Monthly Archives: April 2015

Displaced Sunni people, who fled the violence in the city of Ramadi, arrive at the outskirts of Baghdad, April 17, 2015. REUTERS CAIRO – A video released by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on Sunday appears to show the killing of two different groups of captured Ethiopian Christians by the extremist group’s…

by CNA Daily News Erbil, Iraq, Apr 18, 2015 / 02:05 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A car bomb explosion in front of the American consulate in what is considered the safest city in Iraq has left many unnerved and anxious, praying that nothing else will penetrate the stronghold. “Certainly, everyone will be very concerned about this…

The recital will take place at St John the Baptist Parish Church by Rebecca Lord A PIANO and organ recital will be held at St John the Baptist Parish Church on Saturday, May 23. The concert will be in aid of Iraqi Christians in Need (ICN) supporting refugee families in Northern Iraq.…

by Vanessa Garcia Rodriguez Middle East Media Research Institute ISIS circulated photos April 16 of militants destroying Christian gravestones. MOSUL, Iraq (Christian Examiner) — The Islamic State has expanded its desecration activity in Iraq from attacks just on ancient cultural and religious sites and relics to include now the destruction of the gravestones of Christians.…

Archbishop Bernardito Auza – RV In an address at a UN Conference on the theme: “The Persecution of Christians Globally: A Threat to International Peace and Security”, Archbishop Bernardito Auza, Permanent Representative of the Holy See to the United Nations, urged the international community to act in protecting Christians and religious minorities in the…

By Alexander Whitcomb Iraqi Girls in camp carry water to their tent. ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Iraq’s humanitarian crisis, which now stands at 3.6 million displaced persons, may become unmanageable if the international community does not play a bigger role, a high-ranking United Nations official told reporters Thursday in Erbil…

PLUS: A final lesson from Cardinal George, the pope’s possible Cuba stop, a tightrope on financial reform, and examples of Catholicism’s range john_allen-2 John L. Allen Jr.Associate editor? @JohnLAllenJr Hundreds of thousands of Christians have abandoned their homes in Iraq and walked to Syria to escape violence from forces loyal to the Islamic State. (Reuters…

Parliment member meets with El Cajon Chaldeans about the genocide by Islamic State By Paul Sisson EL CAJON — Support and pressure were on the shortlist of Iraqi parliament member Yonadam Kanna, who visited with San Diego County’s Chaldean Christian community Saturday afternoon.…

ankawaAllen2I remember the last day before I learned of the Islamic State: I was visiting my parents last August after recently starting my new job as a junior resident. My aunt phoned much later than we’re used to getting phone calls. Her message was brief: Islamic militants were headed to my mother’s town of Bartella…

A car bomb exploded outside the U.S. Consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil Friday, and a series of bombings ravaged several areas around Baghdad, killing at least 40 people. A blast and gunfire was heard in central Irbil, a Reuters witness said, which is unusual in the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan.…

ERBIL | By Isabel Coles (Reuters) – A car bombing claimed by the Islamic State killed three people on Friday outside the U.S. consulate in Erbil, in a relatively rare attack in the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan region. No U.S. personnel were hurt in the blast, according to the U.S. State Department, which…

Sacred Mysteries: the people who worship using the language Jesus spoke are trying hard to survive in Iraq Christian refugee childen Erbil Christian refugee children who live in an unfinished shopping mall in Erbil Photo: MATT CARDY/ GETTY IMAGES…

Enclave of relative safety experiences violence JOHN BURGER (286) Christian refugees take refuge in Erbil Iraq© ankawa.net Erbil has been considered a relatively safe area for the thousands of Christians and others who have fled the advance of the Islamic State group over the past year in Iraq.…

Pope Francis uses the word “genocide” to describe the mass killings of Armenians, Assyrians and Greeks Pope Francis recognises Armenian, Assyrian, Greek Genocide Pope Francis risked Turkish anger by using the word “genocide” to refer to the mass killings of Armenians a century ago under the Ottoman Empire.…

R. G. Eliah Following the tragic events of the terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001 by al-Qaeda and after more than a decade of US involvement in two wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the American people are somewhat still divided on whether the US reaction to these attacks and the way…

A memorial to genocide victims has been defaced in Sydney’s west. (Supplied) A memorial to massacred ethnic groups has been cruelly defaced with Nazi imagery in Sydney’s west. The monument to Assyrian victims of genocide by the Ottoman Empire during World…

(Photo: Reuters) ISIS fighters reportedly destroyed the ancient city of Nimrud. An Assyrian archeologist expressed concern that the Islamic State may turn its attention next to the ancient Assyrian citiy of Khorsabad after the militants destroyed the city of Nimrud. A video released over the weekend by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or…

Kate Aubusson Monument to the hundreds and thousands of Assyrian who died in World War I in Bonnyrigg before it was vandalised. Photo: Wolter Peeters A memorial in Sydney’s west to the hundreds of thousands of Assyrians who died in World War I has been trashed by vandals who spray-painted swastikas and offensive…

By Perry Chiaramonte ISIS released images on Thursday that show members destroying Christian graves in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. (courtesy of MEMRI) Even Iraq’s dead Christians aren’t safe from ISIS. The Islamic State’s campaign of terror across the war-torn nation, which has already…

Iraqi Chaldean Catholics flee wars in Iraq and Syria PAT JOHNSON / VANCOUVER COURIER Many Iraqi refugees fled to Syria only to be additionally displaced by the subsequent war there. Thousands of Iraqi Christians have resettled in Vancouver in the past decade, finally finding stability and religious acceptance.…