Monthly Archives: July 2016

Warsaw, Poland – Ziyad Raoof, The KRG Representative in Poland met at the Polish parliament with Jerzy Meysztowicz, MP, member of “Nowoczesna” party – second biggest Polish opposition group. The meeting was a continuation of KRG Office in Poland campaign to recognize by…

Kelly Seegers CS PHOTO BY JACLYN LIPPELMANN The interior of the Basilica of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Wadowice is seen during a Mass July 25. On July 25, the World Youth Day pilgrims from the Archdiocese of Washington began their day by visiting Wadowice, the birthplace of St. John Paul II.…

By Richard Szczepanowski, Catholic Standard Archdiocese of Washington World Youth Day pilgrims in Poland have launched a social media campaign to show their solidarity with Iraqi Christians and others who suffer persecution. The campaign uses the hashtag #WYDvoices4peace, and was launched Monday, July 25.…

Chiqui Guyjoco Church leaders argue whether the surviving Chaldean Christians should remain or abandon their ancestral grounds in the face of serious extinction by the Islamic State terrorist group. According to Fox News, the faction of Bishop Sarhad Jammo advocates for the…

Lorraine Caballero The genocide of Christians in Iraq and Syria has exposed a big divide in the Iraqi-American Christian community and has sparked a debate on whether the violence inflicted by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) should push Chaldeans to remain in their homeland or seek asylum elsewhere.…

By Stoyan Zaimov , Christian Post Reporter Chaldean Christians are caught in the middle of a “furious debate” over whether they should stay in their ancestral home in Iraq despite the ongoing genocide at the hands of the Islamic State terror group, or flee as refugees.…

An influential international body endorses the discredited claim that ISIS wants to protect Christians—not commit genocide against them. That Middle Eastern Christians—along with Yazidis and others—face genocide by ISIS was officially recognized earlier this year in a designation of the U.S. Secretary of State, and in resolutions of both Houses of Congress. Yet, a prominent…

– By Catholic News Agency Banner praying hands credit christianchan shutterstock cna “Prayer is this ongoing deep rooted relationship and dialogue with the only one who can provide direction and meaning and peace to our lives,” said Jennifer Hubbard. (photo/ChristianChan via Shutterstock.com)…

By Clare Creegan YOUNG Christians from Jordan to Georgia are to receive vital support to enable them to connect with others who share their faith and values in the latest series of grants announced by the UK office of Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need. In the next round of aid payments, being…

At the Marshal Office of Maloposka Region there has been held a press conference attended by Jacek Krupa, Marshal of Malopolska Region, Ziyad Raoof, KRG Representative in Poland and fr. Tomasz Jegierski, President of SOS For Life Foundation who informed that another humanitarian convoy will be sent to Kurdistan Region to help refugees.…

By Miriam Raftery East County Magazine was granted an exclusive interview yesterday with Bishop Mar Schlemon Warduni, who has been serving as interim Bishop and apostolic administrator of St.Peter Chaldean Catholic Diocese since May, following the retirement of Bishop Sarhad Jammo. Bishop Warduni leaves the U.S. today to head for Rome and then Iraq,…

Prague, July 14 (CTK) – Forty Iraqi refugees who came to the Czech Republic within a programme of the Generation 21 Endowment have already moved to flats, they are learning Czech and some started to work, the group has said on its web page. It pays for the stay of the refugees in the Czech…

The young Christians of Eril, in Iraqi Kurdistan, are preparing for the World Youth Day (WYD) 2016 to be held in Krakow, Poland, 26 to 31 July. ERBIL: The young Christians of Eril, in Iraqi Kurdistan, are preparing for the World Youth Day (WYD) 2016 to be held in Krakow, Poland, 26 to 31 July.…

‘The children, the young people, they have no future’ (Christian Today) Christians persecuted by Islamic State in the Middle East believe the world has forgotten them, but remain convinced that God is near, an Iraqi bishop has said. Speaking to East County Magazine, Bishop Mar Shlemon Warduni, who has been…

London police have charged a Chaldean priest with fraud after an investigation into an alleged misappropriation of funds intended to support refugees. Our London London police have charged a Chaldean priest with fraud after an investigation into an alleged misappropriation of funds estimated at more than $500,000.…

Police began investigating in February, and laid the charges on Wednesday By Samantha Craggs, CBC News Father Amer Saka is under investigation after $500,000 raised by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamilton meant for Hamilton refugees went missing.…

Father NoelFather Noel GorgisChaldeanMark Arabo “Father Noel is amazing in the halls of Congress. We were able to get 20,000 more visas for Chaldeans to come here. For his success, he is being punished. The church is saying that no Iraqi Christians should leave Iraq..Wewlil not allow himto be sent like a cow to slaughter.”–Mark…

By Stoyan Zaimov , Christian Post Reporter Displaced Iraqi Christians who fled from Islamic State militants in Mosul, pray at a school acting as a refugee camp in Erbil, Iraq, September 6, 2014. An Iraqi bishop has criticized the nations of the world for not working together to help suffering Iraqi Christians, and said that…

James Macintyre Pope Francis delivers the Angelus prayer in Saint Peter’s square at the Vatican A proportion of some 200 young Christians from all around Iraq will recite the Lord’s Prayer in Aramaic before the Pope at World Youth Day (WYD) in Krakow later this month.…

By Clare Creegan PRAYER, information and action for the suffering Church is the focus of a campaign being launched by a leading Catholic charity at World Youth Day in Poland later this month. Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need will invite those taking part in the event in…