Holy Week in Iraq a sign that Christians are slowly returning to their homes
This year’s Holy Week has a special significance for the Christians of Iraq, who see their situation in the country getting better.
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by 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 | Apr 11, 2022 | Bakhdida, Beirut, News, Palm Sunday, Qaraqosh, Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan, U.S. & World News | 0 |
Christians once again filled the streets of Qaraqosh for Palm Sunday: Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan, visiting from Beirut, led the procession of more than 20,000 people.
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 | Feb 20, 2021 | Church in the Middle East, Iraq, Iraqi Christians, lead, News, Papal travel, Pope Francis, Pope in Iraq, Qaraqosh, Syriac Christians | 0 |
A priest from Qaraqosh helping to prepare the city’s youth for Pope Francis’s visit next month has said the fact that a pope is coming has shown young people that the Church, which can often seem far away, is close to them.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 14, 2020 | Church in the Middle East, Iraq, Iraqi Christians, lead, News, Papal travel, Pope Francis, Qaraqosh | 0 |
Locals say Pope Francis’s upcoming trip to Iraq is both a much-needed sign of encouragement for the battered local Christian community and an opportunity to promote unity and mutual respect among the country’s diverse population.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 7, 2020 | Abraham, Baghdad, Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, global pandemic, Iraq, Iraqi, Irbil, Mosul, News, Ninevah, Pope Francis, Qaraqosh, U.S. & World News, UNICEF, Ur | 0 |
Barring any obstacles caused by the global pandemic, Pope Francis is set to begin international travel again in 2021 by visiting Iraq in March, which would make him the first pope to visit this nation.
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