Monthly Archives: November 2018

By: Terry Oparka | Troy Times | Hurmiz Ishak TROY — A local church deacon faces three counts of criminal sexual conduct with a minor. Hurmiz Ishak, 63, of Sterling Heights, formerly a deacon at St. Joseph Chaldean…

Catholic News Service Melkite Catholic bishops from around the world are seen Nov. 7 for their synod in Rabweh, Lebanon under the leadership of Patriarch Joseph Absi (seated center). (Credit: CNS photo/courtesy Melkite Catholic Synod.)…

Professor Sebastian Brock speaks about St. Ephrem the Syrian’s contribution to Syriac Christianity. A two-day conference entitled “Syriac Christianity at the Crossroads of Cultures” gathered researchers from all over the world at the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome last week.…

Kurdistan 24 | Police arrest four on extortion charges in Erbil’s Christian district Photos of the suspects released by Erbil’s police department on Monday. (Photo: Erbil Police) Kurdistan Erbil Police Arrests Gangs…

Mauritanians in the U.S. fear they’ll share the fate of Issa Sao, who was sent back to a country where thousands of blacks are still enslaved. Image: Mauritanian anti-slavery protesters Mauritanian anti-slavery protesters march to demand the liberation of imprisoned abolitionist leader Biram Ould Abeid in Nouakchott on May 26, 2012.Joe Penney / Reuters file…

By Daily Telegram staff ADRIAN — Two Adrian Dominican sisters are part of a three-member delegation going to visit a related congregation in Iraq. Sisters Rose Ann Schlitt and Nancy Jurecki will visit the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena in Iraq Nov. 14-25, according to a news release. Also in the…

Matthew Soerens The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not represent the views of Townhall.com. The Central American Caravanners Have a Right to Plead Their Case In recent days, President Trump has responded with increasing severity to the…

The recently appointed special representative for reconstruction in minority areas of Iraq for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) told Breitbart News he has a message for the Christians and other religious minorities who fled genocide at the hands of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL): Return to your homeland, America has your back.…

Paisley Bishop and Motherwell priest among the delegation from Aid to the Church in Need who visited Tomb of priest murdered by militants A SCOTTISH delegation took inspiration from a priest murdered by Isis as they visited the Catholics in Iraq recovering from terror and persecution.…

The world has focused on rebuilding the country’s north after defeating the Islamic State while ignoring festering resentment and poverty in Basra. By Ahmed Twaij Iraqi protesters watch an official building in flames as they demonstrate against the…

Elise Harris/ SENIOR CORRESPONDENT People from Mosul, Iraq, raise a wooden cross near St. Georges Monastery April 24. (Credit: Omar Alhayali/EPA via CNS.) ROME – Faced with the ever-present fear that Christianity could disappear from the…

Abandoned ancient church in Iraqi desert located near Kirkuk city, Iraq. Credit: BilalIzaddin/Shutterstock By Courtney Grogan Vatican City, Nov 9, 2018 / 12:00 pm (CNA).- Pope Francis and the Assyrian Patriarch…

Those pesky verses of abrogation that just won’t go away. Kenneth R. Timmerman I have lived and worked in the Muslim Middle East for the past thirty-five years, and have many dear friends who are Muslims. Most recently, I prayed with a 38-year old…

By Chris Johannes Kledo Ramzi, 35, chosen to be manager of the Syriac Heritage Museum in Ainkawa the day before, poses on November 7, 2018. Photo: Rudaw AINKAWA, Kurdistan Region — When a two-meter tall stone relief from Nimrud fetched…

Defense Department Inspector General presents sobering report on Iran’s influence and unclear US policy to confront Iran’s role in Iraq and Syria. By Seth J. Frantzman Iranian forces in Syria may present a threat to the US and in Iraq the Iranian threat is…

By ROD NORDLAND and Falih Hassan The New York Times BAGHDAD — More than 200 mass graves holding as many as 12,000 bodies have been found in areas of Iraq once controlled by the Islamic State, the United Nations said on Tuesday. The findings were highlighted in a joint report released Tuesday by the…

Home affairs bureaucrats accused of ‘fishing for an excuse’ to refuse genuine refugee’s claim Helen Davidson George Newhouse, principal lawyer at the National Justice Project, says the department appears to be ‘fishing for an excuse to start the assessment process again’ for Ali…

Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine Image of a Russian Orthodox Church in Jerusalem’s old city on 16 September 2013 [Saeed Qaq//Apaimages] An Orthodox Church in Jerusalem’s old city on 16 September 2013 [Saeed Qaq//Apaimages]…

On this episode of Going Underground, Mother Agnes, a nun from Syria, discusses the plight of Syria’s Christians, Western governments funding radical jihadists in Syria, the role of the White Helmets and the recent Syrian Army victories. Andrea Carboni from ACLED discusses his organization’s new study which shows 56,000 have died as a…

Policemen stand beside the microbus which carried Coptic Christians when gunmen opened fire (Reuters) Cairo – Waleed Abdul-Rahman A study conducted by the Global Fatwa Index showed that 100 percent of the religious…