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By: Heather CatalloHe has been the face of the Iraqi deportation fight here in metro Detroit. Now after a 2 1/2 year legal battle, a judge has ruled Sam Hamama can stay with his family in West Bloomfield.…
Read moreQasr al-Yahud (“the Castle of the Jews”) is located in the West Bank about 40 km. east of Jerusalem, on the border with Jordan. It is one of the holiest sites in the Christian world.By ROSSELLA TERCATIN…
Read moreAs the Middle East and the Arab World witness a very dangerous period, and the citizens of this region including Christians who are an integral part of the region’s cultural identity, face huge challenges, the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins. This Week which is celebrated between the 18th and 25th of January is…
Read moreAndrew LawlerSources: Yemen missile attack kills at least 70 soldiersAnalysis: How Parnas worked his way into Trump worldIn the eighth century B.C., Assyrian King Sargon II ruled over a wealthy and powerful…
Read moreDalia al-Aquidi is tired of Ilhan Omar playing identity politics. “Muslims, Christians, Jews are all Americans,” she said.By DONNA RACHEL EDMUNDS JANUARY 18, 2020 01:53Democratic congressional candidate Ilhan Omar speaks at her election night party in Minneapolis.(photo credit: ERIC MILLER/REUTERS)…
Read moreThree months into Turkey’s offensive, an ancient Christian community in Syria’s northeast is experiencing a nightmare in a loop. With nowhere to go, their future looks increasingly bleak.…
Read moreWritten by ICCA Chaldean Catholic church in Turkey. (Dosseman/CC)The elderly parents of a priest were recently kidnapped from their village by unidentified men.…
Read moreThe Chaldean primate led the ceremony in the presence of bishops, priests, nuns and many faithful. In his homily, the cardinal stressed that every priest “must be like” Jesus, a “caring and kind” father. Turning to Frs Hanna and Shamil, he reminded them that prayers help “overcome difficulties”.…
Read moreANKAWA, Iraq – The Directorate of Syriac Heritage and Museum in Ankawa, a suburb of Erbil, received a delegation from the U.S. Consulate General in Erbil. The two sides discussed a project for developing the Syriac Heritage Museum within a minority support and heritage preservation program.…
Read moreCraig Mauger The Detroit News Lansing — The president of the Chaldean American Chamber of Commerce says a Michigan Senate employee should resign or be fired over Facebook posts he made about Chaldeans’ use of “Black Bridge card money.”…
Read moreGreg Piper – Associate Editor Share this article: The College Fix on Facebook The College Fix on Twitter The College ‘How will we ever bring Drag Queen Story Hour to Raqqa’? If you thought the Middle East had bigger problems than being insufficiently woke for progressive American academics, well, this isn’t the conference for you.…
Read moreIs our destiny defined by events outside our control, limiting our potential for progress or even our chances of survival? Christian Science shows how we can experience the bright promise of salvation and blessings, not doom, in our daily lives.…
Read moreJohn PontifexA Christmas Eve bonfire at Mar Jacob al-Muqataa Syriac Catholic church in Qaraqosh (Getty) Any further deterioration in relations between Iran and the West could lead to the end of Christianity in the region…
Read moreMardean IsaacMembers of the Nineveh Plain Protection Units guard a church (Getty)Patriarch Louis Sako of the Chaldean Catholic Church took the unprecedented move of cancelling Christmas celebrations in Iraq, following the violence unleashed upon regime…
Read moreSaad Salloum Women hold candles while attending Christmas mass at the Mar Shimoni Church in Bartella, Iraq, Dec. 24, 2016. BAGHDAD — In 2021, Iraqis will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the modern state of Iraq. In light of the current major changes in Iraq, Iraqi Christians feel…
Read moreOpinionGreg Jarrell | Shortly after the terrorism of September 11, 2001, the “moderate” Baptist church my wife and I were attending as seminarians made a decision. In their immoderate confusion, on the brink of a war without an enemy or a conceivable ending, the Baptist church erected a tall pole to fly an American flag.…
Read moreby Ellen Teague , James Roberts The Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Erbil Bashar Warda in 2017 Photo: Alexander Heinl/DPA/PA ImagesThe Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Kirkuk in Iraq said the majority of Iraqis wanted…
Read moreBy: Kimberly Craig DETROIT (WXYZ) — The office of State Sen. Betty Jean Alexander was inundated with phone calls this week from people who were upset by comments her chief of staff made on Facebook regarding Chaldeans.…
Read moreJohn L. Allen Jr. | Crux Now Iraqi Christians in Baghdad leave Christmas Mass at St. George Chaldean Church Dec. 25, 2019. (CNS photo/Khalid al Mousily, Reuters)ROME — Catholics, at least in theory, are supposed to have a special filter for viewing…
Read morePersecuted Christians |He is the first bishop of the biggest diocese in India, Shamshabad, which includes 23 states and two islands. It’s an eparchy of the Syro-Malabar Rite, created two years ago by Pope Francis to strengthen unity among Christian Indians.…
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