Monthly Archives: June 2016

Similar stories from Amarillo.com Trial begins for Jets receiver accused of punching woman By Creede Newton creede.newton@amarillo.com The trial of four Iraqi Christians continued Thursday in Amarillo’s Federal cour with both…

Working closely with refugees means “sharing” their story and personal tragedy, becoming “part of their life” and contributing- as much as possible – to “alleviating their suffering.” AMMAN: Working closely with refugees means “sharing” their story and personal tragedy, becoming “part of their life” and contributing- as much as possible – to…

By NICHOLAS IOVINO SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — A California nonprofit wants two Middle Eastern banks and a Kuwaiti sheikh to pay damages for claims they funded the Islamic State’s systematic murder and displacement of Christians in Iraq and Syria. St. Francis of Assisi, an Alameda-based nonprofit that assists refugees, sued the…

By NICHOLAS IOVINO SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — A California nonprofit wants two Middle Eastern banks and a Kuwaiti sheikh to pay damages for claims they funded the Islamic State’s systematic murder and displacement of Christians in Iraq and Syria.…

Displaced families await temporary shelter in Kirkuk, Iraq, June 11. Catholic and Orthodox patriarchs called for the rapid liberation of areas under control of the Islamic State group to end ethnic and religious genocide. CNS photo/Stringer, EPA By Catholic News Service…

By John Pontifex POPE Francis is to give his personal support to an awareness and fund-raising campaign organised by a leading Catholic charity to mark the Pontiff’s Year of Mercy. Aid to the Church in Need’s “Be God’s Mercy” initiative will be launched on Friday (17th June) at 1pm at a press conference in the…

AP/Maya-Alleruzzo by Thomas D. Williams, In a joint statement released Sunday, the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch, and the Syriac Catholic Patriarch commemorated the second anniversary of the Islamic State’s occupation of Mosul and the Nineveh Plain, chronicling their atrocities and demanding the immediate liberation of ISIS-controlled lands.…

A joint statement on the ISIS/Daish occupation of Assyrian villages in north Iraq has been issued by the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch and the Syriac Catholic Patriarch. The statement calls the actions of ISIS a “criminal act which amounts to an ethno-religious genocide.”…

Statement Issued by the Syriac Catholic and Syriac Orthodox Patriarchates of Antioch Two years passed since the uprooting of our Syriac people from the land of our ancestors in Mosul and the Nineveh Plain, following the criminal act which amounts to an ethno-religious genocide, committed by ISIS and other terrorist groups which…

Iraqi refugee women who fled Islamic State group violence in their homeland pose for a photo in Amman, Jordan, in early June. The Chaldean Catholic women sent the hand-sewn chasuble to Pope Francis and asked him to pray for them and for peace in their country. (CNS/Catholic Center for Studies and Media in Amman)…

Juliana Taimoorazy is the granddaughter of genocide survivors, a Catholic victim of religious persecution in Iran and an advocate to create a homeland for the Christians of Iraq, where their Assyrian (neo-Aramaic) language, culture and identity will survive. by PETER JESSERER SMITH 06/09/2016 Comments (6)…

Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako has sent a message to the Muslim in Iraq for the holy month of Ramadan’. The Patriarch writes: “The month of Ramadan offers a propitious time for fasting, prayer, repentance and to change mentality and behaviour, in order to live in peace with oneself…

Inés San Martín VATICAN CORRESPONDENT Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Sako of Baghdad, Iraq, arrived for a session of the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican in 2014. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)…

By SEAN DELANEY In an effort to promote a more diverse workforce, the Sterling Heights Police Department will host a recruitment event from 6-8 p.m. June 9 at the Chaldean Community Foundation, which is located at 3601 15 Mile Road. (Sean Delaney – The Source)…

By Michael J Robinson A YOUTH rally is to take place uniting young people from across Scotland in an act of solidarity with those who are persecuted or oppressed for their religious faith. The keynote address will be given by 20-year-old Sarmad Ozan, who fled Mosul, northern Iraq, after it was seized by Daesh (ISIS)…

By Catherine Herridge An Iraqi Christian who escaped the ISIS stronghold of Mosul says she was “married and divorced” as many as nine times a night, all to give her tormentors a twisted justification for rape, according to an interview conducted by an advocacy group and reviewed by Fox News.…

Press contact: Audrey Fischer (202) 707-0022 Public contact: Mary-Jane Deeb (202) 707-1221 Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ada@loc.gov June 1, 2016 Ancient Assyrian Legacy Subject of June Symposium…

By Clare Creegan CHURCH of England parishioners have raised well over double their target in an ecumenical fund-raising project for suffering Christians in Iraq and Syria. The Anglican Diocese of London surpassed their 2016 Lent appeal’s original target of £35,000, hitting the £90,000 mark thanks to a generous response by parishes across…

Dr. Shak(ir) Hanish It is important to protect cultural heritage and history of people in areas of conflict. Cultural heritage is an integral part of their identity and protecting cultural heritage is a way to preserve the identity of people. The affected groups in a conflict are those who…

British priest led an Iraqi Christian congregation for 11 years until Islamic State’s rise forced him to leave. He tells Sarah Lazarus about getting enemies talking, Saddam Hussein’s palace and the life-changing treatment for his MS available only in Iraq. THE WORD OF GOD My first career was in medicine. I worked as an operating…