Monthly Archives: February 2016

Knights of Columbus join push for Middle East genocide petition

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A woman attends Mass at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Baghdad, Iraq, in this May 10, 2009, file photo. The Knights of Columbus, based in New Haven, Conn., and the Washington-based group In Defense of Christians have mounted a petition campaign asking Secretary of State John Kerry to make a decision on whether to make…

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Partnership to aid refugees about more than money

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Bishop Taylor: Relations with Arkansas, Lebanon parishes will hopefully blossom By Aprille Hanson Associate Editor CNS / Lucie Parsaghian, EPA Syrian refugees stand in snow outside their tents Jan. 2 in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley. Lebanon continues to bear the brunt of absorbing massive numbers of refugees.…

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Iraqi refugee coming to ?R not to return home out of fear

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Smilovice, North Moravia, Feb 25 (CTK) – Maya, a 46-year-old woman from Iraq who is one of the Christian refugees whom the Czech Republic has accepted, does not plan to return to her homeland anymore because she is afraid of further violence, she told Czech journalists. “We will never return home again,” said Maya who…

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Knights of Columbus, In Defense of Christians Mount Genocide Petition

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As a mid-March deadline approached for U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to make a decision on whether to make a declaration of genocide in the Middle East, the Knights of Columbus, based in New Haven, Conn., and the Washington, D.C.-based group In Defense of Christians have mounted a petition campaign asking Kerry to make…

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What is Abadi doing to protect Iraq’s Christians?

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Iraqi Christians attend a mass at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Baghdad, Dec. 25, 2014. (photo by REUTERS/Ahmed Saad) Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon Louis Sako boycotted the National Conference on the Protection of Peaceful Coexistence, the Ban of Hatred and the Fight against…

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Knights of Columbus, In Defense of Christians mount genocide petition

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By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — As a mid-March deadline approached for U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to make a decision on whether to make a declaration of genocide in the Middle East, the Knights of Columbus, based in New Haven, Connecticut, and the Washington-based group In Defense of Christians have mounted a…

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Knights of Columbus, In Defense of Christians Mount Genocide Petition

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As a mid-March deadline approached for U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to make a decision on whether to make a declaration of genocide in the Middle East, the Knights of Columbus, based in New Haven, Conn., and the Washington, D.C.-based group In Defense of Christians have mounted a petition campaign asking Kerry to make…

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Hurt and hope collide in northern Iraq

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BY Katey Hearth Iraq (MNN) — Winter weather and ISIS are making life unbearable for those who remain in northern Iraq. Christian Aid Mission_Syrian refugees (Photo courtesy Christian Aid Mission)…

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Kerry weighs ‘genocide’ label for Islamic State

Kerry weighs ‘genocide’ label for Islamic State 5 hours ago Secretary of State John Kerry signaled today that he plans to decide soon whether to formally accuse the Islamic State of genocide amid what sources describe as an intense debate within the Obama administration about how such a…

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The Russia-US deal on Syria ceasefire is a small but important milestone on the way to end hostilities in the war-torn country, the success of which largely relies on the international community, experts told Sputnik on Tuesday.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik), Alexander Mosesov — On Monday, Moscow and Washington announced an agreement on cessation of hostilities between the Syrian government of President Bashar Assad and the armed opposition factions had been reached. The agreement will come into force on February 27. “The agreement seems to be an important milestone since any form of compromise…

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ISIS release the last 42 hostages of 230 Assyrian Christians kidnapped in Syria

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Source : Daily Mail ISIS yesterday released the last of some 230 Assyrian Christians kidnapped a year ago in Syria after receiving millions of dollars in ransom, Christian officials said. AhlulBayt News Agency – ISIS yesterday released the last of some 230 Assyrian Christians kidnapped a year ago in Syria after receiving millions of dollars…

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Al-Qosh: A reminder of Christianity’s uncertain future in Iraq

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Over history, the Rabban Hormizd monastery has been destroyed and rebuilt several times. (Florian Neuhof/Al Arabiya English) By Florian Neuhof Special to Al Arabiya English Tuesday, 23 February 2016 The inhabitants of al-Qosh, a town 50 km to the north of Mosul, hastily fled when trouble first approached in 2004. But after the radical extremists…

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ISIS gets millions in ransom for abducted Christians

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Associated Press February 22, 2016 BEIRUT — The Islamic State has collected millions of dollars in ransom for a group of Assyrian Christians it kidnapped in Syria a year ago, Christian officials and an opposition group said Monday, as the last of the 230 hostages were freed.…

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Last Assyrian Christian hostages released by ISIS

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By RÛDAW 1 hour ago A photo of the 43 hostages released by ISIS. Photo: Catholoc Herald ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — Forty three Assyrian Christian hostages, kidnapped by Islamic State (ISIS) in northeast Syria a year ago, have been released today.…

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