Monthly Archives: April 2008

RUSSELS, Belgium: Thousands of people were demonstrating outside EU headquarters Saturday to demand protection for Christians in Iraq, saying they were increasingly being targeted in cold-blooded attacks.…

The European Union’s Slovenian presidency rejected a German proposal to offer preferential treatment to Christian refugees from Iraq, insisting that asylum decisions could not be based on religion.…

The Will of the Chaldean archbishop slain by Islamic terrorists last month is published. It includes no material bequests but a strong message upon which to build peace and love among religious communities. His notion of death is one of openness, of “giving oneself to a new and infinite God”.…

Iraq (MNN) ― Gunmen speeding past Father Youssef Adel shot and killed him, according to a news report from Voice of the Martyrs Canada. The shooting happened two weeks ago, shortly before noon, as Adel was on his way to church from Karradah, Baghdad. He had received threats before in an attempt to get him…

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has urgently appealed to Christians in the UK to become better informed of the crisis affecting fellow believers in the Holy Land, who he says “feel ignored or forgotten” by Western Christians.…

WASHINGTON — Saying she was arrested in the 1990s because her brother fled Iraq and was assaulted repeatedly during three months in captivity, Julet Yousef of Sterling Heights told her story in the nation’s capital Tuesday.…

The discovery of a likely ancient local administrative center near the Old City of Jerusalem has fuelled speculations among archaeologists that Assyrian rulers may have been the first to devise corporate strategies.…

A Canadian religious advocacy group has called for Canada to open its doors to Iraqi Christians, who it claims would face persecution.…

Cardinal Leonardo Sandri of the Congregation for Oriental Churches celebrated a Mass in memory of the slain Monsignor Faraj Rahho of Iraq. While he was “taken by violent hands and hearts, he sowed the word of God”, said Sandri. Almost a month after Mgr Faraj Rahho, Chaldean bishop of Mosul, was found dead, a prayer…

Jennifer Green, The Ottawa Citizen OTTAWA – So many Iraqi Christians have been kidnapped, murdered and driven from their homes that an advocacy group is urging Canada to rescue them and let them relocate here as refugees.…

Christian refugees who lost everything when they fled their homeland in Iraq now face a new hurdle on their way to a new life. They are being told by the United States government that their refugee applications has been denied because they have provided “material support” to terrorists.…

(BERLIN) – Germany will this week press for the European Union to offer asylum to more Iraqi refugees, and especially Christians, Germany’s interior minister said on Sunday.…

BY: GEORGE HANNA ENSCHEDE On wednesday 9th of april, Deputy of the Province Overijssel in Holland, Gert Ranter, visited the Assyrian associations. In the Assyrian Mesopotamian Association centre in Enschede a cultural program was presented to the dutch politician.…

Zakho /Ankawa.com – Exclusive Marwan Al-Senati Fire broke out on Thursday 10/4 at 12.00 midday in Chaldean Archdiocese building of Zakho in Al-Nasarah area. Nobody inside the building but expectation indicate big damages.…

As Assyrians celebrated their new year in Syria last week, an organisation representing this Christian minority expressed concern about attacks on members of their community in Iraq and called for more rights inside their own country.…

Forum provides the latest on-the-ground perspective of the crisis and what needs to be done (Washington, DC) – Leading experts just back from Iraq and neighboring countries joined with hundreds of constituents from across the country to raise the urgency of the ongoing humanitarian in the region.…

Event to focus on the challenges facing Iraqi Christians and other religious minorities in the Middle East    (Washington, DC) –   On Tuesday April 15, Members of the Chaldean Assyrian Syriac Council of America (CASCA) will join Caucus Chairmen, Representative Anna Eshoo (D, CA) and Representative Frank Wolf (R, VA) at the Inaugural Reception for the…

On the eve of the Pope’s visit to the U.S., journalist Raymond Arroyo has taken President Bush to task for his policy toward the plight of Christians in Iraq. Arroyo, anchor of the show, “The World Over,” has aggressively questioned Bush about some of the issues we raised in a recent column. The entire interview…

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, these are only some examples of the situation of the Christians during the democratization process of Iraq in the years 2005 – 2008:…

The prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches celebrated this morning a memorial Mass for the Chaldean archbishop of Mosul slain by terrorists last month. In Kurdistan Monsignor al-Qas says everyone is still waiting for the truth.…