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By Murcadha O Flaherty WALKING up to 175 miles across north-west England and Wales, staff from a leading Catholic charity visited five cathedrals over five months to raise awareness of the suffering Church in Iraq. Finishing at Shrewsbury Cathedral last Saturday (15th September), Aid to the Church in…

Card Sako talks to Chaldean clergy about social media, pastoral outreach, news ways to bear witness to the Gospel Chaldean priests and bishops are currently attending the Patriarchal Synod in Ankawa. In his message, the Chaldean primate invites them to find new ways of working ahead…

A Wall Street Journal column criticizing “career staff” for getting in the way of aid to Christians in Iraq was published on a Thursday. Maria Longi lost her job on Friday. Zach Gibson / AFP / Getty Images WASHINGTON — A senior USAID official from the agency’s Middle East bureau was…

Rohini Swamy Nuns on hunger strike protest against the delay in action against bishop Franco Mulakkal in Kochi | PTI From teenagers and nuns to a tourist accusing priests of rape, the Indian clergy, like the Roman Catholic Church globally, has been tainted by scandal.…

By Sajid Ahmed Long before Father Thomas Chillikulam became a chaplain for Loyola students, he spent his days running four miles back from school to collect cashews with his 10 siblings on the family farm.…

Region:Armenia, Iran, Middle East Theme: Politics Armenian member of the Iranian Parliament Karen Khanlari praised the commander of the IRGC Quds special forces unit, Major-General Qassem Soleimani for his efforts to…

By Rudaw Nasir Ali DUHOK, Kurdistan Region – Eighteen Christian candidates are competing for five seats reserved for them in the Kurdistan Region parliament. In the past, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan…

A relief in the Istanbul Archaeology Museum captures Sennacherib’s pride and character. ARCHAEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES AUTHOR Marc Madrigal 19 SEPTEMBER 2018 13:21 h GMT+1 Succession Treaty of Esarhaddon. Antioch Archaeology Museum. / Marc Madrigal Around the 8th century BCE, Sennacherib was…

By Fang Block An important Assyrian relief offered by the Virginia Theological Seminary is expected to fetch up to $15 million during Christie’s classic week auction. Illustration: Christie’s Christie’s New York will auction an important Assyrian relief on behalf of the Virginia…

Looming conflict 10km away is nothing new for Mhardeh where life continues and volunteer soldiers are ready to join war’s last major battle On a warm summer evening, the town centre is full of young people (MEE/Katharine Cooper) MHARDEH, Syria – Each night, the streets of the Christian town of Mhardeh teem with life.…

Zanî, a priest from Afrin, leads prayer in the newly-opened Kobani church. (Photo: Kurdistan 24) Syria Kobani Kurdistan Rojava ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Parish leaders opened a new church on Thursday in a city that became an icon for the resistance against the Islamic State (IS) in 2014.…

(MENAFN – Jordan Times) ERBIL, Iraq — Campaigning kicked off on Tuesday for a parliamentary election in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region amid political divisions a year after hopes for independence were dashed. Around 673 candidates from 29 political movements have thrown their hats into the ring…

World News – The number of Christian refugees admitted to the US has reportedly reduced – The number admitted in 2018 dropped from 25,162 the previous year to just 14,289 – Trump’s ongoing immigration crackdown and reduction of refugees admitted to the US have been reportedly condemned by religious and immigrant activist groups The…

By Marlo Safi A damaged statue of the Virgin Mary at a church in Qaraqosh, east of Mosul, Iraq, November 2016. (Goran Tomasevic/Reuters) The designation of ‘genocide’ would free up the flow of much-needed aid to some of the world’s most persecuted people.…

Persecuted Christians During the World Meeting of Families, Pope Francis listened attentively to the testimony of this Iraqi family. “Today many Christians and others are building new lives in Iraq, often with the help of Christians from around the world. They are building new homes so that families can live…

Election will see hundreds of candidates vie for 111 seats on region’s legislative assembly By Ali Mohamed ERBIL, Iraq The campaigning period for parliamentary elections in northern Iraq’s Kurdish region officially began on Tuesday.…

A student from the Syriac Christian minority shows a textbook in her language AFP/Delil souleiman QAMISHLI, Syria: Kurdish authorities in Syria’s diverse northeast are facing swelling anger from the area’s Syriac Christians after shutting down more than a dozen schools run by the ancient minority.…

Doreen Abi Raad CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan, left, leads a procession Sept. 9 during Mass at the restored Our Lady of the Assumption Syriac Catholic Cathedral in Aleppo. During the inauguration and rededication of the cathedral, Patriarch Younan…

by Doreen Abi Raad posted Tuesday, 11 Sep 2018 Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan, left, leads a procession during Mass at the restored Our Lady of the Assumption Syriac Catholic Cathedral in Aleppo (CNS photo/courtesy Syriac Catholic Patriarchate)…

ISIS seized the Syrian town of Qaryatain earlier this month – a home of thousands of Christians.…