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The fifth Brussels Conference of Syria’s donors opened. At least US$ 10 billion are needed in 2021 to meet needs. At least 24 million people are in serious need, four more than last year. For Bishop Audio, “a shared and global effort is needed”.…
Read moreby Raad al-Jammas Pulling golden thread with her frail fingers, elderly Christian Karjiya Baqtar has embroidered a precious prayer shawl to gift the most cherished visitor to her Iraqi hometown — Pope Francis.…
Read moreManuela Tulli, Vatican correspondent for ANSA, Italy’s main news agency, with Pope Francis. (Supplied)Visit ‘could change the history of interreligious dialogue,’ Manuela Tulli tells Arab NewsThis will be her sixth trip embedded with Pope Francis…
Read moreMatt Riedl| Catholic Herald Multimedia ProducerFr. David Dufresne visits a historic site in Iraq as part of his trip to the country earlier this month. Fr. Dufresne was able to attend a papal Mass in Irbil, Iraq, March 7. BASILICA OF SAINT MARY | COURTESY…
Read moreThe Apostolic Journey constitutes a legacy of exchanges and experiences that can bring the country back “to the international arena”. Card Sako suggests ways to revive tourism, dialogue, unity and interfaith dialogue. Tourism can play a role in the economic recovery while highlighting the country’s Christian, Muslim, Yazidi, Sabaean and Jewish heritage.…
Read moreVincenzo PINTO | AFP Maria Lozano – ACN –Qaraqosh has been largely rebuilt with the help of Aid to the Church in Need and its benefactors.Since 2003 all Iraqis have suffered the burdens of war: kidnapping, displacement, and death.…
Read moreBy Katey Hearth Iraq (MNN) — Pope Francis made history earlier this month when he visited Iraq. Today, Catholic leaders praise the trip as a “milestone” for relations between the Catholic Church and Shia Islam.…
Read moreAbove: Pope Francis is greeted by Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, one of Shiite Islam’s most authoritative figures, during a courtesy visit in Najaf, Iraq, on March 6. Below: Children are seen near an image of Pope Francis during the pope’s visit with the community at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Qaraqosh, Iraq, on March…
Read moreby Jules Gomes • ChurchMilitant.com •ISIS mocks ‘Abrahamic religions,’ threatening fresh attacks on ChristiansYou are not signed in as a Premium user; we rely on Premium users to support our news reporting. Sign in or Sign up today!…
Read morePolitical leaders had “very nice words” during Pope Francis’ early March trip to Iraq, but now Christians pray “that those words, those declarations, will be applied on the daily level, on the ground,” said Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan.…
Read moreby Xavier Bisits Photo 1 – Pope visit to QaraqoshPope Francis blesses a child amid a crowd of local Syriacs March 7 at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Qaraqosh, the largest Catholic Church in Iraq. (Xavier Bisits)At a glance, Qaraqosh and Bartella are similar: ancient, Aramaic-speaking towns first…
Read moreDoreen Abi Raad catholic news service Pope Francis signs a book with a message for Syriac Catholics at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Deliverance in Baghdad March 5, 2021. Also pictured, from left: Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan, Syriac Catholic Archbishop Ephrem Yousif…
Read moreTurkey’s human rights agency has rejected the request by Fr Remzi Diril for an investigation. Nothing is known about his father who went missing over a year ago while his mother’s body was found, naked with signs of torture. Human rights groups call on the members of the human rights agency to resign.…
Read moreChristians need to be recognized not only by words but on the ground as equal citizens, says patriarchDoreen Abi Raad, Catholic News Service An Iraqi flag flutters across from a banner depicting Pope Francis at St. Joseph Church in central Baghdad on March 10 during a…
Read moreBy Catholic News Service BEIRUT (CNS) — Political leaders had “very nice words” during Pope Francis’ early March trip to Iraq, but now Christians pray “that those words, those declarations, will be applied on the daily level, on the ground,” said Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan.…
Read morePope Francis waves as he boards a plane to depart to Iraq on March 5, 2021 at Rome’s Fiumicino airport. (AFP)The Vatican has planned a packed program for the 84-year-old popeROME: Pope Francis left Rome on Friday for a historic trip to Iraq, his first abroad since…
Read moreBy Emilie Ng Hope: Hanar Keka is an Iraqi woman sent by the Archbishop of Erbil to study in Australia as part of a plan to rebuild Iraq. She watched the historic visit of Pope Francis from her home in Brisbane.HANAR Keka can’t remember a time when the word Iraq didn’t conjure up images of…
Read moreWEAM NAMOU :A group of Chaldean women, sitting around a kitchen table in Michigan on Sunday, watched on Arabic satellite TV as Pope Francis set foot in their ancestral land on the last full day of his historic papal visit to Iraq.…
Read moreAn Iraqi Christian woman walks by a banner depicting Pope Francis on a wall of St. Joseph Cathedral in Baghdad days after the pontiff’s historic visit AHMAD AL-RUBAYE Baghdad (AFP) Iraqi Christians say they will “never forget the joy” of Pope Francis’ historic visit to the country but they don’t expect it to stem the…
Read moreWhen Vida Hanna was told by the Archbishop Bashar Warda of the Chaldean Archeparchy of Erbil that Pope Francis was coming to Iraq, she thought to herself it was just another rumor. By Alejandro BermudezWhen Vida Hanna was told by the Archbishop Bashar Warda of the Chaldean…
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