Monthly Archives: July 2017

Mayor Zara is next to Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako Chaldean Catholic Lara Yussif Zara is the new mayor of Alqosh, the small town of Nineveh Plain, inhabited mostly by Christians, which for three years was on the border with territories occupied by IS.…

This mosaic is from the apse in the Chapel of the Saints of Ireland at the Irish College. From left to right: St. John the Baptist, St. Oliver Plunkett (martyr and alumnus), St. Brigid, and Father Ragheed Ganni. Father Ragheed holds the martyr’s palm. Courtesy photo Msgr. Liam Bergin…

Relationship with Syrian refugees created strong bond between Christian and Muslim communities CBC News Najam Jutt helps lead prayers at the Leamington mosque, which is set up inside the community hall at an Anglican church. (Dale Molnar/CBC)…

Yezidi girls. (Photo Credit: Kurdistan Iraq Tours LLC/Tour Guide.) By Robert A. Destro and Carole A. O’Leary – – Wednesday, July 26, 2017 The people and regional government of Iraqi Kurdistan have long played a vital role in…

Sister Annie Demerjian Aid to the Church in Need is holding an art exhibition in Edinburgh later this month to raise awareness of persecuted Christians in Syria. The exhibition entitled ‘Portraits Of Faith: Syria’s Christians Search For Peace’ includes the work of of Farid Georges, a…

By Samuel Smith , CP Reporter (Photo: REUTERS/Joshua Roberts)The State Department Building is pictured in Washington, U.S., January 26, 2017. Lawyers at the United States State Department have removed the word “genocide”…

By AFP 5 hours ago Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, who was split between “sadness” and “hope”, holds a mass for the “renaissance” in Qaraqosh. Photos: Safin Hamed Iraq used to be home to millions of Christians. Because of war and instability local…

By Daniel Byman Omphalos: Middle East Conflict in Perspective In the post-September 11 era, the United States has suffered fewer terrorist attacks than many observers expected, even as the threat of the Islamic State looms. The relative safety of the U.S. homeland is in part due to the United States’ externalization…

DETROIT (WJBK) – Dozens of metro Detroit Chaldeans were detained and ordered deported in June. Now after several appearances in federal court and stays on the deportations, the latest ruling – gives more than 100 detained Chaldeans from metro Detroit 90 days to plead their case before the immigration courts – or in some cases…

The conference, convened by Lars Adaktusson, a Member of the European Parliament, in Brussels on the theme “The Future of Christians in Iraq,” issued a final statement and a political document on June 30th, despite opposition to the conference by key church institutions and political parties.…

Erik Rosales Although the United States and other coalition forces have driven ISIS from Iraqi cities like Mosul, the task of rebuilding remains enormous. Plus, what will become of the persecuted Christians? U.S. Army Col. Ryan Dilion with Operation Inherent Resolve said, “Over the last three…

Members of President Trump’s evangelical advisory board confronted the administration last week about the effort to deport Iraqi Christians, according to a report in the Christian Post. Their concern is that a group of Iraqis will be sent back to their homeland and face…

A man drinks at a bar in the town of Qaraqosh, south of Mosul, Iraq. Photo: REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani QARAQOSH, Iraq – In a town ravaged by the war against Islamic State, amid ransacked homes and shuttered shops, a flashing sign above the entrance to one business…

What’s Next For Christians In Post-Daesh Iraq? Minority groups would be the biggest losers if a new civil war breaks out. Carl Hétu Canadian National Director of CNEWA The reign of the Islamic State (Daesh) has come to an end in Iraq and it is losing…

The Patriarchate Media It is unfortunate that the attempt to put a hand on the towns of the Nineveh Plain, through public or concealed struggles is imposing a negative influence on the native people of this land. This sort of “Control / Invasion” is taking away the indigenous…

We are proud to report that the seeds of the making of the following faith keepers documentary in the US started with the ICAE Insitiute consulting and interview three years ago were we also helped in identifying the many individuals impacted by ISIS and the local community institutions working with them for interviews.…

Patriarch Louis Sako, the head of Iraq’s Chaldean Catholic Church, visited Mosul on July 20, touring churches left badly damaged during the city’s occupation by Islamic State militants. Iraqi forces declared victory over the extremist group in Mosul earlier this month. Sako has called for Christians to return to Mosul, but he warned that the…

Forced to flee their homes, Iraqi Christians refuse to return to their hometown, prefer stability in Kurdish capital of Arbil By Tony Gamal-Gabriel Haitham Behnam, a 34-year-old Iraqi Christian man who fled the violence in Mosul after Islamic State (IS) group militants seized control of the northern Iraqi city, stands at his…

By Afp Mosul’s Christian community faced brutal rule under the Islamic State group The jihadists may have been ousted from their Iraqi hometown of Mosul but many Christians like Haitham Behnam refuse to go back and trade in the stability of their new lives.…

By Samuel Smith , CP Reporter (Photo: REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis)A Syrian refugee embraces his son after their overcrowded raft landed at a rocky beach in the Greek island of Lesbos, November 19, 2015. Balkan countries have begun filtering the flow of migrants to Europe, granting…