Mideast Catholic patriarchs urge Christmas hope amid misery
Patriarchs of the Middle East urged their faithful, overwhelmed with suffering, to hold on more tightly to hope this Christmastime.
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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.
Read Moreby 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.
Read Moreby 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.
Read Moreby 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.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 15, 2021 | Catholic Church, Christians in Iraq, Church in the Middle East, Iraq, Iraqi Christians, lead, News, Patriarch Raphael Sako, Pope Francis | 0 |
Catholics in Iraq are not giving up on a papal visit despite Pope Francis recently saying the pandemic might stop him from going: At the request of Cardinal Patriarch Raphael Sako, they’re reciting a prayer specifically for the trip scheduled for March 5-8 to take place.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 8, 2020 | Archbishop Bashar Matti Warda, Church in the Middle East, Iraq, Iraqi Christians, lead, Middle East Christianity, News, Patriarch Raphael Sako, Pope Francis | 0 |
Church leaders in Iraq have praised Pope Francis’s decision to come in March amid a pandemic as a brave decision, voicing hope that it will encourage Christians to stay in the country despite present difficulties.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 10, 2020 | Armenian Catholic Church, Cardinal Bechara Rai, Catholic News Service, Chaldean Catholic Church, Christians in the Middle East, Church in Middle East, Church in the Middle East, Coptic Catholic Church, Egypt, Holy Land, Iraq, Lebanon, Maronite Church, Melkite Catholic Church, Middle East, News, Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan, Patriarch Raphael Sako, Patriarch Youssef Absi, Pope Francis, Syria, Syriac Christians, Vatican | 0 |
In a private meeting with Pope Francis, Catholic patriarchs of the Middle East had an opportunity to sound the alarm regarding the survival of Christians in the region as a result of persecution, extremism, economic insecurity and immigration to the West.
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