By Matt Hadro As some Christian genocide victims rebuild their homes in Northern Iraq, a tenuous security situation still threatens their future in the region. “Every week we have two, three families leaving,” Father Salar Kajo, a priest of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Teleskov, Iraq and member of the Nineveh Reconstruction Committee, told CNA…

Australian Catholic University (ACU) conferred an honorary doctor of the University (Honoris Causa) on Archbishop Bashar Matti Warda CSsR, Chaldean Archbishop of Erbil, Iraq on Tuesday 23 July.…

Wed 24 Jul 2019By Eno Adeogun A woman who was one of a few Christians that remained in their Idlib countryside home, despite jihadist occupation, has been repeatedly raped, tortured and stoned to death.…

Begun in 1907 and inaugurated in 1930, the Gothic style building was designed by Italian architects.  In the war between Iran and Iraq, it became a refugee camp for poor families.  3877 children baptized inside.  After the restoration, it will be a “sanctuary open for everyone”.…

By Dennis Sadowski • Catholic News Service • Posted July 18, 2019 WASHINGTON (CNS) — Chaldean Christians in northern Iraq are determined to continue their 2,000-year-long mission despite the near-deadly blow inflicted by Islamic State forces and new challenges from nongovernment militias, said a priest ministering in the region.…

The patriarch is concerned about the escalation between Washington and Tehran. A conflict would precipitate the situation across the Middle East. As Iraqi Christians and Muslims look forward to the apostolic journey, the latter remains uncertain, whilst confusion and suffering affect the country.…

A new paragraph has appeared in the invitation received by the bishops of the Chaldean Church to their next synod. “I encourage each of you to choose one or two laypeople, of either sex, from your diocese to participate in the meetings of the first two days of the 2019 Synod,” wrote Cardinal Louis Sako,…

ByPaul Antonopoulos – Iraqi forces stormed on Thursday the town of Tel Kaif in northern Mosul as only a few regions remain to be liberated from ISIS on the the eastern side of the Tigris river. An Iraqi military statement has said that it’s forces have entered the town from several axes.…

Father Khalil Jaar distributes hygiene packs to Iraqi Christian refugees sheltering at his church compound Jan. 8 in Marka, Jordan. Many Iraqi Christian refugees who fled Mosul say they will not be able to return, even after the so-called Islamic State militants are flushed out of the area by the U.S.-led and Iraqi government forces.…

By Elizabeth Bryant Chaldean Archbishop Yousif Mirkis of Kirkuk, Iraq, second from right, celebrates Mass on April 19, 2015, in Madrid. Photo courtesy of HazteOir.org via Creative Commons PARIS (RNS ) Iraqi Christians who are considering leaving the country should stay put and play a role in rebuilding their war-shattered homeland, a senior prelate said…

Marwan’s action represents the support and concern that the greater Muslim community has for the persecuted Christians in Iraq. An Iraqi Muslim built a cross out of two pieces of metal, sending a message that Iraqi Muslims don’t stand for extremist Islamic ideology and that they support the Christians of the nation. The man, Marwan,…

Nuri Kino Independent investigative multi-award-winning reporter, filmmaker, author, Middle East and human rights analyst A week before Christmas, I, along with other dedicated volunteers from ADFA (A Demand For Action) NGO, a group of which I am a founder, went to Lebanon again to help our sister organization, Syriac League, with its Christmas events. We…

By Rowena Orejana – Safety is a commodity that is scarce in Iraq. Project 52, a project launched by the Chaldean Catholic community, aims to provide safety to 52 disabled children in Iraq by eventually having them adopted by families in New Zealand. The project was launched with a gala on November 26 at St…

Lisa Bryant Chaldean Archbishop Yousif Mirkis of Kirkuk, Iraq, speaks to reporters in Paris, Jan. 17, 2017. (L. Bryant/VOA) A high-profile Iraqi cleric says the best way to help his countrymen is at home, rather than pouring money into refugee programs overseas. Kirkuk’s Archbishop Yousif Mirkis, who is visiting France, called Tuesday for an initiative…

ACN News: Wednesday, EXTREMISTS driven out of Iraq’s the Nineveh Plains “riddled the region with land mines” and “put bombs in children’s toys” according to a senior Catholic cleric By Murcadha O Flaherty and Mónica Zorita Father Luis Montes, Latin Episcopal Vicar for Kurdistan, told the Catholic charity Aid to…

Syriac Catholic Archbishop Yohanna Moshe of Mosul, Iraq, and Bishop Oscar Cantu of Las Cruces, N.M., pose for a photo in Iraq. After meeting with church leaders in northern Iraq, Bishop Cantu said he will advocate differently for Iraqi religious minorities. (CNS photo/Stephen Colecchi, USCCB) By Dale Gavlak • Catholic News Service • Posted January…

Posted by ACN News By Jaco Klamer “I don’t understand how people can harm each other so much,” sighs security guard Louis Petrus. Today, Louis has returned to his hometown for the first time: the Christian city of Qaraqosh, near Mosul, which he had to flee on 6 August 2014, when IS occupied the city.…

By Samuel Smith , CP Reporter Over 900,000 Christians have been martyred in the last 10 years, a Christian research firm affiliated with Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Massachusetts estimates. (Photo: Reuters/Stringer)Christians attend Sunday service in the Virgin Mary Church at…

John L. Allen Jr. A drawing by an Iraqi Christian child living in a camp for internally displaced persons. (Credit: Image courtesy of Aid to the Church in Need.) Right now, it’s impossible to say whether Christianity will survive in Iraq or Syria. Yet one thing can be said with certainty: If it does, it…

Archeologists working in northern Iraq have uncovered a tomb dating back 2,400 years containing the skeletons of six people at a minimum. In addition to the skeletons, artifacts found inside the tomb include a bracelet which had been decorated with images of two snake heads, each looking directly at the other.…