Monthly Archives: May 2019

Archbishop Warda with Cardinal Nichols Cardinal Vincent Nichols, has issued an urgent call to rebuild persecuted Christian communities in Iraq and other minorities pushed to the brink of extinction. In a statement released today…

By Sami Fradi • Najib Mikhael Moussa speaks to Euronews Najib Mikhael Moussa speaks to Euronews – Aa Aa The Archbishop of Mosul has insisted Christianity in Iraq “will not and will never die”, as he…

By Caleb Parke | Fox News    An Iraqi Christian shares his story of being imprisoned by ISIS, in which they tried to burn him alive three times but his body didn’t burn. His story is from an upcoming documentary film called “Heart and Hands: Iraq” from Sean Feucht with his work through…

Archbishop of Westminster’s call to save religious diversity in the region By John Pontifex THE leader of Catholics in England and Wales has issued an urgent call to rebuild persecuted Christian communities in Iraq and other minorities pushed to the brink of extinction.…

By Ano Jawhar Abdoka 14 hours ago Palm Sunday in the Christian neighborhood of Erbil, the capital city of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, on April 14, 2019. File photo: Safin Hamed | AFP Palm Sunday in the Christian neighborhood of Erbil, the capital city of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, on April 14, 2019.…

George Zaarour, a specialist in the Aramaic language, uses a magnifying glass to decipher Aramaic script in the Syrian mountain village of Maalula, in the Damascus…

Nechirvan Barzani shows his ink-stained finger after casting his vote at a polling station during KRG parliamentary elections in Irbil, Iraq, Sept. 30, 2018. (Reuters Photo…

A “large number” of agents from Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and EIKO, an organisation presided over by the Supreme Leader, reportedly stormed the 100-year-old-church on 9th May, changed all the locks, tore down the cross and ordered the church warden to leave.…

Joe Snell /Gishru A group of Assyrians who traveled to Iraq to take part in the GISHRU program and reconnect with their homeland. Posted June 7, 2017…

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Assyrian Presbyterian church in Tabriz Iran was raided by intelligence agents on May 9, 2019 and closed down. The photo shows the church before and after, without a cross.…

By Susan Crabtree – RCP Staff State Department officials have spent the last week working to reassure Christian and other religious-minority communities in Northern Iraq that the U.S remains committed to its post-Islamic State rebuilding efforts in the region.…

COMECE accompanied His Beatitude Cardinal Louis Raphaël Sako I, Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, in his 2-day visit to Europe addressing EU representatives and policy makers on the reconstruction of Iraq and the challenge of reconciliation among Iraqis.…

Archbishop Bashar Matti Warda of Iraq is warning that Christianity in his country is close to disappearing. “One of the oldest Churches, if not the oldest Church in the world, is perilously close to extinction. Those…

Islamic State sold historic artefacts taken from Mosul, Baghdad and Nimrud to fund its operations, say archaeological experts A Sumerian era woman’s head dating from 3,000 – 2,900BC, returned to Iraq by the US after it was looted (MEE/Tom Westcott)…

Iraq archbishop meets Foreign Secretary and makes urgent appeal By John Pontifex AN IRAQI Church leader has met UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt and called on the British…

Archbishop Bashar Warda, one of the leading voices on behalf of persecuted and displaced Christians in Iraq, released today an urgent statement regarding the retreat of U.S. personnel from key areas in the country.…

Behold the Mt. Sinai Monastery Library, which holds 4,500 partial or whole ancient manuscripts including a copy of Codex Sinaiticus and an ancient Syriac translation of the Gospels.…

A human head carved in an Assyrian marble slab is displayed in a heritage exhibition at the Assyrian hall of National Museum in Baghdad, Iraq, May 19, 2019. The 30-day heritage exhibition kicked off on Sunday in accordance with International Museum Day. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)…

by Kevin Edward White Armenian and Syrian refugees at a Red Cross camp outside Jerusalem, circa 1917-19. PHOTO: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS From 1894 to 1924, a staggered campaign of genocide targeted not just the region’s Armenians but its Greek and Assyrian communities as well…