Michael George, patriarch of Chaldean community, dead at 81
By JC Reindl Detroit Free Press Business Writer Michael J. George, a patriarch of metro Detroit’s large Chaldean community and a founder of what was the Melody Farms Dairy,…
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By JC Reindl Detroit Free Press Business Writer Michael J. George, a patriarch of metro Detroit’s large Chaldean community and a founder of what was the Melody Farms Dairy,…
Read moreMatthew Fisher, The Starphoenix An officer guards a church in Bartala in 2012. Christians fled when ISIL rebels captured Mosul earlier this month.…
Read moreWritten by Brandon McMillan Brandon McMillan/TurlockCityNews.com A group of Turlockers held a demonstration in front of City Hall and throughout the streets of downtown Turlock on Friday…
Read moreBy John Pontifex CATHOLIC bishops from Iraq are meeting this week to come up with a “rescue plan” amid growing fears that the ISIS Islamist…
Read moreAdded by Steve Killings Iraq Christians who might want to return to a semblance of normal life in Mosul still face danger from Islamic State of Iraq and…
Read moreAbout 120 parishioners attended Sunday mass at St. Elias Chaldean Catholic Church in Ankawa where Father Shahar gave a homily…
Read moreCatholic News Service photo Syrian Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan BEIRUT — Syrian Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan said Christians in the Middle East feel “abandoned, even betrayed”…
Read moreBy Sabra Stafford Crime Desk sstafford@turlockjournal.com The gathering outside Turlock’s City Hall on Friday was one of many demonstrations held across the country as part of an…
Read moreBishop: ‘We Fear a Civil War’ (Zenit.org) | 308 hits People fleeing Mosul following the attacks by ISIS militants are to receive emergency help from Catholic…
Read moreBy Lela Gilbert Just a year ago, after months of bombings, shootings and kidnappings, Baghdad’s Monsignor Pios Cacha made a grim prediction.…
Read moreArchbishop Calls for Dialogue as Conflict Escalates Last Wednesday, Chaldean communities worldwide observed a day of prayer and fasting for peace in Iraq.…
Read moreWashington is evaluating the possibility of air support, but is increasingly dissatisfied with Prime Minister al-Maliki. The attack…
Read moreThe specter of a health crisis is spreading among Iraqi families and communities already traumatized by conflict and…
Read moreAnkawa.com – Mosul – Younes Thanon Sources of Ankawa.com in Mosul reported that the preachers in a number of mosques of both banks (right and left banks) in the…
Read moreBy Morgan Lee , Christian Post Reporter As their countries have opened their doors to hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees from its deadly civil war, the Christian…
Read moreBy THEODORE SCHLEIFERJUNE 20, 2014 Majid al-Bahadli left Baghdad more than two decades ago and now lives in Seattle, but his five brothers,…
Read moreAnkawa.com – Mosul – Younes Thanon Sources of Ankawa.com in Mosul reported that militants of Daash, who in control of the city since several days ago, brought down…
Read moreAs people flee Iraq, bishop says further war will mean the end for Christians | Auxiliary Chaldean (Catholic) Bishop Saad Sirop…
Read moreAP Christians have left Iraq in large numbers BBC reports have described ISIS ambitions to create an Islamist caliphate spreading from northern Iraq across to north-west…
Read moreBy Nina Shea Over two days last week, every one of Mosul’s thousands of Christians fled the Sunni Jihadi invasion and they are not going back.…
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