Monthly Archives: December 2019

Across the Middle East, we can find examples of interfaith understanding Christmas decorations in The Dubai Mall. Chris Whiteoak / The National Tolerance is a hot topic globally as we head into the festive season. In a recent interview with the Big Issue magazine, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby…

Mission of Hope and Mercy | Facebook | Fair UseJ-P Mauro Donations go towards holiday dinners, gifts, medical insurance, and school tuition.Since 2001 the small country of Lebanon has been a haven for Christian refugees. Lebanon has taken in about 1.5 million Syrian and Palestinian refugees, amounting to…

Posted by SDD Contributor Syrian army prepares counterattack against jihadists ahead of renewed peace talks BEIRUT, March 23 (Reuters) – Jihadists and other rebel groups made advances against the Syrian army north of Hama on Thursday, a war monitor said, part of their biggest offensive for months, underscoring the bleak prospects for…

by Giulio Meotti“Those we are helping now can give us the greatest help in saving Europe. We are giving persecuted Christians what they need: homes, hospitals, and schools, and we receive in return what Europe needs most: a Christian faith, love and perseverance”. —…

Franciscan University of Steubenville | Facebook | Fair UseJohn Burger | Dec 15, 2019 Catholic University of Erbil finds “big brother” in Franciscan.The Catholic University of Erbil in northern Iraq is only four years old. It has only 143…

By B.J. Coleman-Photo by B.J. Coleman. East County dignitaries, elected officials and donors joined nuns of The Chaldean Sisters Daughters of Mary Immaculate Conception gather for the groundbreaking for the Good Samaritan Memory Care facility. Once completed on an…

Posted by EditorWedad Schlotte, vice-president of the San Diego chapter of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, helps lead a protest in El Cajon over alleged corruption and economic hardship in Iraq. Photo by Claire Trageser…

Kurt Nagl The Chaldean community in metro Detroit has grown into the largest outside of Iraq, its war-torn native land from where hundreds of thousands have fled since the early 2000s.In metro Detroit, the community faces unique challenges, from deportation and…

Easter comes early for refugees, immigrants with special needsPosted by SDD Contributor , Bandelle Markos, 8, and her aunt, Zena Elias, adjust bunny ears on Markos‘ cousin and Elias‘ nephew, Matthew Yousif, all of Sterling Heights, during the “Breaking Barriers Spring Event” on Saturday, March 18, 2017 at St.…

Lebanese Christian children meet St. Nicholas during a 2018 gift drive by St. Rafka Mission of Hope and Mercy. Credit: SRMHM.By Courtney GroganMoreBeirut, Lebanon, Dec 14, 2019 / 02:00 pm (CNA).- As Lebanon’s economic crisis…

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 14, ARMENPRESS. President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian addressed a message to Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, the Armenian President’s Office told Armenpress.…

 By Daily Camera letters | openforum@dailycamera.com | Boulder Daily CameraMike Schreiner: Speaker at Council endured discriminatory harassmentI was saddened and disappointed to read about John Spitzer’s experience at Boulder City Council, described in his recent letter to the editor.…

Spreading Christmas cheer: St Narsai Assyrian Christian College donated 40 hampers of food to CatholicCare recently. Christmas is a time which people come together and share a meal together in joy. Sadly, not everyone has this luxury. It’s why St Narsai Assyrian Christian College…

In addition to historic recognition by US lawmakers, this week a new patriarch was finally elected in Istanbul, Turkey.Jayson Casper Image: Maja Hitij / Staff / GettyFollowing years of frustration, Armenian Christians worldwide received a double blessing this week…

In the final years of the Ottoman Empire, the Ottoman government under the Committee of Union and Progress (“CUP”) orchestrated the massacre of its Christian minorities. The Ottoman government organized death squads, forced people out of their homes, and marched them to their deaths in the Anatolian mountains and the Syrian Desert.…

In a video, the Chaldean primate praises the document signed by the Pope and the Grand Imam of al-Azhar at a conference sponsored by the French Senate. In Iraq, protesters make unprecedented demands. Confessional conflicts are a “scandal”. Constitution, citizenship and infrastructure are needed to revive the country.…

Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution that recognizes as a genocide the mass killings of Armenians a century ago, a historic move that infuriated Turkey and dealt a blow to the already problematic ties between Ankara and Washington.…

The Melkite Basilica of St. Paul in Harissa, Lebanon. Credit: Kevin Jones/CNA.By Doreen Abi Raad As anti-government protests continue in Lebanon, the country’s economic crisis is worsening. Banks have imposed restrictions on withdrawals and transfers, the currency has been devalued and many people are losing jobs. Financial…

Church of the Brethren NewslinePhoto by Weldon Nisly of Christian Peacemaker TeamsNathan Hosler, front right, talking with community leaders on delegation with Churches for Middle East Peace in Iraqi Kurdistan.By Nathan Hosler…

ILYAS AKENGIN/AFP/Getty John HaywardA report at RealClearPolitics (RCP) on Wednesday charged that bureaucrats in the U.S. State Department under the Obama administration deliberately thwarted aid programs for Christians and Yazidis subjected to genocidal attacks in Iraq by the Islamic State.…