Monthly Archives: May 2018

The Book Back Cover Text 15 05 2018 This is a heartbreaking story of an Iraqi family, a short history of Mesopotamia and the Wahabi-Salafi terrorism. …

Pope Francis greets Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Sako of Baghdad, Iraq, during a meeting with Chaldean Catholics at the Church of St. Simon the Tanner in Tbilisi, Georgia, in this Sept. 30, 2016, file photo. CNS photo/Paul Haring By Catholic News Service…

By Alex Williams Accomplished singers from the Sistine Chapel Choir in Vatican City and Her Majesty’s Chapel Royal Choir have sung together at Buckingham Palace in support of persecuted Christians of all denominations.…

Father Emanuel Youkhana, center, meets Iraqi Christians who have opened a mobile cellphone shop in the Ninevah Plains following the defeat of the Islamic State from the area. (CNS photo courtesy CAPNI) Dale Gavlak / Catholic News Service…

World Watch Monitor The Chaldean Patriarch, Louis Raphael I Sako, has telephoned Iraqi Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr to congratulate him on his unexpected victory in the country’s recent parliamentary elections.…

Staff Reporter Kochi He bats for peace between feuding church factions Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church Ignatius Aphrem II will return to Beirut on Friday after completing his three-day visit to India, during the course of which he batted for peace between feuding church factions.…

World Watch Monitor The Chaldean Patriarch, Louis Sako, has telephoned Iraqi Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr to congratulate him on his unexpected victory in the country’s recent parliamentary elections. The Patriarchate also said that Sako told Sadr he hoped for a government…

The St. Gabriel Foundation, which manages a good deal of at least 110 confiscated Aramean Christian properties in 2017, received today 50 of the 55 returned title deeds from the Turkish Government. Recently, parliament voted in favor of a bill dealing with the return of these assets after the expansion of the municipality of Mardin,…

Dear readers, situation of our people and present the demands of our peoplerope, we continue to emphasize and expand our political, diploits administration and delegates. With our new team across Eumatic, and social relations with various actors to underline theFollowing…

The Chaldean primate describes the “dual responsibility” because it indicates the Pope’s closeness to Christians and to all the people. A choice that “surprised” him and attests to Pope’s great care for the Church in difficulty. Congratulations from Christian and Muslim personalities. Shiite leader: “Gift of mercy for Iraq”. Al-Sadr wins election but does not…

DECCAN CHRONICLE. The Patriarch, on his second apostolic visit to India, told reporters on Tuesday, Patriarch of the Syrian Orthodox Church Igantius Aphrem II accepting a floral welcome by special children of Centre for Empowerment and Enrichment in Kochi on Tuesday. (Photo: SUNOJ NINAN MATHEW)…

Special Correspondent KOCHI, Hopes for positive response from Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church Ignatius Aphrem II has called for peace between the two factions of the Malankara Church based on dignity and respect for each other.…

Pope Francis greets Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Sako of Baghdad, Iraq, during a meeting with Chaldean Catholics at the Church of St. Simon the Tanner in Tbilisi, Georgia, in this Sept. 30, 2016, file photo. CNS photo/Paul Haring By Catholic News Service…

Pope Francis announced Sunday that he will create 14 new cardinals in June coming from all over the world, including Iraq, Portugal, Italy, Poland, Peru, Japan, Madagascar, and several Vatican officials. Eleven of those new cardinals are under 80, meaning they’re eligible to participate in an…

CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuela’s election officials said Sunday that socialist leader Nicolas Maduro won a second six-year term as president of the oil-rich South American country, while his main rivals were disputing the legitimacy of the vote and calling for a new election.…

Louis Raphael Sako will join the College of Cardinals, tasked with electing the Bishop of Rome Mina Aldroubi In this Monday, Dec. 18, 2017 photo, Louis Raphael Sako, Chaldean Patriarch speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq. In a surprise…

Catholic News Service | Doreen Abi Raad Chaldean Patriarch Louis Sako of Baghdad, Iraq Chaldean Patriarch Louis Sako of Baghdad, Iraq, celebrates a liturgy in St. Peter’s…

By Rudaw Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako, Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon in Iraq. Photo: Khalid Mohammed / AP ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Pope Francis announced in his weekly address that Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako, the Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon in Iraq, was…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday revealed his latest picks to be cardinals in the Catholic Church, including his chief aide for helping the poor in Rome and prelates based in Iraq and Pakistan, where Christians are a vulnerable minority.…

By Rudaw Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako, Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon in Iraq. Photo: Khalid Mohammed / AP ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Pope Francis announced in his weekly address that Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako, the Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon in Iraq, was…