Monthly Archives: September 2019

The Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church has once again publicly intervened to denounce the living conditions of Christians in the Nineveh plains. These are the costs of the Shiite Muslims’ stranglehold and the appearance of Protestant sects in the region.…

By Cara Bentley Iraq’s first ordained Anglican vicar tells Premier he never doubts that God is good because evil is done “through what our hands do”.…

The Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church has once again publicly intervened to denounce the living conditions of Christians in the Nineveh plains. These are the costs of the Shiite Muslims’ stranglehold and the appearance of Protestant sects in the region.…

FILE – This April 1, 2018 file photo, shows a cross that lies in the rubble of a destroyed church that was blown up by Islamic State militants in 2015, in the deserted village of Tal Jazeera, northern Syria. The Qatar-based Syrian Network for Human Rights, a Syrian war monitor associated with the opposition said…

Available October 2019 Paul Collins, with photographs by Lisa Baylis and Sandra Marshall Between the ninth and seventh centuries BCE, the small kingdom of Assyria (present-day northern Iraq) expanded through conquest from…

Councilmembers Bob Blumenfield and Paul Koretz welcome His Holiness Mar Gerwagis III, third from right, the Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, to Los Angeles City Hall on Friday, September 20, 2019.…

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Mark Green announced new financial assistance as part of the effort by the U.S. Government,…

Farrah Mechael is Bud Light’s featured artist returning to her hometown Detroit all the way from Los Angeles to perform live at Summer Jamz this September 30th, 2019. On the lineup are artist including Chris Brown, Tory Lanez, Ty Dolla $ign and many more.…

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Mark Green announced new financial assistance as part of the effort by the U.S. Government, announced by Vice President Mike Pence, to support ethnic and religious minorities displaced by the genocide perpetrated by the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). USAID awarded this funding to Catholic…

A leading religious freedom advocacy organization based in India has reported over 200 incidents of anti-Christian violence so far this year.…

Basma, 11, with a drawing of a map of Iraq with a palm branch, the symbol of peace.A Christian primary school that was taken over by the so-called Islamic state has opened its doors once again as a place of learning for children.…

At least one person believes that the Alberta government could improve the province’s fortunes by negotiating a strategic deal with B.C.: You let us build our pipeline and we’ll take back Nickelback.…

After months of silence, IS leader spoke, calling for strengthening military action and Jihadi propaganda. For Fr Paul, his words have not had any “vast echo”. Everyone hopes to return to “normal”. For this to happen, patience, courage and faith are needed.…

CNS photo/Vatican Media Pope Francis greets bishops from Eastern Catholic churches during a meeting at the Vatican Sept. 14, 2019. Meeting some 40 bishops serving in Europe, the pope praised them for their fidelity to Rome and encouraged them to be more active in seeking Christian unity. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) See POPE-EASTERN-CATHOLICS Sept. 16, 2019.…

• Thousands of rosaries blessed by Pope distributed to families By Fionn Shiner and Marta Petrosillo POPE Francis yesterday (Sunday, 15th September) blessed an icon bound for the people of Syria as part of an initiative by a leading Catholic charity to enkindle faith and hope in a country shattered by suffering.…

In this March 15, 2019 file photo, Iraqi Yazidi women mourn during the exhumation process of a mass grave in Iraq’s northwestern region of Sinjar. (AP)…

Armed Shia groups are again trying to achieve a “demographic shift” in the Plain. For the Chaldean primate, it is a moral and national duty to defend the permanence of the Christian community. Armed groups must be pulled from the region and development projects funded. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++…

By Michael Leppert MichaelLeppert.com I only heard the story of Jimmy Aldaoud a couple of days ago. My wife mentioned it to me this week, assuming I knew all about it. Nope, I had missed it completely somehow and that is odd for me. Aldaoud’s story is admittedly one I am naturally drawn to.…

A Christian library in Iraq that was set on fire during an invasion by Islamic has been reopened to the public. Heather Preston |…

Armed Shia groups are again trying to achieve a “demographic shift” in the Plain. For the Chaldean primate, it is a moral and national duty to defend the permanence of the Christian community. Armed groups must be pulled from the region and development projects funded.…