Christians in Iraq Archives

Summit aims to build ‘global movement’ for religious freedom

Jul 21, 2021

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.”

By John Lavenburg

Experts say Iraqi government struggling to secure Christian future

Jun 27, 2021

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

By John Lavenburg

UNESCO exhibit in Venice focuses on rebuilding Mosul sites

May 22, 2021

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.

By Colleen Barry

Pope gives $350,000 to help suffering Iraqi families

Mar 31, 2021

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.

By Catholic News Service

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

Mar 30, 2021

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.

By Catholic News Service

Franciscan University group visits Iraq at invitation of archbishop

Mar 23, 2021

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.

By Catholic News Service

Patriarch: Iraqi Christians hope goodwill from papal trip carries over

Mar 20, 2021

Political leaders had “very nice words” during Pope Francis’s early March trip to Iraq, but now Christians pray “that those words, those declarations, will be applied on the daily level, on the ground,” said Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan.

By Doreen Abi Raad

Iraqi woman who met the pope sees little chance for change

Mar 12, 2021

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.

By Samya Kullab