Monthly Archives: April 2016

Hazel Torres (Order of Preachers) Two Dominican Sisters survey the damage on a church in Iraq following an ISIS attack. The Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena-Iraq recently gave a gripping account of how they escaped from the tyranny of the Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq, an ordeal that led to the death of…

Prague, April 15 (CTK) – A group of 20 Christian refugees from Iraq will return to the Czech Republic after two weeks they spent in Germany, Hana Mala, from the Interior Ministry’s press section told CTK on Friday. The Interior Ministry accepted a new German request for their readmission.…

(Wikimedia Commons/Fredarch)Nineveh. Adad Gate. One of the fifteen gateways of ancient Nineveh. The Islamic State has reportedly destroyed yet another archeological treasure, a seventh-century structure that once stood as a gate to the ancient Assyrian city of Ninevah, but details have yet to be known.…

by Nik Bonopartis Refugees who fled from ISIS taking shelter at a mountain camp in Syria. Iraq’s highest-ranking Catholic prelate has instructed priests not to help Christians flee the country out of fear that they’re unwittingly handing families over to human traffickers.…

By admin The media activist Zuheir Mousilly said that since its control over the city of Mosul in 2014, ISIS have destroyed much of Iraqi historic sites and monuments, including the Assyrian city of Nimrud, the Winged Bulls, and the Mosul National Museum, after stealing the removable pieces for smuggling.The Islamic State reportedly used military…

Brno, April 13 (CTK) – The Generation 21 Endowment has suspended the moving of 16 Iraqi Christians from a hostel in the centre of Brno to municipal flats since they are not sure whether they should stay in the Czech Republic, Miroslav Makovicka, from Generation 21, told CTK yesterday.…

by Bishop William Murphy Bishop William F. Murphy right, walks with Chaldean Archbishop Bashar Warda of Irbil at St. Peter’s Seminary in Ankawa, Iraq, April 9. (CNS photo/Paul Jeffrey) Bishop Murphy traveled with Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York and Chair of Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA), to Iraqi Kurdistan this week…

A priest gives communion to an Iraqi Christian woman, during mass at Mar George Chaldean Church in Baghdad, March 1, 2015. Iraqi Christians say they have no intention of leaving the country despite the recent abduction of over 100 Assyrian Christians by the Islamic State. Picture taken March 1, 2015.…

Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Raphael Louis Sako has said that the clergy should not be involved in efforts to organize the departure of Christians from Iraq. Although individual Christians and families are free to leave the country in search of security, the Church should not support any plan for the exodus of Christians, the…

Canada also stalled over Iranian Christian ‘war criminal’, while Czech Republic will deport 25 Iraqi Christians. Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra Sweden Can’t Deport Christian Convert Back to Iran (Yet)Council of Europe European Court of Human Rights…

The Islamic State has caused a lot of damage, taken many lives, incited chaos and fear, and targeted non-Muslims. Because of this, Christians have taken up arms to fight against the terror group. (REUTERS/Stringer)Iraqi Christians volunteers, who have joined Hashid Shaabi (Popular Mobilization), allied with Iraqi forces against the Islamic State…

‘At times like this we Christians must stick together. ISIS wants to kill us all regardless of a Christian’s church affiliation.’ – Patriarch Ignatius II By John Newton and Oliver Maksan ON the eve of fresh peace negotiations in Geneva, the head of the Syriac Orthodox…

The Kurdistan Region of Iraq, 12 April 2016 – Today, Syrian students celebrated the opening of a new school in Basirma camp. The inauguration ceremony was also attended by representatives of the Ministry of Education and Local Administration of the Kurdistan Region, teachers and parents.…

By Oliver Maksan and John Newton CHRISTIANS will not be returning to Al Qaryatayn, according to Church sources, despite the Syrian army’s success in driving Daesh (IS) from the town. Father Jihad Yousef, of the Syriac-Catholic Order of Mar Musa, told Catholic charity Aid…

Assyrian world community is concerned about ceasefire violations by the Azerbaijani side vsledstvii vozobnovileniya offensive military action in the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. This occurs in the centenary since the massacres suffered by the Armenians, Assyrians and Pontic Greeks in the Ottoman Empire.…

Cardinal Dolan in Iraq. Photo: Tom Gallagher at the National Catholic Reporter Timothy Cardinal Dolan traveled to war-torn northern Iraq to lift the spirits of Christian families persecuted by ISIS and displaced from their homes.…

Cardinal_Dolan_in_Iraq_Elise_Harris_CNA Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, is in Iraq on a pastoral visit intended to offer support and solidarity to families, Church leaders, priests and religious who were displaced as a result of ISIS attacks in 2014. (Elis Harris/CNA) By Elise Harris Catholic News Agency April 10, 2016…

Dominic, a former chemistry teacher, waits for an X-ray at the health clinic established by the Catholic Near East Welfare Association. (Tom Gallagher) Tom Gallagher Erbil, Iraq Editor’s Note: This week, New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan, chair of the Catholic Near…

I must congratulate you and your organization for your tremendous extra work and energy toward whatever you are doing regarding the Middle East Christians and Christianity at large. I have been trying also to write letters to who’s who from Patriarchs and Bishops to Middle East political and community leaders and community…

On April 5, 2016, Dr. Ramsay F. Dass, MD, President of the American Middle East Christians Congress, met with FBI Director James Comey during his visit to Detroit, Michigan. During his visit, Director Comey had similar meetings with law enforcement and members of the community at large. Dr. Dass presented Director Comey with his…