Monthly Archives: February 2018

Angela Markas will carry the voices of young Australians to Rome in March for a gathering at the Vatican. Amy Theodore PUBLISHED February 27, 2018 This gathering will help to inform the Synod of Bishops on Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment which will take place in October this year.…

Pilgrims pray outside the closed gate of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City on Feb 27, 2018. (Thomas COEX/AFP) JERUSALEM: Christian leaders in Jerusalem said that they would on Wednesday reopen the ancient Church of the Holy Sepulchre, closed since the weekend in protest at Israeli tax measures.…

Israel on Tuesday suspended tax measures and other actions that led to the rare closure of the church built at what is seen as the holiest site in Christianity, shut down all week in protest. (EPA photo) By AFP – February 28, 2018 @ 8:32am…

Bill Bumpas (OneNewsNow.com) Iraqi churchA persecution watchdog group is doing its part to make sure ISIS does not see its stated goal accomplished in the Nineveh Plains. Months after the region was liberated from the control and destruction of the Islamic State, the slow rebuilding process in Iraq continues. But David Curry, president and…

By Madeeha Bakhsh – A prayer service was held in a devastated church in Syria’s Deir Ezzor city. This was first prayer service in almost six years, as the church building was ravaged by the terror group Islamic State’s militants. This prayer was held in Church of St. Mary, which was attended by a group…

By Rudaw – ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — Preferring to live and practice their faith in the Kurdistan Region, rather than elsewhere in Iraq, the country’s Christians are currently building three new churches. One is the Adventist Church in Erbil’s Ainkawa.…

Video screenshot Initiative by ACN to shine light on Christians who face persecution will illuminate Colosseum in red The Colosseum, the most popular landmark in Rome, was lit red on Saturday , to draw the attention of the world to those who faced persecution due to their faith. Colosseum Lit Up Red to Honor Religious…

A member of Hashed Al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization units) removes a sign on a lamp post bearing the logo of the Islamic State (IS) group as Iraqi forces advance inside the town of Tal Afar, west of Mosul, after the Iraqi government announced the launch of the operation to retake it from IS control, on August…

By Ralph Zubiate, Tribune Managing Editor Deacon Andrew Aziz helps Bishop Mar Aprim Khamis seal the foundation stone for the Mar Yosip Parish of the Assyrian Church of the East in Gilbert. Special to the Tribune The East Valley’s only Assyrian church is on the move – finally.…

JERUSALEM (AP) – The leaders of the major Christian sects in Jerusalem closed the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, built on the traditional site of Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection, for several hours on Sunday to protest an Israeli plan to tax their properties. The Christian leaders responsible for the site issued a joint statement bemoaning…

A Chaldean Catholic bishop has offered forgiveness to ISIS with a warning that unless the fundament crisis with Islam is addressed, there would be no future for Christians in the Middle East. At Georgetown University, Archbishop Bashar Warda has said, to those who murdered…

By Philippa Hitchen reporting from Vatican City VATICAN CITY/ROME (BosNewsLife)– Rome’s most famous landmark, the Colosseum, will be lit up in red on Saturday, February 24, as a sign of solidarity with all those facing persecution for their faith. They include a Pakistani mother of five on death row who is expected to be released…

The digital centre preserves Islamic manuscripts and has copies of commentaries on the Quran from the 12th century. Iraqi Dominican monk, Father Najeeb Michaeel, looks at an ancient manuscript. (Richard Wilding)…

Russia Blocks UN Ceasefire Call on Eastern Ghouta Over Islamists’ Inclusion Dwayne Harmon Russia Blocks UN Ceasefire Call on Eastern Ghouta Over Islamists’ Inclusion” Russia’s United Nations ambassador accused the global media of a massive disinformation…

Civilians from the city of Qamishli sitting on a pavement in the al-Quwatli neighborhood- 30 January 2018 (Enab Baladi) That who lives in the city of Qamishli, in the Syrian Jazera, does not sense the commotion that is taking over social media platforms these days, after videos,…

By Joelle Kidd – Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, with scholarship recipient Anish Joy during a visit to the church’s national office Feb. 20, 2018. Photo: Joelle Kidd Scholarship of St. Basil the Great recipient Anish Joy, who is a member of the Syriac…

Dale Gavlak CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE Worshippers pray during Mass in 2017 at St. George Chaldean Catholic church in Tel Esqof, Iraq, which was damaged by Islamic State militants. Iraqi Catholic leaders are urging Christians to remain steadfast in this Lenten season as they encounter…

Though it seldom makes news in the United States, the genocide of these faithful all over the globe is no longer conjecture by Dede Laugesen | Rebuking “the cowardly silence” of people in peaceful regions far from hostile forces,…

Moses Woldu, CTV Saskatoon Efforts of a community in Saskatoon to preserve one of the oldest languages in human history are paying off. The number of people in the city of Chaldean descent and speaking the language of the same name has grown roughly 50 times in the last three decades, according to Kaesir…

By Samuel Smith , CP Reporter |REUTERS/Yannis BehrakisA stranded Iranian Christian migrant holds the Bible as he prays at dawn in front of a fence reinforced by barbed wire and a wooden barricade at the Greek-Macedonian border near to the Greek village of Idomeni November 30, 2015.…