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John PontifexChurch tower emerges from rubble Source: ACN A massive programme has just received the go ahead to help revive a Christian village in Iraq, which was almost completely razed to the ground after being seized by Daesh (ISIS).…
Read moreBeth LeBlanc The Detroit NewsTroy — Vice President Mike Pence met Tuesday with the Chaldean American Chamber of Commerce ahead of a Troy rally to discuss possible relief from deportations for some Iraqi nationals.…
Read moreGabriella Patti CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICESinger Josh Groban and Father Patrick Setto, assistant pastor of Mother of God Chaldean Catholic Church in Southfield, Mich., are pictured in a combination photo. During a Feb. 9, 2020, concert in in Windsor, Ontario, Groban, a world-famous tenor,…
Read moreLowest parliamentary vote turnout since 1979 revolution reflects disillusionment among reformist backers, analysts say. by Arwa Ibrahim Poll workers in Tehran during Friday’s parliamentary election [Nazanin Tabatabaee/WANA via Reuters]…
Read moreBy Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service CNS photo/Paul HaringBishop John M. Botean of the Romanian Catholic Eparchy of St George’s in Canton, Ohio, returns to his seat after receiving Communion as bishops of the Eastern Catholic churches in the United States concelebrate a Divine Liturgy in the crypt of St. Peter’s…
Read moreSinger Josh Groban and Father Patrick Setto, assistant pastor of Mother of God Chaldean Catholic Church in Southfield, Mich., are pictured in a combination photo. During a Feb. 9, 2020, concert in in Windsor, Ontario, Groban, a world-famous tenor, passed the microphone to the priest and he began singing “Who Can Say for Certain”…
Read moreAfter eight years, the city’s international airport reopened to flights. The reopening of the highway to the capital has been marked with street celebrations. Archbishop Audo sees “positive” signs, but stresses the importance of reconstruction, territorial integrity and international support. Christians want to contribute to reconstruction.…
Read moreCatholic News AgencyIsis training center in Christian church, Iraq (Lena Ha/Shutterstock)The rebuilding of a Syriac Catholic church in Mosul, Iraq, destroyed by ISIS will begin soon, the UN’s heritage agency (UNESCO) has announced.…
Read moreHelping persecuted Christians “is not somebody else’s business: it’s our business” – Archbishop John Wilson By John Pontifex SOUTHWARK’S new Archbishop has made an urgent call for action to support persecuted Christians saying helping them “is not somebody else’s business: it’s our business”.…
Read moreJunno Arocho Esteves CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICEBishop Jacob Angadiath of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of St. Thomas of Chicago, center, prepares to concelebrate a Divine Liturgy with bishops of the Eastern Catholic churches in the United States at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in…
Read moreThe UAE’s Ministry of Culture is funding the project in the city once occupied by ISIS A Christian fighter from Hashed Al Shaabi (Popular Moblisation units) walks inside a heavily damaged Syriac Orthodox church named Al Tahera in the old city of Mosul on January 9, 2018. AFP…
Read moreRana al-Ahmde YouTube/Aso NetworkA still from a video shows people attending the first Islamic forum in Raqqa, Iraq, Feb. 1, 2020. RAQQA, Syria — Since the city of Raqqa was freed from the Islamic State (IS) in…
Read moreAfter Andrew Brunson’s release, foreign evangelists find it increasingly difficult to stay and serve.Jayson Casper Image: Source Images: Congin Kim / Annie Spratt / UnsplashFive days after her husband’s murder, Jung Kyung-In named her newborn daughter…
Read moreLawk Ghafuri ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – In a reflection of the devastation caused by the Islamic State’s (ISIS) rapid conquest of western and northern regions of Iraq in 2014, the poverty rate in Iraq increased dramatically between 2013 and 2014. …
Read moreSophie Woodrooffe / Coast Reporter?Rev. Ayboob Adwar is the interim Priest-in-Charge at St. Hilda’s Anglican Church in Sechelt.For the interim priest at St. Hilda’s Anglican Church in Sechelt, appreciation for community runs deep.…
Read moreMohammad Ali ABU DHABI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – 15th Feb, 2020) Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance, today, received in his palace Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East and Supreme Head of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church, and his accompanying delegation.…
Read moreBy Stefan J. Bos-Nigeria’s army is under pressure to improve protection for minority Christians amid increased Islamic attacks. WASHINGTON/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)– Supporters of a recent Washington breakfast meeting dedicated to persecuted Christians fear several…
Read moreIt’s A Dangerous Time For Christians In Northeastern SyriaBy Jane Arraf •We begin this next story by visiting a church. It is a church in a war zone. It is a Christian church in an overwhelmingly Muslim region. It is in far northeastern Syria, part of the region that has been controlled by ethnic Kurds,…
Read moreHassan, a Kurdish resident of Iraqi city, tells The Media Line: ‘I want to return, but I’m afraid’By MEDIA LINE A headquarters building of Popular Mobilization Forces (Hashd al-Shaabi) burns after…
Read morePhoto: aljazeera.comPope Francis has appealed for the protection of women and children fleeing violence in Syria, where more than half a million people have been displaced in the past two months.…
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