Monthly Archives: May 2016

At first, the Jews deluded themselves that the hardship would pass; loyal citizens, the community had dwelled in Iraq for 2,600 years Bent on destroying Israel, and gripped by vicious anti-Semitism, Baghdad ‘pauperized’ its Jews and forced them to leave for the nascent Jewish state in 1951-2. It believed…

BEIRUT – The United States has been trying to gain more from changes in the Middle East, as the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Force’s (SDF) influence grows on the battlefield, according to one expert’s recent comments. A number of armed forces in both Iraq and Syria have benefitted from the patronage of…

The Iraqi Church needs “to stay awake”. Like the disciples “tended to sleep” while Jesus “passed through difficult times”, so now the priests “are likely to be devolved from reality” and this can be “dangerous.” KIRKUK: The Iraqi Church needs “to stay awake”. Like the disciples “tended to sleep”…

Msgr. Yousif says the upcoming assembly of Chaldean clergy in Erbil must “chart a new path” in an era of “enormous changes and challenges.” The priests also “essential” for the Muslims, because they assume a “bridge” role with modernity. The work of Catholic education and health care. The refugees from Mosul witnesses of a faith…

Chiqui Guyjoco (REUTERS/KHALID AL MOUSIL)Iraqi Christians pray as they attend a Good Friday mass at a church in Baghdad March 25, 2016. The Iraqi army together with the Kurdish Peshmerga have started to retake territories from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS), but displaced…

Three just-retired Eastern-Catholic bishops worked tirelessly to evangelize with the spiritual treasures of the Chaldean and Byzantine traditions. by PETER JESSERER SMITH 05/26/2016 Comments (1) Kaldu.org; Facebook.com/Eparchy-of-Phoenix; Peter Jesserer Smith; Facebook.com/Eparchy-of-Phoenix.…

Business Jets (https://businessjets.aero/en ) organizes tailored-made private flights for a wide variety of clients but lastly, the company achieved a real tour-de-force in transporting 149 persecuted Iraqi Christians refugees to Slovakia. The evacuation was funded by an American Christian charity, the Glen Beck’s Mercury One, and performed…

harry-farley Harry Farley Junior Staff Writer Christian refugees fleeing ISIS were offered a dramatic escape route when a private jet rescued them from Iraq. Reuters ISIS have targeted Christians, Yazidis and Shia Muslims in Iraq…

By Stoyan Zaimov , Christian Post Reporter Iraqi Christians (Photo: Reuters/Thaier Al-Sudani) Iraqi Christians pray during a mass on Christmas eve at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Baghdad, Iraq, December 24, 2015.…

As anti-ISIL operations near Mosul continue, many are sheltering at camps in Iraq’s Kurdish region. Adam Lucente Soldiers with the Nineveh Plain Forces on a training exercise in Tel Eskof, Iraq [Adam Lucente/Al Jazeera]Soldiers with the Nineveh Plain Forces on a training exercise in Tel Eskof, Iraq [Adam Lucente/Al Jazeera]…

‘What God is giving us in faith and strength is helping us to give more, and that by itself will bring us closer to God,” said Sister Waffa Yousif, who helped train the 30 first communicants. 05/24/2016 Comment Firas Pack photos…

• Diocese rallies in support of wounded and the grieving • Bishop warns of exodus following bomb blasts By John Pontifex A BISHOP in Syria has described desperate efforts to tend to the injured and the dying following multiple Daesh (ISIS) attacks in Tartous and Jableh, which left more than 200…

Katowice, Poland – on May 20, 2016 Ziyad Raoof, the KRG Representative in Poland took part in the panel discussion entitled „geopolitics” organized as part of European Economic Congres in Katowice, one of the most important economic and political event in Central Europe. This was a 8th edition of the Congress. In this year event…

Gardens of Ankawa Benjamin Kweskin, a contributor for the Philos Project, recently interviewed Mr. Anoo Abdoka, a prominent political leader in Ankawa, the main Christian area in Erbil, Kurdistan. BK: Would you please share a bit about yourself: your upbringing, family, and education?…

Greenwich journalist Tom Gallagher speaking with a man named Dominic, an internally displaced Iraqi Christian waiting his turn to see a doctor at a health clinic in Erbil, Iraq. Photo: Tom Gallagher /National Catholic Reporter / Greenwich Time Contributed Photo: Tom Gallagher /National Catholic Reporter…

By John Newton and Eva-Maria Kolmann CHILDREN from Syria’s different Christian denominations will be joining together to pray for peace in the country on International Children’s Day. The plan, which is being backed by Syrian Church leaders, was described in a joint message from the country’s Catholic and Orthodox Patriarchs.…

carey-lodge Carey Lodge Christian Today Journalist Reuters Catholic Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako Christians in Iraq are being exploited for political gain, and the US must not follow…

Lorraine Caballero (Reuters/Ahmed Saad)Iraqi security forces wait for vehicles travelling to Mosul to fight against militants of Islamic State at an Iraqi army base in Camp Taji in Baghdad, February 21, 2016. The United States could offer financial support to Christian militias fighting the Islamic…

by Lynda Edwards in Life Entertainment Breakaway Outreach Co-founder Jimmy Larche, right, loads donations from the Chattanooga Choo-Choo’s Director of Sales Annie Still to share with Iraqi, Syrian and Sudanese refugees in Germany. In the background, Larche’s wife, Cindy, left, German visitor Finni Eigenbrodt and Adam Bowerman examine the gifts.…

Priests and bishops are called to a meeting on 20 and 21 June. Focusing on the challenges and opportunities in this Year of Mercy, Patriarch Sako calls for a “human, spiritual and national awakening” in the face of “existing challenges, risks and temptations”. The future of the Church, he warns, depends “on the quality of…