Monthly Archives: April 2016

Shianee Mamanglu-Regala The Chaldean Patriarchate has condemned the destruction of the historic Clock Church by the Islamic State (ISIS), saying it was undertaken “to erase Iraq’s Christian memory in favour of a state of strangers who commit terror in the name of Islam.”…

CBN News During his trip to the Vatican where he met with Pope Francis, Vice President Joe Biden addressed the persecution of Christians and other religious minority groups in the Middle East.…

We need your support to stop the Kurdish aggression in the occupied Assyrian homeland The Assyrian Council of Australia is calling on all Assyrians and supporters to join a rally that is scheduled to take place in Sydney. We are gathering to condemn in the strongest terms possible the barbaric acts of terror by the…

During the session of the regional parliament of the Malopolska Region councilors unanimously decided to donate 100 000 z?otych (26 000 dolars) to buy milk for children that took shelter in refugee camps in Kurdistan Region. Additionally, Malopolska councilors also encouraged in a special appeal and in…

Many of Iraq and Syria’s Christians come from the ancient Assyrian and Aramean peoples of the Bible, but they now face genocide in their ancestral lands, and extinction by assimilation in the West. by PETER JESSERER SMITH Iraqi Christians light candles inside a shrine in the grounds of Mazar Mar Eillia (Mar…

CB Condez (Reuters/Stringer/Turkey/Sertac Kayar)Armenian Christians pray during an Easter mass at Surp Giragos church in Diyarbakir, in the Kurdish-dominated southeastern Turkey, April 5, 2015. The Turkish government has seized churches and land in the Kurdish city of Diyarbakir…

© Photo: Wikipedia/Divot A programme director of Swedish TV4 television network said in a statement that the Turkish embassy called for the broadcaster to withdraw a film about the genocide of Assyrians, Armenians and other ethnic minorities in the Ottoman Empire during the World War I.…

florence-taylor Florence Taylor Junior Staff Writer ISIS has destroyed Mosul’s famed Clock Church, one of the best-known churches that remained in the Iraqi city, according to Iraqi news reports. Wikimedia The clock church in Mosul…

clock church by Thomas D. Williams, In their ongoing rampage against all things Christian, Islamic State jihadists have blown up the historic “Clock Church” in the center of Mosul, one of the most recognizable features of the city which could be seen from miles around. The distinctive bell tower with the clock had been given…

Mosul’s Clock Church pictured in the 1920s Credit: Lebrecht Photo Library/ALAMY Richard Spencer, Middle East Editor Islamic State jihadists have blown up one of Mosul’s best known remaining churches, known as the Clock Church after its tower, according to Iraqi news reports.…

By Joyce Coronel The Catholic Sun A Catholic priest who was kidnapped and tortured by terrorists in Iraq will speak in Phoenix May 3 in a bid to draw attention to the plight of the persecuted Church in his homeland.…

Sought to Protest Kurdish Land “Encroachment” (Beirut) – Kurdish security forces on April 13, 2016, blocked roads to prevent Christian Iraqi families from reaching the regional capital, Erbil, to hold a protest. The Christians had planned to demonstrate against what they say is encroachment on their land by Kurds.…

A vocation to the priesthood which originates and is fed by the “ilnesses” and the “drama of a nation” battered by decades of war and sectarian divisions; a personal story that is intertwined with the life of his beloved country, where “God willing” he desires to carry out his mission. ROME: A vocation to the…

22 APRIL 2013-2016: THE NEGLECTED CASE OF THE TWO KIDNAPPED ARCHBISHOPS OF SYRIA Today it is three years since, on April 22, 2013, the two archbishops of Aleppo, the Syriac Orthodox H.E. Mor Gregorius Yuhanna Ibrahim and the Greek (also called Rum or Melkite) Orthodox H.E. Boulos Yazigi, were kidnapped by unidentified armed men in…

Iraqi soldiers secure an area near the frontline on April 9, 2016 in the town of Kharbardan during military operations to recapture the northern Nineveh Province from Daesh terrorists. ©AFP Iraqi army forces have freed scores of people who had been imprisoned by the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group near the embattled northern city of Mosul.…

Prague, April 21 (CTK) – A group of 16 Iraqi Christian refugees who wanted to leave the Czech Republic for Germany last week departed for Iraq this afternoon, said Kiril Christov, spokesman for the Refugee Facilities Administration of the Czech Interior Ministry.…

By John Newton A LEADING Catholic charity has welcomed a unanimous vote in the House of Commons recognising Daesh (ISIS)’s attacks on Christians, Yazidis and other ethnic and religious minorities as genocide. The motion, which also called on the Government to refer the issue to the United…

KRG Poland The international conference „Open Europe, Closed Europe?” in Krakow has come to the end. The event was organized by Europaeum – association of ten the most important European universities, among them is also the Jagiellonian University in Krakow.…

Amman, April 19 (Petra) — French President, Francois Hollande, left Amman, on Tuesday, concluding a one-day visit to Jordan, during which he held talks with His Majesty King Abdullah II and discussed Jordanian-French relations and latest regional and international developments.…

Agence France Presse PRAGUE: Sixteen Iraqi Christians in the Czech Republic Tuesday asked to be sent home after a failed bid to move to Germany, Czech Interior Minister Milan Chovanec said. “They probably realized they would have to stay in the Czech Republic, given the…