Monthly Archives: March 2009

Catholic Church criticizes Mauritius on Iraqi refugees APA-Port Louis (Mauritius) The head of the Catholic Church in Mauritius, Bishop Maurice Piat on Tuesday expressed his indignation at the fate Christians in Iraq after the silence surrounding the persecution of Christians in the country.…

Washington D.C., Mar 31, 2009 / 02:03 am (CNA).- Newly public information shows that the U.S. State Department in January rejected a recommendation that Iraq be named a Country of Particular concern due to “especially dire” threats to minorities’ religious freedoms. The State Department also granted waivers for Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia, where religious freedom…

Posted By: Canon Andrew White Posted in: Faithbook , The Christians of Iraq are some of the oldest and long standing Christians in the world. Here among these wonderful people is still spoken the language of our Lord. Ninety-eight per cent of my people at St George’s, Baghdad originate from…

By LARA JAKES KIRKUK, Iraq (AP) — Seeking to head off an explosion of ethnic violence, the United Nations will call for a power-sharing system of government for Iraq’s deeply divided region of Kirkuk in the oil-rich north.…

Allie Martin -Christians in Iraq are being assisted by a ministry that raises awareness of the persecuted church worldwide. Open Doors USA has set up pharmacies and other medical projects throughout Iraq. The pharmacies not only help Iraqi Christians find affordable medicine, but they also provide jobs for refugees in northern Iraq.…

ANKARA – A Council of Europe report has warned Turkey against using a “wrong interpretation” of the Lausanne Treaty as a pretext for refusing to implement minority rights, it has been learned. The 30-page report, which has not yet been published, highlights that minority rights…

Says Dioceses Need Support to Preserve Christian Communities By Genevieve Pollock (Zenit.org).- A couple transplanted to Northern Iraq is rallying support for the Church in the region, which needs the worldwide community to aid its time of new hope and rebuilding.…

Author : DPA Mosul, Iraq – In the second such killing in as many days, police on Thursday said they had found the body of another member of the minority Yezidi sect murdered near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Police said the man had been shot in the head and in the chest, and…

Baghdad – Three children were killed on Wednesday when a bomb planted in a rubbish bin near a school in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul exploded as students were leaving classes in the afternoon. Their deaths brought the number of civilians killed by insurgents in the city on Wednesday to five, medics and police…

“A time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God” – John 16:2 Produced by the Chaldean Church in Beirut, Lebanon. USA distribution by: Religious Freedom Coalition www.rfcnet.org The following interview with canon andrew white concerns the same topic. Go here to read the original…

The truth is that we want to forget the Iraqi humanitarian disaster, because the West is responsible. The crimes against the humanity of a near ‘genocidal’ scale in Iraq are swept under the carpet, says Lieven De Cauter.…

Tina Wolfe THE WASHINGTON TIMES Steven plays with a toy phone on a sheetless mattress in a tiny room of bare, chipped walls. The 4-year-old’s mother, Nada, looks on while holding his restless younger sister in her arms.…

By Sahar S. Gabriel Kids were taught in Saddam’s day never to refer to him as President, always as Baba (Papa) Saddam. He was a frightening figure. People used to name their kids Saddam so it would help them in the future.…

A first group of 122 Iraqi refugees arrived in Germany on Thursday this week. The government in Berlin — which will accept a total of 2,500 Iraqi refugees in the coming weeks and months — will provide all of them with long-term residency papers, language courses, housing, and work permits. The other 26 EU member…

by Jenna Lyle Around 120 Christian refugees from Iraq arrived in Germany on Thursday in search of a better and safer future away from the turmoil of their home country. Many of the refugees who arrived at Hanover airport were single mothers and their…

Ethan Bortnick, 8, has had his share of remarkable experiences. He’s played piano on The Tonight Show three times, chatted up Oprah and was the opening act for Beyonce. But none of those things inspired him to make a career in the music business.…

By Ethan Cole More than 100 Iraqi Christians arrived in Germany on Thursday to begin a new life away from the violence and persecution they endured back in their homeland. The group, which included single mothers, children and the sick, had come from being refugees in Syria, according to The Associated Press.…

By Sahar S. Gabriel Almost six years to the day since the American invasion of Iraq, Sahar S. Gabriel, a Christian Iraqi translator who worked for The New York Times in Baghdad, has left Iraq to move to America with her family on a refugee program.…

BERLIN: More than 100 Iraqi Christians and other refugees have landed in Germany to seek a safer future. Some of the adults had tears in their eyes as they got off a plane from Syria that landed in Hannover, Germany, on Thursday.…

BY KORIE WILKINS • FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER •Post a CommentRecommendPrint this page E-mail this article Share A Novi family is in a dispute with their homeowners association again — this time over a Virgin Mary statue.…