Monthly Archives: June 2019

Ghazwan holding chicks at a farm previously destroyed by ISIS. Photo courtesy of International Christian Concern and Stand With Iraqi Christians Episcopal-Anglican support for farmers seeks to reestablish chicken farms destroyed by ISIS By Lynette Wilson…

Church aid official cautions on need to ensure that a papal visit does not fuel communal tensions or attacks Anne-Bénédicte Hoffner France Msgr. Pascal Gollnisch. (Photo by SIMON/CIRIC HORN)…

The US is ready to help Italy in Libya and on other fronts. But in return, they want to see an Italian mission in Syria, Senator Lindsey Graham told Corriere della Sera newspaper and then confirmed it officially through diplomatic channels. The author Fulvio Scaglione explained what the Americans are plans for the Middle East.…

Head of the Maronite church and inspirational figure to Christian Arabs, he played a pivotal role in the politics of Lebanon Lawrence Joffe Cardinal Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir attending a mass wedding at the cathedral in Harissa, north of Beirut, in 2009. Cardinal Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir attending a mass wedding at the cathedral in Harissa, north…

By Eno Adeogun A Catholic priest who spent the last 14 years serving in London has returned to Iraq to become an archbishop ministering to a people recovering from violence.…

People at Mass at St. Thomas of Syriac, a Catholic church in the old city of Mosul, Iraq. (Photo: Vatican Media) New bishop says he will try to heal psychological and spiritual injuries caused by Islamic State La Croix International staff (with Catholic News Service) Iraq…

Taylor Luck ,Christian Science Monitor Indian women in saris carefully place candles at an outdoor grotto of the Virgin Mary and kneel in prayer as couples from Uganda and Nigeria pour into the nearby chapel.…

Speaking at the 92nd plenary assembly of ROACO, the pontiff announced an apostolic journey to Iraq for next year. For the Chaldean Patriarch, this has generated an atmosphere of “great celebration”. Preparation is already…

Archbishop Nizar Semaan of Mosul A Catholic priest formerly in London has returned to Iraq to become a bishop ministering to a people recovering from genocide.…

Fr Terry Tastard in Qaraqosh, Iraq, a procession of clergy from Syriac; Chaldean and Latin traditions processed into the Church of the Immaculate for the episcopal ordination of a new bishop. The packed…

A still from the press conference of the leader of the Syriac Orthodox Church Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II in Erbil on June 6, 2019. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)…

Alleged arson attacks have multiplied in northern Iraq’s farming areas in recent weeks. In one month, 236 fires destroyed more than 5,100 hectares of cropland. Suspicions have fallen on the Islamic State as well as feuding locals. High temperatures have made matters worse. For Fr Paul, Christians and Muslims are victims. The local Church has…

Syriac Catholic Auxiliary Bishop Nizar Semaan is seen during his June 7, 2019, episcopal ordination Mass at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Qaraqosh, Iraq, his birthplace. He previously served as a priest for 14 years in London. (CNS photo/Syriac Catholic Patriarchate)…

By Rudaw Pope Francis walks in the Vatican’s Saint Peter’s square as he celebrates the Pentecost mass, June 9, 2019. Photo: Alberto Pizzoli / AFP Pope Francis walks in the Vatican’s Saint Peter’s square as he celebrates the Pentecost mass, June 9, 2019. Photo: Alberto Pizzoli / AFP…

By: Mark Leon Goldberg , before the US invasion of Iraq, there were an estimated 1.2 million Christians living there. Today, that number is less than 250,000 — an eighty percent drop in less than two decades.…

Syriac Catholic Auxiliary Bishop Nizar Semaan is seen during his June 7, 2019, episcopal ordination Mass at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Qaraqosh, Iraq, his birthplace. He previously served as a priest for 14 years in London. (CNS photo/Syriac Catholic Patriarchate)…

Lindsay Elizabeth While you might have seen a decrease in mainstream media reporting regarding Christian persecution, there has only been an increase in the persecution taking place against Christians around the world.…

For the end of Ramadan, the government is opening the area to the public. This is a “political” message for a “new era”. For the Auxiliary of Baghdad, security has “improved” but must be guaranteed to everyone.…

Amethysts probably come from Sri Lanka and are a testament to the long-distance trade of the Old Christian Nestorian community, which inhabited today’s Failaka Island in the Persian Gulf in the Middle Ages.…

Source: Fides In Mosul, young Christians, Yazidis and Shabaks, offered white roses and sweets to their Muslim neighbours for Eid al Fitr, the Islamic festival that ends the holy month of Ramadan.…