Chaldean Catholic Church Archives

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

Mar 8, 2021

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.

By Inés San Martín

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

Mar 4, 2021

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.

By Inés San Martín

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

Mar 3, 2021

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.

By Joyce Coronel

Vatican releases program for papal trip to Iraq

Feb 8, 2021

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.

By Cindy Wooden

Cathedral, church in San Diego area desecrated with swastikas, other graffiti

Sep 28, 2020

St. Peter’s Chaldean Catholic Cathedral in El Cajon, the seat of the Eparchy of St. Peter the Apostle, and a Syriac Catholic church nearby, Our Mother of Perpetual Help, were found defaced with all kinds of graffiti the morning of Sept. 26.

By Catholic News Service

Priests say Turkish attacks in northern Iraq displace Christians

Sep 25, 2020

Iraqi Christian priests warn that the latest Turkish military attacks in northern Iraq are displacing Christians and exacerbating a precarious security situation.

By Dale Gavlak

Iraqi archbishop who saved ancient manuscripts nominated for EU prize

Sep 24, 2020

An Iraqi archbishop who helped save hundreds of ancient manuscripts from being destroyed by Islamic State militants was among the nominees for the European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize.

By Junno Arocho Esteves

Christians, Muslims hope Mosul project helps rebuild trust

Jun 3, 2020

Christians and Muslims hope a project to reconstruct Mosul’s iconic places of worship, badly damaged by Islamic State militants during their 2014-2017 occupation of the city, will also help to rebuild trust between Iraq’s fractured religious communities.

By Dale Gavlak