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by bcadmin | Mar 7, 2022 | Iraq, News, Pope Francis in Iraq, World News | 0 |
A year ago Pope Francis made an historic pilgrimage to Iraq. Journalist John Cookson covered the visit for the Catholic Herald and now he’s returned to discover if the papal visit has changed the lives of the country’s beleaguered Christians. This is the first of two reports.
The post Iraq’s Christians are still waiting for a miracle appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read Moreby 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.
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 | Mar 12, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Christians in Iraq, Church in the Middle East, Iraq, Iraqi Christians, News, Persecuted Christians, Pope Francis in Iraq, Pope in Iraq | 0 |
The story of Doha Sabah Abdallah’s personal tragedy and loss deeply resonated with Pope Francis during his historic visit last weekend to the northern Iraqi town of Qaraqosh, once devastated by Islamic State group militants.
Read Moreby 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.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 4, 2021 | Anti-Christian persecution, Associated Press, Catholic Church, Christians in Iraq, Church in the Middle East, Iraq, Iraqi Christians, News, Pope Francis, Pope Francis in Iraq, Pope in Iraq, Terrorism | 0 |
It began like any other Sunday in the Our Lady of Salvation Church in Baghdad for worshipper Louis Climis. That day nearly 11 years ago would end with blood-stained pews, anguish and lives lost.
Read Moreby 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.
Read Moreby 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.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 3, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Catholic-Muslim relations, Church in the Middle East, Iraq, Islam, News, Pope Francis in Iraq, Pope in Iraq | 0 |
In Iraq’s holiest city, a pontiff will meet a revered ayatollah and make history with a message of coexistence in a place plagued by bitter divisions.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 3, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Catholic Relief Services, Christians in Iraq, Church in the Middle East, Iraq, News, Pope Francis in Iraq, Pope in Iraq | 0 |
A Catholic Relief Services project is helping residents returning to Iraq’s Ninevah Plain rebuild their lives, communities and trust, which were ripped apart by Islamic State militant destruction. It’s an area Pope Francis plans to visit on his historic papal trip to Iraq March 5-8.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 1, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the Middle East, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Iraq, News, Pope Francis in Iraq, Pope in Iraq | 0 |
A week before Pope Francis was scheduled to arrive in Iraq, the Vatican nuncio in Baghdad and several members of the staff tested positive for COVID-19 and began self-isolating.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 28, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Christians in Iraq, Church in the Middle East, Iraq, News, Pope Francis, Pope Francis in Iraq, Pope in Iraq | 0 |
Infectious disease experts are expressing concern about Pope Francis’s upcoming trip to Iraq, given a sharp rise in coronavirus infections there, a fragile health care system and the unavoidable likelihood that Iraqis will crowd to see him.
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