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Not only do these Christians have hundreds of years of oppressed mentality to overcome, but Muslims, just like wife-beaters, increase their wrathful acts upon their victims when they seek help. Luma Simms By Luma Simms…
Read moreSome residents of Qaraqosh begin the long task of erasing the signs of Islamic State in their Iraqi Christian town, once home to 50,000 people and now mostly deserted. Rough cut (no reporter narration). ROUGH CUT. NO REPORTER NARRATION. A group of volunteers on Tuesday (February 7) arrived in Mosul’s once-thriving Christian town of Qaraqosh…
Read moreBy Ed Timperlake and Robbin Laird President Trump has made it clear that a key priority in national defense is the defeat of ISIS. We have argued in an earlier piece that victory over ISIS can be conceived as follows: “Cutting the Gordian knot of endless engagement is crucial; modernizing insertion…
Read moreCrux Staff Archbishop Bashar Warda of the Chaldean Archeparchy of Erbil, Iraq. (Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA.) Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil tells Crux that as long as special preferences under Trump’s new refugee order are for all victims of ISIS and not just Christians alone, it will…
Read moreJohn L. Allen Jr. Chaldean Father Remzi Diril, also known as Father Adday, visits an Iraqi Christian refugee family in Kirsehir, Turkey, November 10. (Credit: CNS photo/Oscar Durand.) Since Middle Eastern Christians are among those affected by Trump’s refugee order, it’s a good idea to ask what they think about it, but they seem to…
Read moreThe Chaldean Patriarchate in Iraq has begun to distribute funds to dioceses and parishes to begin the rebuilding of communities in areas liberated from so-called Islamic State (ISIS). As Patriarch Raphael Louis Sako I led a delegation to the Nineveh Plain las week to…
Read moreperson Special to the East County Californian Photo Courtesy of Big Brothers Big Sisters Comedy Night Gala Fundraiser which benefited Ayana. (Left to right) Bryan Bazzi and comedian Paul Elia. As National Mentoring Month (January) comes to a close, Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Diego County (BBBS of SDC) announces a first of its…
Read moreBy JULIANN DosSANTOS CNS/Tyler Orsburn Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq, planned to discuss the suffering of Christians in his homeland during a visit to the United States beginning Feb. 2.…
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