Anti-government protesters gather in Tahrir Square during a demonstration in Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 28, 2019. (AP)Baghdad – Fadhel al-Nashmi Iraq officially ended on Saturday its anti-government protests in wake of the mounting…

03/21/2020 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Two months after the mysterious disappearance of the elderly parents of a Chaldean Catholic priest in Turkey, tragic news for the family came this week after days of searching. The mother, Simoni Diril, was found deceased on March 20, 2020. The whereabouts of the father, Hurmuz Diril, remain unknown.…

written by Gregory Pappas  It was the autumn of 1918 and by the time Fr. Nicola Yanney reached Wichita, Kansas, a citywide quarantine was in effect. The Spanish Flu had ravaged much of the United States and the towns of the American Great Plains states were particularly hard hit.…

MAHRE, ?irnak, Turkey — Smuni Diril, who together with her husband Hirmiz Diril, had been missing since 10 January of this year has been found dead nearby their village of Mahre in the mountainous Hakkari region in southeast Turkey. According to the latest information obtained by Syriac television channel SuroyoTV, the body of Smuni Diril…

Card. Sako speaks of “a tragic and difficult moment”, invitation to adhere to prevention and containment measures. The vicar of southern Arabia suspends masses for a month in the Emirates and Oman. In Bahrain the first victim of Covid-19 among the Gulf countries.…

John Burger |A country already struggling in its post-war years now taking extreme measures to fight coronavirus spread.While the United States and Western Europe are struggling to limit the spread of…

By Fionn Shiner Bishops in Israel have claimed that bigoted attitudes endemic in the country’s schools could be responsible for a recent spate of anti-Christian attacks.Speaking to Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Auxiliary Bishop Giacinto-Boulos Marcuzzo of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, said the failure of the…

In Iraq there are 124 confirmed cases and at least 10 dead. A state of emergency lasting 30 days. Baghdad borders and airport closed. Bishop Warduni: “rigid and heavy” measures in the face of “serious danger”. The new media a channel to maintain communion with the faithful: “the strongest medicine is prayer”.…

In Iraq there are 124 confirmed cases and at least 10 dead. A state of emergency lasting 30 days. Baghdad borders and airport closed. Bishop Warduni: “rigid and heavy” measures in the face of “serious danger”. The new media a channel to maintain communion with the faithful: “the strongest medicine is prayer”.…

By Fionn Shiner A MOTHER in Syria has described how she has been forced to burn clothes to keep her disabled daughter warm amid reports that on the ninth anniversary of the civil war the economy is in freefall and people are on the breadline.…

Rana al-Ahmde People take part in a radio broadcast on Suroyo FM, in Qamishli, Syria, in a picture  QAMISHLI, Syria — A small radio station in the town of Qamishli, on the border of Turkey and Syria, has been broadcasting in the ancient Christian liturgical language of…

by Raymond IbrahimA report cited by Fox News found that more than 6,000 Christians have been slaughtered by Islamic terrorists since 2015 — a thousand of them in just 2019.“It is… genocide…. the longer we tolerate these massacres, the more we embolden the…

Issued on: March 11, 2020 SAll NewsToday, President Donald J. Trump announced his intent to nominate: Hala Y. Jarbou of Michigan, to serve as Judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan.…

Appeal for prayer and solidarity as Coronavirus worsens By John Pontifex AN urgent call for prayer and support for Christians in Bethlehem has come from two charities which are warning that Coronavirus lockdown could plunge the faithful into desperate poverty.…

Pope Francis leads the general audience from his library in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican March 11, 2020. (CNS photo by Vatican Media)Junno Arocho Esteves / CNS    VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Amid a nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus epidemic,…

9 converts lose appeals of 5-year prison sentences for ‘actions against national security’Iran extends Christian convert’s sentence 2 years for ‘evangelical Zionist Christianity’By Samuel Smith, CP Reporter An Iranian flag flies in an Abyaneh mountain village. | Wikimedia Commons/Nick Taylor…

An Iraqi woman holds a placard during a rally marking International Women’s Day in the southern city of Basra on March 8, 2020. Hussein FALEH / AFPThey aim to print the magazine monthly and have volunteers distribute it throughout the region, Suleiman told Al-Monitor.…

By Dana RubinRick Bajornas/United Nations via AP, FileSixth in a series commemorating Women’s History Month by spotlighting a significant speech or testimony delivered by a woman in the U.S. on this date.…

By Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor Lebanese and Syrian Christian Maronites pray for peace in Syria, in Harisa, Jounieh, Lebanon. | REUTERS/HASAN SHAABANAmid the international community’s lack of response to the ongoing severe persecution…

Weddings and funerals are also suspended until further notice. Weekday Masses will continue as fewer people attend them. The faithful are asked to sit in church and not shake hands. For priest in the capital, measures are designed to contain the contagion. Card Sako offers a “special prayer” to God the Father and Mary.…