Monthly Archives: March 2018

Dale Hurd STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Aideen Strandsson is a woman without a country. She may live in Sweden, but she is a stateless person, with no passport, no citizenship and no way to get a job. She lives every day with the knowledge she could be deported to her native Iran where, as a Christian,…

[Yezidi children and women who fled Sinjar Mountain re-enter Iraq from Syria at a border crossing in the town of Peshkhabour in Dohuk Governorate.] UNICEF/Wathiq Khuzaie As Iraq rebuilds after defeating a terrorist group, the country must draw on its religious…

By Meghan Bartels Researchers preparing a page of the palimpsest for examination. Robert Kish/SLAC There are lost ancient texts hiding before our very eyes. Writers weren’t always intending their words for long-term preservation, and the need to reuse precious resources, like animal hide, sometimes meant erasing an old text to make room for the new.…

Carol Glatz CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE Christians in Baghdad, Iraq, celebrate Christmas after Mass Dec. 25. (Credit: Ali Abbas/EPA via CNS.) ROME – Christians in the Middle East, particularly those who have been forced from their homes by violence and persecution, need the support of the Catholic Church, a Vatican official said.…

Dale Gavlak Catholic News Service CNS SYRIA CHRISTIANS WARNINGS 800Residents flee after Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army fighters captured the village of Khaldieh in Afrin, Syria. Christian activists warn that 1 million Syrian civilians will face certain slaughter in northwestern Afrin, where they allege Turkey and its militant allies have already carried out “war crimes”…

Baghdad, Iraq Date: 13 March 2018 As Iraq transitions out of crisis, families affected by conflict face new and diverse challenges. While millions of Iraqis are rebuilding their lives, an estimated 8.7 million people are still in need of lifesaving assistance. Some 2.3 million people are displaced and many of the 3.5 million people who…

Elie Abouaoun Editor’s Note: This is the third and final installment of a series, produced in collaboration with the U.S. Institute of Peace, on the challenges faced by a post-ISIL Iraq. Read the first and second installments. Across northern Iraq, in places like the Nineveh Plain and Sinjar, members of the…

Baghdad, Iraq, 12 March 2018 – In the wake of recent criminal and terrorist acts that targeted members of minority communities in Iraq, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) for Iraq, Mr. Ján Kubiš, stresses the need for the government to take active steps to support and protect these communities, to…

Iraqi Christians attend a mass at the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Erbil, on October 25, 2016. (File Photo: AFP) Baghdad – Asharq Al-Awsat ADS BY BUZZEFF TV Lack of security measures is the reason behind the killing of a Christian family in al-…

By Rudaw Dr. Hisham Shafiq al-Maskuni, his wife, and mother were murdered in Baghdad last week. Photo: Medical Doctors of Iraq ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – The persons allegedly responsible for the murder of three Christians in Baghdad have been arrested, a government official stated.…

Date: 03.01.2018 The Honorable Edward R. Royce 2170 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 Re: Support H. Res 741- The Nineveh Plain Restoration Act Dear Chairman Royce, On behalf of the Chaldo-Assyrian American Association, I am writing to respectfully urge you to support H. Res 741- The Nineveh Plain Restoration Act, which supports the…

Agence France Presse BAGHDAD: As militants swept across Iraq three years ago, he rescued a treasure trove of ancient religious manuscripts from near-certain destruction. Father Najeeb Michaeel is now training fellow Iraqis to preserve their heritage. “My duty is to save our heritage, a significant treasure,” the Dominican friar told AFP in…

A Catholic family working to repair their family home damaged by Islamic State militants poses in 2017 in the Christian town of Karamdes, Iraq. St. John the Baptist Parish Knights of Columbus Council 10305 in Fort Calhoun, Neb., is supporting an effort to help Christians in Syria and Iraq who were driven from their homes…

News: World News by Alexander Slavsky Iraqi Patriarch Louis Sako to be awarded for raising awareness of persecuted Christians You are not signed in as a Premium user; we rely on Premium users to support our news reporting. Sign in or Sign up today!…

Zina Kiryakos, President of the Iraqi Christian Human Rights Council, says there still are elements of ISIS in Iraq despite recent military victories. Kiryakos also discusses the UN’s reluctance to call the situation there a “genocide.”…

By Tyler O’Neil young boy with a Swedish flag painted on his face [Getty Images] Boy’s face, looking at camera, cropped view with digitally placed Sweden flag on his face. As Syrian and other Middle Eastern refugees seek and find asylum in Europe, they…

By Eric Metaxas To catch a glimpse of just how ancient—and strong–our Christian faith truly is, take a drive up the Jersey turnpike. Say what? How cool would it be to walk into a church filled with worshipers all speaking the same language that Jesus and his apostles spoke?…

by Stephen Hollingshead and Lotta Moberg Vladimir Putin: Russia’s weapons exports get a boost after being demonstrated in Syria Trump’s plans for ‘energy dominance’ depend on NAFTA’s survival Brad Wenstrup: A return to trust in the federal government Don’t cut families out of the farm bill…

This new charity is determined to make a difference to the lives of Middle-Eastern Christians K.V. Turley Recently, a ceremony took place in the English university town of Cambridge: the official opening and blessing of the offices of a new charity, Aradin. The charity aims at…

ACN, Aid to the Church in Need, Daesh, Mosul, Nadia Younis Butti at St George’s Monastery, Mosul By: Murcadha O Flaherty A Christian woman has spoken of her heartbreak seeing Mosul’s desecrated churches –…