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Nuri Kino, Contributor Independent investigative multi-award-winning reporter, filmmaker, author, Middle East and human rights analyst Photo: Gozarto Bethnahrin Women’s Organization The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has saved an Assyrian/Syriac woman who had…
Read moreBy Kelly Sankowski | Catholic News Service Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Bashar Warda of Irbil, Iraq, celebrated Mass for victims of the Islamic State at the St. John Paul II National Shrine in Washington Nov. 28. CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn WASHINGTON — Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Bashar Warda of Irbil, Iraq, spoke…
Read more“It is my dream that the Chaldeans in North America become a solid unit,” Bishop Biwai Soro said to cheers and a standing ovation from an overflowing church on Nov. 29. The service was presided over by the head of the Chaldean Catholic Church, Patriarch of Babylon Rafaël Louis Sako. Photo by Michael Swan By…
Read moreBashar Warda, Chaldean Archbishop of Erbil, who said the Nov. 28, 2017 Mass in Washington, D.C. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA. Washington D.C., Nov 28, 2017 / 07:26 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In observance of a week promoting awareness of Christians persecuted internationally, the Chaldean…
Read moreSyrian state media has reported extensively on visit by ‘British delegation’ lead by Lord Carey, the former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey and the delegation arrive in Damascus (screengrab) Jamie Merrill’s picture A group of British peers and Christian leaders, including the former Archbishop of…
Read moreBy Stoyan Zaimov , Christian (Photo: Reuters/Muhammad Hamed)Kurdish security stand guard as Iraqi Orthodox Christians attend a prayer session inside Syriac Orthodox Church of Mart Shmoni during Good Friday prayers in Erbil, Iraq, April 14, 2017. The Chaldean Archbishop of Erbil, Bashar Warda, is urging President Donald Trump to…
Read moreKelly Sankowski PHOTO COURTESY OF THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Supreme Knight Carl Anderson, CEO of the Knights of Columbus (at left), speaks during a Nov. 28 panel discussion at the National Press Club in Washington. At right is Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil, Iraq.…
Read moreBy Samuel Smith , CP Reporter (Photo: Reuters/Ahmed Saad)A member of the Iraqi security forces stands guards as Iraqi Christians attend a mass at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Baghdad, December 25, 2014. Baghdad’s embattled Christian community worshipped defiantly Wednesday night at Christmas Eve mass. The pews…
Read moreThe Chaldean Archbishop of Arbil, Bashar Warda poses for a photo during an interview with AFP in Washington, DC, on November 27,2017. WASHINGTON – With the Islamic State (ISIS) routed at last, one of the oldest Christian communities in the Middle East has a chance to reoccupy its ancestral towns.…
Read moreSt. John Paul II National Shrine to host Chaldean Catholic liturgy with Iraqi archbishop News provided by Knights of Columbus WASHINGTON, Nov. 27, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil, Iraq, will celebrate a memorial Mass for the victims…
Read moreOlivier Knox Chief Washington Correspondent President Trump and the Chaldean archbishop of Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan, Monsignor Bashar Warda (Photos: Alex Brandon/AP, Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — A senior Iraqi Catholic leader is urgently pleading with President…
Read moreHome > Political Islam > In the US > Government > US to Aid Christian Militias, Refugees Directly By Clarion Project Leaders of the Syriac Military Council, a Christian force that is part of the US- backed Syrian Democratic Forces fighting ISIS. These forces have also asked for aid from the U.S. (Photo: Courtesy)…
Read moreLebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri (l) meets with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson July 26 in Washington, D.C. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) In the context of of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s resignation, Pope Francis and Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai are trying to keep the peace for the Middle East’s…
Read moreWorld Watch Monitor The Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Archbishop of Canterbury have called for more aid to reach Middle Eastern refugees, especially Christians, and for robust safeguards against extremist ideology, which they say has spread “like an epidemic”.…
Read moreTrump administration looks to bypass UN in bringing aid By Joshua Philipp, The Epoch Times November 23, 2017 5:08 pm Last Updated: November 23, 2017 5:08 pm A Lebanese Christian teenager dressed as Santa Claus, holds a Syrian refugee during…
Read moreMARD?N – Anadolu Agency Turkey’s Syriac minority in the southeastern province of Mardin have welcomed the imminent return of legal ownership of the Mor Gabriel Monastery to their community, a monastery official said on Nov. 22. Deputy Prime Minister Hakan Çavu?o?lu said earlier that a Syriac Christian cemetery…
Read moreKawa Omar Direct link The 14-century-old Rabban Hormizd Monastery in northern Mosul has become a popular destination for thousands of Iraq’s Christians who were targeted by the Islamic State group. Visitors say the monastery represents the ability of Christians to survive…
Read moreISTANBUL Jews were the most targeted group in hate speech in the Turkish media in the most recent period, according to a report prepared by the Istanbul-based Hrant Dink Foundation. The foundation’s report was based on local and national media, determining a total of…
Read moreLorraine Caballero Christians in the city of Basra in Iraq have reportedly been pushed to isolation amid the threats of extinction of non-Muslim minorities after the majority had failed to protect them from extremists in the last few years. (REUTERS / Essam Al-Sudani)A view shows the al-Shuaiba oil refinery in southwest…
Read moreby Rose Gamble #RedWednesday an initiative by charity, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), aims to put religious freedom on the public agenda Hundreds of buildings worldwide floodlit in #RedWednesday initiative for persecuted Christians…
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