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NEW HAVEN — The New Haven-based Knights of Columbus gave $256,000 to area charities in 2017, with a new home in Hamden for a Vietnam War veteran and his family among the funding targets, according to a release. The home was built with $75,000 in funding from the Knights under the direction of…
Read moreCourtesy Martha Hudson by Edwin Mora An estimated 50,000 Christians returned home in Iraq in time to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ on Christmas after facing genocide at the hands of Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) jihadists who forced them out of their homeland in 2014, reveals the…
Read moreThe annual Knights of Columbus Black Friday coat giveaway, Nov. 24, 2017, McGivney Center, Bridgeport Photo: Linda Conner Lambeck Photo: Linda Conner Lambeck The annual Knights of Columbus Black Friday coat giveaway, Nov. 24, 2017, McGivney…
Read moreLouise Callaghan, Midyat A Syriac priest celebrates mass at a church in Midyat The air was rich with incense, and the chanting swelled as black-robed monks filed into the fourth century Mor Gabriel church, crossing themselves. A group of boys stood around an open bible, written in classical Syriac script, and prayed. But almost all…
Read moreby Alexander Slavsky • ChurchMilitant.com • Comes amidst sadness at the separation of families and damage to homes and churches You are not signed in as a Premium user; we rely on Premium users to support our news reporting. Sign in or Sign up today!…
Read morePatriarch of Antioch for Syriac Catholic Church Ignatius Youssef III Younan Delivers Christmas Message Shedding Light on His People’s Situation ACN Here are excerpts of the Christmas message of Ignatius Youssef III Younan, Patriarch…
Read moreBaghdad – Asharq Al-Awsat ADS BY BUZZEFF TV The US-based rights group, Human Rights Watch (HRW), has accused Yazidi fighters in Iraq of forcibly kidnapping and killing 52 civilians from the Imteywit tribe earlier in June.…
Read moreDoreen Abi Raad CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE A man dressed as Santa is seen in Damascus, Syria, Dec. 24. Catholic patriarchs of the Middle East called for peace, security, prayer and solidarity at Christmastime. (Credit: Youssef Badawi/EPA via CNS.)…
Read moreCatholic News Service Chaldean Christians in Mosul, Iraq, attend Christmas Mass at St. Paul Cathedral Dec. 24. (CNS photo/Amar Salih, EPA) MOSUL, Iraq (CNS) — Cries of joy and seasonal hymns once again filled St. Paul…
Read moreby Alexander Slavsky Comes amidst sadness at the separation of families and damage to homes and churches You are not signed in as a Premium user; we rely on Premium users to support our news reporting. Sign in or Sign up today!…
Read moreJardine Malado (Reuters/Stringer)An Iraqi Christian woman fleeing the violence in Mosul sits inside the Sacred Heart of Jesus Chaldean Church in Telkaif near Mosul, in the province of Nineveh, July 20, 2014.…
Read moreLorraine Caballero Christians in Mosul, Iraq, shed tears of joy as they gathered at a church for the first time in four years to celebrate Christmas after they were delivered from the jihadist rule of the Islamic State. (REUTERS / Ari Jalal)Iraqi Christians pray during a mass on Christmas eve at Church…
Read moreOn Christmas Eve, Christians, Muslims, Yazidis and Zoroastrians celebrated Christmas in churches across the Kurdistan Region and Iraq. For Christians in Mosul, it was the first time they were able to celebrate the holiday in their city in four years, after it was taken over by ISIS in 2014 and liberated earlier this year.…
Read moreRyan Bundy, center, stands outside of a federal courthouse Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017, in Las Vegas. Chief U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro declared a mistrial Wednesday in the case against Cliven Bundy, his sons Ryan and Ammon Bundy and self-styled Montana militia leader Ryan Payne. (AP Photo/John Locher)…
Read moreChristmas carols have been sung in Mosul’s Saint Paul cathedral for the first time since the Iraqi city was overrun by Islamic State militants. “The last Christmas mass here was in 2013”. Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Sako called on other Christians to return to Mosul…
Read moreBy The Manila Times MOSUL, Iraq: Hymns and cries of joy filled a church in Iraq’s second city Mosul on Sunday as worshippers celebrated Christmas there for the first time in four years after the end of jihadist rule.…
Read moreAFP | VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis in his Christmas eve mass Sunday urged the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics not to ignore the plight of migrants who are “driven from their land” because of leaders willing to shed “innocent blood.” “So many other footsteps are hidden in the footsteps of Joseph and Mary,” the…
Read moreFirst Christmas Milad, left, and Lina Homo watch their daughters, Melva and Angelina, open their Christmas gifts. The family celebrated their first Christmas in the United States on Dec. 25, 2017, after coming from Iraq in May. (Nancy Stone / Chicago Tribune) Michael HawthorneContact ReporterChicago Tribune…
Read moreTELESKOF, Iraq: Inside the newly renovated Church of Saint George in the Northern Iraqi town of Teleskof, Hayat Chamoun Daoud led children dressed as Santa Claus singing “Jingle Bells” in Aramaic. Like every other resident of Teleskof, this was Daoud’s first Christmas back home in…
Read more“And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us” (John 1:14) In this wonderful feast of our Lord’s Nativity, I am so glad to extend to you all my heartfelt salutations with my prayerful wishes that you may live a holy and peaceful Christmas Season, throughout the New Year 2018 and well beyond.…
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