Category: Christians in Iraq

Warda: Ukraine war, inflation nags at Chaldeans’ recovery in northern Iraq

by bcadmin | Jul 19, 2022 | Aid to the Church in Need, Archbishop Bashar Matti Warda, Catholic News Service, Christians in Iraq, Church in the Middle East, Iraq, News | 0 |

“The prices of everything,” including food and gasoline, are “getting high,” said Archbishop Bashar Warda of Irbil, Iraq. “Everything is higher by 25%.”

‘It’s the time for the world to hear our voice’: Catholic news agency in Iraq to serve persecuted Christians

by bcadmin | Mar 25, 2022 | Archbishop Bashar Warda, Catholic news, Christians in Iraq, Church in the Middle East, Erbil, Middle East - Africa, News, News Briefs | 0 |

Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Bashar Warda (center), joined Alejandro Bermudez (far right), executive editor of the ACI Group and Catholic News Agency, and other dignitaries and staff members at a ceremony marking the launch of the Arabic-langu…

Dialogue is best antidote to extremism, pope tells Iraqi Christian leaders

by bcadmin | Feb 28, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Christians in Iraq, Church in the Middle East, News, Pope Francis, Pope Francis in Iraq, Vatican | 0 |

Christians have a right to remain in Iraq and the obligation to contribute to the country’s growth and recovery, which will require collaboration among the churches and a commitment to interreligious dialogue, Pope Francis said.

Loss and trauma: Churches help Iraqi Christians displaced by Islamic State

by bcadmin | Nov 28, 2021 | Catholic News Service, Christians in Iraq, Church in the Middle East, Iraq, News, Patriarch Raphael Sako | 0 |

In 2017, the Iraqi military and U.S.-led coalition troops forced out Islamic State fighters. Since then, Catholic churches and organizations have been working hard to address challenges faced by Iraq’s historic Christian community.

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.

Advocates: Action needed to stop Christians from leaving Lebanon, Iraq

by bcadmin | Sep 26, 2021 | Bishop Gregory J. Mansour, Catholic News Service, Christians in Iraq, Christians in the Middle East, Church in the Middle East, In Defense of Christians, Iraq, Lebanon, News | 0 |

Advocates say action is needed to stop the hemorrhaging of Christians from their biblical homelands, particularly Lebanon and Iraq, as safety, poor governance and economic crises imperil their future.

Summit aims to build ‘global movement’ for religious freedom

by bcadmin | Jul 21, 2021 | Ambassador Sam Brownback, Biden Administration, Cardinal Dolan, Christians in Iraq, Church in the US, International religious freedom, lead, News, Russian Orthodox Church | 0 |

Looking back on the 2021 International Religious Freedom Summit, co-chair Sam Brownback believes it accomplished the goal of building relationships between global religious leaders, and laying the foundation for what he hopes will be a “global movement.”

Experts say Iraqi government struggling to secure Christian future

by bcadmin | Jun 27, 2021 | Ayaltollah Ali al-Sistani, Christians in Iraq, Church in the Middle East, Isis, lead, News, papal trip, Pope Francis, Religious Freedom | 0 |

Now months since from Pope Francis’s trip to Iraq the country’s Christian population remains hopeful, but nothing has changed, experts say.

UNESCO exhibit in Venice focuses on rebuilding Mosul sites

by bcadmin | May 22, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Christians in Iraq, Church in the Middle East, Iraq, Mosul, News, UNESCO, Venice | 0 |

The United Nations’ cultural agency has opened an exhibit detailing plans to restore multicultural landmarks in the Iraqi city of Mosul, underlining the role of architecture in helping heal wounds.

Pope gives $350,000 to help suffering Iraqi families

by bcadmin | Mar 31, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Chaldean Church, Christians in Iraq, Church in the Middle East, Iraq, Iraqi Christians, News, Patriarch Raphael Sako, Pope Francis in Iraq | 0 |

Before returning to Rome from Iraq March 8, Pope Francis left $350,000 to assist families still suffering the impact of conflict or in dire straits because of the economic crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic, said Cardinal Louis Sako, the Baghdad-based patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church.

Syriac Catholics, led by patriarch, process through streets of Qaraqosh

by bcadmin | Mar 30, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Christians in Iraq, Church in the Middle East, Iraq, Iraqi Christians, News, Palm Sunday, Patriarch Ignatius Ephrem Joseph III Younan | 0 |

Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan, visiting from the patriarchate in Beirut, led about 20,000 Christians through the streets of Qaraqosh Palm Sunday, March 28.

Franciscan University group visits Iraq at invitation of archbishop

by bcadmin | Mar 23, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Christians in Iraq, Church in the Middle East, Iraq, News, Steubenville | 0 |

During a recent visit with the Catholic community in Iraq, Franciscan Father Dave Pivonka, president of the Franciscan University of Steubenville, said he and his university colleagues saw firsthand how strong the Catholic faith is in that country, even after decades of strife and violence, and how it is reemerging.