Monthly Archives: July 2019

Advocates question whether persecuted Christians are helped

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Iraqi Christians pray at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, damaged by Islamic State fighters during their occupation of Qaraqosh, east of Mosul, Iraq, on Nov. 12, 2016. Qaraqosh, the biggest Christian town on the Nineveh plains in Iraq’s north, fell to the Islamic State group in 2014. (AP Photo via RNS/Felipe Dana)…

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For Christians In Northern Iraq, Rebuilding Is Still A Daunting Challenge

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By Matt Hadro As some Christian genocide victims rebuild their homes in Northern Iraq, a tenuous security situation still threatens their future in the region. “Every week we have two, three families leaving,” Father Salar Kajo, a priest of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Teleskov, Iraq and member of the Nineveh Reconstruction Committee, told CNA…

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Christian woman stoned to death in Syria

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Wed 24 Jul 2019By Eno Adeogun A woman who was one of a few Christians that remained in their Idlib countryside home, despite jihadist occupation, has been repeatedly raped, tortured and stoned to death.…

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Priest says Chaldeans in northern Iraq face uncertainty in return to homes

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By Dennis Sadowski • Catholic News Service • Posted July 18, 2019 WASHINGTON (CNS) — Chaldean Christians in northern Iraq are determined to continue their 2,000-year-long mission despite the near-deadly blow inflicted by Islamic State forces and new challenges from nongovernment militias, said a priest ministering in the region.…

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For Card Sako, US-Iran tensions threaten papal visit to Iraq

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The patriarch is concerned about the escalation between Washington and Tehran. A conflict would precipitate the situation across the Middle East. As Iraqi Christians and Muslims look forward to the apostolic journey, the latter remains uncertain, whilst confusion and suffering affect the country.…

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Chaldean synod welcomes laity for first time

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A new paragraph has appeared in the invitation received by the bishops of the Chaldean Church to their next synod. “I encourage each of you to choose one or two laypeople, of either sex, from your diocese to participate in the meetings of the first two days of the 2019 Synod,” wrote Cardinal Louis Sako,…

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