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Mideast Prelates Lament Media Silence ROME, (Zenit.org).- There is a “deafening silence” in the international community about the plight of Iraqi Christians, attest prelates from the wartorn country. The bishops, in Rome for their five-yearly meeting with the Pope, spoke with Vatican…
Read more(24 Jan 09 – RV) Pope Benedict appealed to Iraqi authorities to defend the civil rights of Christians in Iraq. Saturday, asking them to protect the Christian community there from relentless violence. The bishops from the Chaldean Catholic Church, born in Iraq almost two thousand…
Read moreDear staff of Ankawa; Please review and publish for information. Also, please include the link. www.ms-aia.com. The purpose of this e-mail is to let you know that my book that I have been working on for the past 10 years or so “SADDAM and CASE 21” is finally out.…
Read moreNew Patriarch Brings Ministry Experience From America VATICAN CITY, JAN. 23, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI is mindful of Eastern Catholics living outside of their motherlands, and is asking the new patriarch of Antioch of the Syrians to help them protect their spiritual heritage.…
Read moreBy Alicia Ambrosio Special to The B.C. Catholic The international arrivals level of the Vancouver Airport was buzzing with activity one day two weeks before Christmas. Among the constant flow of people was a group of about 45 men, women, and children who had staked out seats, removed their jackets, and were passing out coffee.…
Read more Hrant Dink Day in London, 2009 eilian@nant.wanadoo.co.uk The second anniversary of Hrant Dink’s assasination was marked in London by a silent vigil in front of The Turkish Embassy at 1.00p.m. and a commemmorative meeting in the UK parliament in the evening, which consisted of two parts. The first…
Read moreMgrs Warduni and al-Qas call on people to overcome “fears and divisions.†They urge Christians to remain in Iraq as a message of hope. They slam European and US Protestant sects for exploiting people’s suffering to “buy†them with money.…
Read moreThe head of a small American diocese has been elected leader of the worldwide Syrian Catholic Church. Pope Benedict XVI has recognized Patriarch Youssif III Younan of Antioch, who was elected by the Syrian Catholic Synod meeting in Rome this week. At a January 23 private audience with the Syrian Synod, the Holy Father granted…
Read moreLobby for the Minorities of Iraq and Turkey  C.H.A.K.(Centre of Halabja) eilian@nant.wanadoo.co.uk Two days of Intense Lobbying for Iraqi and Turkish Minorities at UK parliament This week, Assyrians, Armenians, Syriacs ,other Iraqi Christians, Mandaeans and…
Read moreBy Ibon Villelabeitia MIDYAT, Turkey (Reuters) – In a remote village near the Turkish-Syrian border, a land dispute with neighboring villages is threatening the future of one of the world’s oldest functioning Christian monasteries.…
Read moreGroßansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Tens of thousands of Armenians across Europe are preparing for a huge demonstration to take place in Berlin on Sunday — Women and married men are to play a bigger role in France’s Catholic Church — A private high school in Cologne takes special care of immigrant children —…
Read moreRome, (CNA).- Chaldean Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad, Shlemon Warduni, said this week, “Words are nice, but it is now time for action. Leaving Iraq ‘responsibly’ is possible but only by leaving it in peace and security,†he said in reference to statements by President Barack Obama during his inaugural address.…
Read moreMuslims’ legal action against 1,600-year-old structure called ‘malicious.’ ISTANBUL, (Compass Direct News) – Syriac Christians in southeastern Turkey say a land dispute over the historic Mor Gabriel Monastery is part of a larger system of discrimination against the religious minority in this overwhelmingly Islamic country.…
Read moreNINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq: A documentary about the life of displaced Christian Iraqis after the 2003 invasion has been shot in Ninewa province, the Lebanese director of the film said on Thursday. “The documentary was shot in Krimlis village, Ninewa, in addition to a number of…
Read morePope Benedict XVI today received a delegation of Chaldean Catholic Bishops from the Church in Iraq, the USA and Australia. The group is part of a wider delegation including leaders of the Syriac Catholic Church who are here in Rome on the Ad Limina visit.…
Read moreBy Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Iraqi Catholic bishops called on Pope Benedict XVI to convene a synod to address the mass exodus of Christians from the Middle East and the lack of full religious freedom there.…
Read moreMosul tribal leaders speak to Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani during their visit to Erbil on January 18. GLOBE PHOTO/Safin Hamed The Kurdish Globe Ninewa tribal leaders denounce establishment of Isnad militia Kurdistan President and Mosul tribal leaders agree to establish a closer partnership in the name of security.…
Read moreVatican City, . (AKI) – A delegation of Chaldean bishops launched an appeal to Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday to call for a general synod or church council to create a strategy to prevent Christians from leaving the region.…
Read moreMOSUL, Iraq, Jan. 19 (UPI) — The short-term focus for U.S. military operations in Iraq is finding a security balance in the run-up to provincial elections Jan. 31, commanders say. U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Robert Caslen took over command responsibility Dec. 9 for…
Read moreSOCIETY FOR THREATENED PEOPLES INVITATION TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN Göttingen/Berlin, Demonstration and rally in Berlin: “Save the Syrian Orthodox monastery Mor Gabriel! Save Christianity in Turkey! 
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