Monthly Archives: August 2019

By Xavier Bisits and John Newton IRAQ’S Christians have expressed fears that giving Islamic clerics voting rights in the Federal Supreme Court could lead to the country becoming a theocracy.…

Process of transferring remains expected to be completed later this month By Natasha Dado DETROIT – Following the death of Jimmy Aldaoud, an Iraqi national who was deported to Iraq and died…

by Lizzie Porter The exterior of the Virgin Mary Chaldean Church in Basra, Iraq, June 23, 2019. BASRA, Iraq — Inside Basra’s Virgin Mary Chaldean Church, light twinkles from delicate glass chandeliers and paintings depicting Christ’s mother line the walls.…

Turkey apparently wants to rout the Kurds across the border, but Syriac population is in the middle.…

Contributor Athena Williams in the Selfie Museum Credits: Athena Williams Coleman.jpeg Chrisena Coleman beside an exhibit Paramus, NJ —This past week and through Saturday, a pop-up Selfie Museum was housed in Paramus, and drew hundreds of guests from across the state of New Jersey.…

Image: People are seen at the Monastery of Saint Anthony of Qozhaya in the heart of the Qadisha valley, in Zgharta district, Lebanon June 23, 2019. Picture taken June 23 , 2019. REUTERS/Imad Creidi…

A 41-year-old Detroit man named Jimmy Aldaoud has died, according to the ACLU. Aldaoud had spent most of his life in the U.S. after being born to Chaldean Christian parents in a refugee camp in Greece. Although Aldaoud’s parents are Iraqi, he had never been to the country, had no family or friends there and…

By Sam Sweeney Syriac Christians pray in the Syrian-Kurdish-controlled city of Qamishli, April 21. (Delil Souleiman/AFP/Getty Images)A civil war, a revival of language and culture, an uncertain future…

Jimmy Aldaoud in a video taken after he was deported to Iraq in early June. (Photo: Social Media)ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – A 41-year-old Iraqi national with serious mental health issues, who knew no Arabic,…

Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Bashar Warda of Irbil, Iraq, pictured in a Nov. 28, 2018 photo, said Christians in the war-torn country face “extinction” unless Islam recognizes the fundamental equality of all people and the world acts to end violence and discrimination…

Chaldean Community Foundation Martin Manna Paid undisclosed amount to shareholders who also donated portion of paper’s value Newspaper is profitable, has circulation of about 10,000 Foundation will reinvest profits to expand coverage of important local, national issues…

By Edward Clancy Iraqi Christians attend a Christmas Eve mass at the Grand Immaculate Church in al-Hamdaniya, near Mosul, December 24, 2018. (Khalid al-Mousily/Reuters)…

Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA. By Hannah Brockhaus AddThis Sharing Buttons Share to Facebook Share to TwitterShare to WhatsAppShare to PinterestShare to PrintFriendlyShare to More Vatican City,…

Pope Francis talks with Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP during a meeting with Australian bishops on their recent “ad limina” visit. PHOTO: CNS/Vatican Media…

Chaldean Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil, March 28, 2015. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA. AddThis Sharing Buttons Share to Facebook Share to TwitterShare to WhatsAppShare to PinterestShare to PrintFriendlyShare to More Erbil, Iraq,…

Dan 1:1-21 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. (2) And the Lord gave Jehoiakim the king of Judah into his hand and some of of the utensils of the temple of God, and he brought them to the…

by Emily Larsen Former Vice President Joe Biden misstated the locations of mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, while speaking to donors at a high-dollar fundraiser in San Diego on Sunday night.…

Okay, it’s enough. This is the guy who repeatedly, and quite mysteriously, referred during the most recent debate to Cory Booker as “President Booker.” Something is wrong. He cannot be president.…

Posted by Chris Jennewein Kamala Harris answers questions from the media on Harbor Island during a 2018 visit. File photo by Chris Jennewein…

By Uzay Bulut Since the 2014 invasion and genocide by the Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq, at least 16,000 Assyrian Christians from Iraq have become refugees in Jordan.…