Monthly Archives: February 2019

Baghdad’s Syriac Catholic church after being demolished to be replaced by a shopping mall. (Twitter) Twitter users are sharing photos of one of the most prominent Syriac Catholic churches of Baghdad after it was demolished by authorities.…

On a three-day visit, Pope Francis will promote a dialogue based on tolerance and peace with the Muslim world. Barbara Bibboby Barbara Bibbo On Tuesday, Pope Francis will deliver a mass at the Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi [Andrew Medichini/Reuters]…

Before Pope Francis’s visit to the UAE, Cardinal Louis Sako tells The National that Iraqis must reconcile Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans and head of the Chaldean Catholic Church, speaks during the inauguration of a Chaldean Catholic pastoral centre in Iraq’s northern multi-ethnic city of Kirkuk on January 2, 2019.…

from UN Assistance Mission for Iraq Baghdad, Iraq, 3rd February 2019 – The Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, His Beatitude Cardinal Mar Louis Raphael I Sako received a delegation from the United Nations Investigative Team for the Accountability of Da’esh/ISIL (UNITAD) on…

Cardinal Louis Sako tells The National that Iraqis must reconcile ahead of Pope Francis’s visit to the UAE Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans and head of the Chaldean Catholic Church, speaks during the inauguration of a Chaldean Catholic…

Protestors walking along Montana avenue outside the El Paso Processing Center in June 2018 While awaiting the processing of their applications to enter the United States, they are detained in prison-like facilities for long periods of time and have been subjected to…

Nidhal Garmo has made 20 humanitarian trips since 2007 By Natasha Dado Garmo speaking to a woman inside a refugee camp who needs help getting medicine. For years Garmo has traveled abroad bringing relief to displaced Iraqis and refugees in the Middle East.…

In a message marking the sixth anniversary of his nomination as patriarch, Card Sako recalls challenges and difficulties. The patriarchate has the task of forming a committee for interreligious dialogue. Flight of the faithful and defense of property the most urgent problems. The commitment of priests for displaced persons.…

by Doreen Abi Raad A car in Mosul, Iraq, drives past “I love Mosul” graffiti Oct. 27, 2018. (CNS/Ari Jalal, Reuters) Beirut, Lebanon — The new Chaldean Catholic archbishop of Mosul, Iraq, faces a challenge of rebuilding, but not just structurally. What is also needed, he said, is a…