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by bcadmin | May 10, 2022 | Church in the Middle East, Iraq, Isis, lead, martyrdom, News, Nineveh Plains | 0 |
After several days of searching, the remains of two Syrian Chaldean martyrs, killed for their faith by the Ottoman Empire, were found last week in a chapel outside of the Christian village of Qaraqosh, in Iraq’s Nineveh Plain.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 13, 2022 | Church in the Middle East, Holy Week, Iraq, lead, News, Nineveh Plains, Palm Sunday, Qaraqosh | 0 |
This year’s Holy Week has a special significance for the Christians of Iraq, who see their situation in the country getting better.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 21, 2021 | Church in the Middle East, Iraq, lead, News, Nineveh Plains | 0 |
The latest bombing in Baghdad came four days after 70 children received their first communion in the city of Telskuf in the Nineveh Plains, a region in northern Iraq that borders with the Kurdistan region, and which was invaded by IS in 2014.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 7, 2021 | Iraq, Isis, lead, News, Nineveh Plains, Papal Trips, Pope in Iraq, Qaraqosh, violence against women, Women | 0 |
Speaking to a crowd that saw its girls and women sold as property by Islamic State terrorists, and on the eve of International Women’s Day, Pope Francis gave a “heartfelt thank-you to all the mothers and women of this country, women of courage who continue to give life, despite the wrongs and hurts.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 7, 2021 | Christians in the Middle East, Iraq, Isis, lead, Middle East, Mosul, News, Nineveh Plains, Pope in Iraq | 0 |
The “tragic diminution of Jesus’ disciples here and across the Middle East,” the pope said, “does incalculable harm not just to the individuals and communities concerned, but also to the society they leave behind.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 6, 2020 | Assyrian Christians, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Catholic Relief Services, Christians in Iraq, Church in the Middle East, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Iraq, Iraqi Christians, Kurdistan, Kurds, News, Nineveh Plains | 0 |
Catholic aid agencies helping the displaced in northern Iraq say they are reaching those in need as the COVID-19 situation slowly improves there.
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