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Baghdad vicar: With attention on Gaza, Islamic State free to persecute Iraqi...
With the world’s attention focused on Gaza, Islamist militants in Iraq can perpetrate their crimes without fear of facing justice, the Anglican vicar of Baghdad has said. Andrew White, an Anglican...
View ArticlePope offers encouragement to beleaguered Middle Eastern faithful
Pope Francis has expressed concern for members of the Syriac Catholic Church who have had to flee from the “inhumanity” unfolding in the Middle East. “Many have fled to find refuge from an inhumanity...
View ArticlePatriarch hopeful Pope Francis will visit Iraq
Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako has said he is hopeful that Pope Francis will visit Iraq next year. Patriarch Sako, the leader of the Chaldean Church, which is in communion with Rome, made the comments...
View ArticleSaint of the Week: Ss Cyril and Methodius (February 14)
Born in Macedonia in the ninth century, these Byzantine brothers changed the course of European history by bringing Orthodox Christianity to the Slavs of the Balkans. They have been revered in the...
View ArticlePapal envoy in Iraq comforts refugees waiting to go home
The head of the Vatican’s Congregation for Eastern Churches has visited Iraq to convey Pope Francis’s blessing and concern for Church officials and the displaced living and working in difficult...
View ArticleThe Sisters who are ready for martyrdom
It’s the ecclesiastical equivalent of a royal warrant, we decided over lunch. That’s what it is like to find oneself “by appointment” to the Missionaries of Charity. It’s such an honour for the person...
View ArticleChaldean patriarch appeals to Iraqi leaders to work for reconciliation
Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Sako of Baghdad urged Iraq’s leaders to put an end to the “institutional, economic and security deterioration” in the country. “We call upon you, with a saddened heart...
View ArticleWhat’s inside this week’s magazine?
Cover Story… Fr Douglas Al-Bazi tells Robert Ewan how he survived nine days of torture in Baghdad More comment… England’s Catholic shrines are crying out for restoration, says Fr Marcus Holden Fr...
View ArticlePope offers prayers for victims of Baghdad and Dhaka attacks
Pope Francis has prayed for victims of terrorist attacks in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and Baghdad, Iraq. A cafe in Dhaka was attacked on Friday, leading to a 12-hour siege which left 28 people dead, including...
View ArticleMuslim businessman gives Baghdad’s Christians a giant Christmas tree
A Muslim businessman has erected the tallest Christmas tree in Baghdad as a show of solidarity with Christians during the holiday season. Yassir Saad told The Associated Press on Thursday that the...
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