Monthly Archives: February 2008

(Adds more from statement, background on kidnapping) VATICAN CITY, Feb 29 (Reuters) – Pope Benedict deplored on Friday the kidnapping of the Chaldean Catholic archbishop of Mosul in Iraq as a “despicable” crime and urged the gunmen to free the prelate.…

Gunmen have kidnapped the archbishop of the Chaldean Catholic Church in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul and killed three of his aides, his church says. Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho was seized as he left a church in the eastern al-Nour district, it added.…

By SAMEER N. YACOUB BAGHDAD (AP) — Gunmen kidnapped a Chaldean Catholic archbishop Friday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, police and the church said, in another attack targeting Iraq’s small Christian community.…

Ankawa.com /Mosul The incoming news from Mosul stated that today 29/2/2008 at 5.15PM the Bishop of the Chaldean church in Mosul was kidnapped with his driver and two persons by…

Reuters/ Turkey’s parliament approved on Wednesday a law aimed at boosting the property rights of non-Muslim minorities, a reform long sought by the European Union that Ankara hopes to join.…

Ankawa.com /Baghdeda /Exclusive Received right away that on Tuesday 26/2/2008 at 3.30pm a shop for alcoholic beverages in the middle of the market in Baghdeda was outburst. Immediately the National Guard encircled the place.…

Due to recent changes in legislation, new categories of Iraqis in Jordan and Egypt are eligible for resettlement consideration under the United States Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP). Iraqis in Jordan and Egypt who meet one of the criteria below…

On the consequences of the initiative of the Chaldean archbishop of Kirkuk , and post mutual meetings between apostolic churches : Assyrian Al-Mashraq church, Catholicos eastern church, Syriac catholic church ,Syriac Orthodox church and the Armenian Orthodox church , a council was formed…

Arbil ( AsiaNews) – This “is a cry of pain addressed to the international community. Do not let Turkish airplanes continue to violate Kurdish airspace and bomb its territory: the only ones…

Ankawa.com / Exclusive After his release on Thursday 21/2/2008 and in a statement to Ankawa.com, the writer Joni Khoshaba brings to light the reasons for his arrest, release and association of this case: “ First, I would like to say that the reason of my arrest is my own web…

The UN refugee agency welcomed Wednesday a decision by Lebanese authorities to regularize the status of hundreds of Iraqi refugees considered illegal in the country. The government started this week to give Iraqis who entered Lebanon illegally or…

Walter Aziz to release “General Agha Petros Revisited: A Tribute To A True Assyrian Hero” on March 11, 2008 “A must-have album for every Assyrian household.” – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (February 17, 2008)…

By LINDA M. LINONIS VINDICATOR RELIGION EDITOR YOUNGSTOWN — St. Maron Maronite Catholic Church is no different from many other churches observing Lent with services of prayer and reflection.…

Kirkuk (AsiaNews) – Divided at the national level, without proper political representation and weakened by mass emigration, Iraqi Christians are trying to set up a common front to better pursue their interests. For now their initiative is limited to Kirkuk where a Council of Christians is being set up, chaired for the time being by…

Ankawa.com /Exclusive We just received the news of releasing the writer Joni Khoshaba , who was arrested on 17/2/2008 last Sunday in Telkef by the National guard –Beshmerga- . A nearby source to Ankawa.com stated that Mr. Khoshaba depart prison before few…

MARIETTA — A minister from Iraq returned to Marietta this past weekend to spread a message of peace and understanding.…

ACN News / By John Pontifex A LEADING archbishop from Iraq has received backing from the country’s president to set up a ‘Council of Christians’ to address key challenges threatening the Church’s survival in their ancient homeland.…

By Andrew Johnson In a margin he dated the list November 411. Unfortunately for the martyrs, history forgot them. At some point, this page became detached from the book it belonged to.…

Three Christian students who were recently kidnapped in Kirkuk by Muslim fundamentalists confronted their captors saying, “We are willing to die for our faith.” Iraq, revealed that the persecution suffered by Iraqi Christians at the hands of…

Christianity owes its early development to Dark Continent thinkers? Author Thomas C. Oden says scholars for too long have ignored a legacy | Marvin Olasky…