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The Danish Refugee Council welcomes the substantial support of 4.4 billion USD offered to Syria’s displaced and the host communities, as the 6th international conference on the Syria crisis in Brussels concluded today. Now, it is important to go from promise to practice and show the support the Syrians need and deserve, DRC…
Read more“It’s like the arsonist posing as the firefighter” Gareth Browne An army jacket, a picture of the Virgin Mary and a Syrian flag with Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad are seen in a room in Damascus, Syria April 22, 2018. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho…
Read morePope Francis. Pope Francis has invited leaders of all Christian denominations in the Middle East to join him in Italy in July to discuss how they can help bring peace to the region, the Vatican says.…
Read moreBy Murcadha O Flaherty AN IMPASSIONED appeal to the Mexican government to stamp out “growing uncontrolled violence” has come from a Catholic priest whose organisation has exposed the country as being the most dangerous place for clergy in the whole of Latin America. In an interview with Aid to the Church in Need, the charity…
Read moreThe ex-players’ appeal could be a big draw for some Iraqi voters. The campaign poster of Ahmed Radhi, a former Iraqi footballer, hanging in a street in Baghdad, on April 23. (AFP) BAGHDAD – In the sweltering heat of Mexico in 1986, Ahmed Radhi and Basil Gorgis…
Read moreBy Rudaw Ronak Ali Yazdin, 34, is from Shariya in Duhok province. Photo: Yazdin FB ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — A Yezidi woman living in diaspora for 10 years has returned to her homeland to try to win a seat in Duhok for the Iraqi parliament and is using social media to widen her campaign.…
Read moreThe ex-players’ appeal could be a big draw for some Iraqi voters. The campaign poster of Ahmed Radhi, a former Iraqi footballer, hanging in a street in Baghdad, on April 23. (AFP) BAGHDAD – In the sweltering heat of Mexico in 1986, Ahmed Radhi and Basil Gorgis…
Read moreTrump Administration to argue in appeals court that 1,400 Iraqi detainees are danger to public, national security. ACLU counters most have already served time and are Christians who face torture, death if sent back to Iraq.…
Read moreAt an April 15 Mass, Catholic leaders applauded the project for its efforts to promote Catholic solidarity and preserve Christian culture. CNA/EWTN News HARTFORD, Conn. — In a partnership with the Knights of Columbus, Catholics in the…
Read moreby Hawaii Catholic Herald Bishops attend Christmas Mass at St. Paul Cathedral in Mosul, Iraq, Dec. 24. (CNS photo/Amar Salih, EPA) In June 2014, Daesh (Islamic State) fighters swiftly defeated the fleeing Iraqi Army to…
Read more» Continue to this story on Public Radio of Armenia CWN Editor’s Note: “Like the Pope says, Christians must remain in the Middle East, and that’s why we’re staying,” said Archbishop Boutros Marayati. “We can’t do it without material help and the prayers of others, though.”…
Read moreBy Bradley Martin (Photo: SANA/Handout via Reuters)Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad speaks during an interview with Croatian newspaper Vecernji List in Damascus, Syria, in this handout picture provided by SANA on April 6, 2017. The recent airstrikes by the U.S., Great Britain and France against Syrian chemical…
Read moreMary Chalupsky CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE Archbishop Leonard P. Blair of Hartford, Conn., concelebrates a Mass for persecuted Christians in the Middle East April 15 at St. Mary Church in New Haven. At left is Iraqi-born Bishop Bawai Soro of the Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Mar Addai of Toronto.…
Read moreBy Anugrah Kumar , Christian Post Contributor (Screenshot: YouTube)A mob assaults nuns at the Pushpa Mission Hospital in the temple town of Ujjain, India on March 12, 2018. As religious minorities in India, including Christians, are increasingly being targeted with…
Read moreBy John Newton and Monica Zorita FOLLOWING the latest attacks in Syria, one of the country’s leading bishops has issued an impassioned plea for peace – saying that the country needs prayer and not further violence.…
Read more© Sputnik / Yazan Kalash Syria was subject to a tripartite attack by the US, the UK and France on April 14, with the aggressors launching over 100 missiles at targets across the Arab state. The Syrian government has repeatedly denied using chemical weapons and described the strikes as a violation of the country’s sovereignty.…
Read more‘The Wait’ to screen at NVIC By: Egypt CAIRO – 16 April 2018: The documentary film, “The Wait”, will screen at NVIC -Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo on Sunday April 22. “The Wait” is a documentary film that follows the lives of Syrian Christians who escaped…
Read moreGerman broadcaster NDR has discovered that Syrian refugees with German residence permits are being smuggled into Turkey due to the fact that Berlin is hindering the reunification of refugees with their families and is not providing them with the visas needed to return to Ankara. Radio Sputnik discussed this with AfD politician Dr. Christian Blex.…
Read moreBy Stoyan Zaimov , Christian Post(Photo: REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed)Syrian refugee children stand in front of their family residence during rainy weather at the Al Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria December 18, 2016.…
Read moreBy Rudaw People carry the Iraq and Kurdistan’s flags, as well as Assyrian ones during an Akitu parade on April 1, 2018. Photo: Vanessa Powell | Rudaw ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — Sixty Christian candidates are racing to secure five quota seats in the Iraqi parliament, with Duhok province considered to be the prime…
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