Category: Chaldean Catholic Church

Syrian bishop: Aleppo facing ‘bombardment’ of poverty

by bcadmin | Aug 16, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Chaldean Catholic Church, Church in the Middle East, News, Syria, Syrian Civil War | 0 |

Aleppo, besieged and destroyed in Syria’s war, is calm now, but 11 years of war and the accompanying economic sanctions have left the city impoverished.

Easter is feast of hope, patriarchs tell beleaguered Middle Easterners

by bcadmin | Apr 18, 2022 | Armenian Catholic Church, Cardinal Bechara Rai, Catholic News Service, Chaldean Catholic Church, Christians in the Middle East, Church in the Middle East, Iraq, Lebanon, Maronite Church, News, Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan, Patriarch Louis Sako, Syria, Syriac Catholic | 0 |

Eastern Catholic patriarchs related the Easter message of Resurrection and hope to the political situations in the Middle East.

Mideast Catholic patriarchs urge Christmas hope amid misery

by bcadmin | Dec 29, 2021 | Cardinal Bechara Rai, Catholic News Service, Chaldean Catholic Church, Christians in the Middle East, Church in the Middle East, Iraq, Lebanon, Melkite Catholic Church, News, Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan, Patriarch Raphael Sako, Patriarch Youssef Absi, Syria | 0 |

Patriarchs of the Middle East urged their faithful, overwhelmed with suffering, to hold on more tightly to hope this Christmastime.

Young Iraqi Catholics told by cardinal not to despair over their future

by bcadmin | Nov 25, 2021 | Catholic Youth, Chaldean Catholic Church, Church in the Middle East, Iraq, lead, News, Patriarch Raphael Sako | 0 |

As thousands of young Catholics around the world celebrated diocesan World Youth Day on the feast of Christ the King on Sunday, the Chaldean youth in war-torn Iraq were no exception, with a weekend-long meeting that brought together 450 women and men from the country’s eight dioceses.

Iraqi bishops urge ‘moral responsibility’ amid post-election chaos

by bcadmin | Nov 19, 2021 | Chaldean Catholic Church, Church in the Middle East, church-state relations, Elections, Iraq, lead, News | 0 |

As at-times violent post-election tensions continue to cause unrest throughout Iraq, the country’s bishops have voiced concern, urging citizens and those with responsibility to avoid conflict and resolve their differences through dialogue.

Iraqi Christian leaders hope to continue building on pope’s March visit

by bcadmin | Nov 16, 2021 | Archbishop Bashar Matti Warda, Catholic News Service, Chaldean Catholic Church, Christians in Iraq, Church in the Middle East, Iraq, News | 0 |

Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Bashar Warda of Irbil said the papal visit to the country in March helped to inspire and recharge Iraq, which has struggled to regain a firm footing after years of conflict and sectarian violence.

Iraqi Catholics looking ahead, not back, Chaldean bishop says

by bcadmin | Nov 6, 2021 | Catholic News Service, Chaldean Catholic Church, Church in Europe, Europe, Iraqi Christians, Iraqi refugees, News, priest kidnapped, Sweden | 0 |

After enduring war and suffering in Iraq, Chaldean Catholics abroad prefer to look ahead to a brighter future in their adopted countries rather than return to their native land, said Bishop Saad Sirop Hanna

Plenary Council members ask Australian church to embrace its diversity

by bcadmin | Oct 8, 2021 | Australia, Australian bishops, Catholic News Service, Chaldean Catholic Church, Church in Oceania, Eastern Catholic Churches, Maronite Church, Melkite Greek Catholic Church, News, Plenary Council, synodality, Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church | 0 |

Members gathered for the first assembly of Australia’s Plenary Council have backed calls to ensure the Catholic Church in the country more fully embraces its liturgical diversity, particularly the rich presence of Eastern churches.

Iraqi Catholic leader calls Pope Francis’s trip a ‘miracle’

by bcadmin | Mar 8, 2021 | Catholic Church, Chaldean Catholic Church, Christians in Iraq, Church in the Middle East, Iraq, Iraqi Christians, lead, News, Patriarch Luis Sako, Pope Francis, Pope Francis in Iraq, Pope in Iraq | 0 |

Although the impact of papal trips is often hard to assess in the immediate aftermath, such cautions mean little to the leader of Iraq’s local Catholic church, who quickly proclaimed Pope Francis’s March 5-8 visit to his nation a “miracle” on Sunday.

Despite risks, Iraqis want Pope Francis to go ahead with visit

by bcadmin | Mar 4, 2021 | Catholic Church, Chaldean Catholic Church, Christians in Iraq, Church in the Middle East, COVID-19, Iraq, lead, News, Pope Francis, Pope Francis in Iraq, Pope in Iraq | 0 |

Pope Francis is set to become the first pontiff to set a foot in Iraq on Friday, when he lands in Baghdad after a four-hour trip from Rome.

U.S. Chaldean Catholics hope pope’s Iraq trip brings peace, reconciliation

by bcadmin | Mar 3, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Chaldean Catholic Church, Chaldean Christians, Christians in Iraq, Church in the Middle East, Diocese of Phoenix, Iraq, Iraqi Christians, Iraqi refugees, News, Pope Francis in Iraq, Pope in Iraq | 0 |

The 1,200 Chaldean Catholic families who live in Arizona are thousands of miles from the land of their birth. On March 5, their hearts will turn toward their native Iraq.

Vatican releases program for papal trip to Iraq

by bcadmin | Feb 8, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Chaldean Catholic Church, Christians in Iraq, Iraq, News, Papal travel, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |

Pope Francis said his upcoming trip to Iraq would be an important sign of his concern for the region’s Christians, but also an important opportunity to build fraternity through interreligious dialogue.