the assassination of former prime minister Milo Continue reading
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In a bizarre twist concerning a convoluted year-long trial into an alleged 2016 Montenegrin coup plot, which Podgorica claims involved “Russian state agencies,” Montenegrin prosecutors have called for the arrest of a former CIA officer they say was involved. Continue reading
The Synod 2018, held August 7 to 13 in Baghdad, gathered local prelates and those from the diaspora. The tensions between Washington and Tehran worry: no sanctions but diplomacy. The return of Christians and the reconstruction work that are fundamental for the rebirth of Iraq. Continue reading
Elise Harris
SENIOR CORRESPONDENT
An Iraqi boy is glad to receive food provided by the Knights of Columbus. The Catholic fraternal organization has raised and committed almost $19 million in aid to Christians and other persecuted religious minorities in the Middle East. (Credit: CNS Continue reading
Fehim Tastekin
A Christian worshipper lights candles following a mass on Christmas at the Virgin Mary Syriac Orthodox Church in Diyarbakir, Turkey, Dec. 25, 2017.
As tensions simmered between Ankara and Washington over detained American pastor Continue reading
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The displaced families from Mosul and the Nineveh Plain residing in Ashti 2 Camp (the caravans) in Ankawa asked the administration of the camp and the authorities to support this complex and not to drive them out at the present time and hand the camp Continue reading
Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako has expressed concern over the delay in forming a new Iraqi government, rise in social protests and the persistence of corruption
Anne-Bénédicte Hoffner
Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako celebrates Mass at Sacred Heart Church in Tal Kaif, north Continue reading
By ACN Staff
Categories: Christians Under Siege, News
ISIS HAS BEEN OUSTED from the Christian towns and villages on the Nineveh Plains in northern Iraq, but Syriac-Orthodox Archbishop Timotheus Musa Al Shamani is worried about the lack of security. Continue reading
Region:Turkey
Theme: Politics, Analytics
The minority leaders were pressured by the Turkish regime to claim that they are not pressured, Armenian-American writer, public activist and publisher of The California Courier, Harut Sassounian notedd. Continue reading
Courtney Grogan Catholic News Agency
Icon of Our Lady Help of Persecuted Christians, presented at the Knight of Columbus convention. Credit CNA
Knights of Columbus Supreme Knight Carl Anderson pledged the fraternal Continue reading
Elise Harris
A Catholic church destroyed by Islamic State militants in Karamles, Iraq, is examined by a priest following the 2016 liberation of the predominantly Christian town. St. John the Baptist Parish Knights of Columbus Council 10305 in Fort Calhoun, Neb., is supporting Continue reading
Hundreds of Iraqi Christians in Karamles took part in a procession last night, to commemorate the night four years ago earlier, when IS/Daesh drove many tens of thousands of Christians from the towns and villages of the Nineveh Plain.
Before the procession, there were prayers and a reflection on the pain and suffering Continue reading
UK’s tiny number of Syrian Christian refugees sparks backlash against UN
Christian Syrian refugee Walid Aleid, injured in a bomb attack in Damascus, rides a bus from Paris to Le Mans with fifteen family members. October 2, 2015. © Stephane Mahe / Reuters Continue reading
By Dr. Mohamed Chtatou
The Arab Christians ????? ????????? or ????? ????????? have been part of the Arab world since the dawn of modern history. They have actively respected the predominance of Islam in the Middle East, and were instrumental in the protection and promotion of the Continue reading
At one point, his defeat seemed imminent. Now he presides over a ruined country. How did this happen?
Christopher Phillips
A defaced image of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad on a wall inside a school in Idlib provinceKhalil Ashawi / Reuters Continue reading
Sidharth Shekhar
Yazidi women were sold in the slave market of Raqqa, Syria and Mosul and girls as young as 8 years were bought by men who visited the daily market. Several thousand Yazidis were killed by the Islamic State. Continue reading