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  • Vatican releases program for papal trip to Iraq

    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
  • Catholics in Iraq praying COVID doesn’t delay papal trip

    Catholics in Iraq praying COVID doesn’t delay papal trip

    • Jan 15, 2021

    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.

    By Inés San Martín
  • Mosul a sign that Christians and Muslims can cooperate in Iraq

    Mosul a sign that Christians and Muslims can cooperate in Iraq

    • Jan 9, 2021

    Dominican Father Olivier Poquillon is currently working in Mosul, Iraq, after serving as the General Secretary of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the EU (COMECE).

    By Inés San Martín
  • Pre-Christmas celebration gives hope to Iraqi refugees still in Lebanon

    Pre-Christmas celebration gives hope to Iraqi refugees still in Lebanon

    • Dec 15, 2020

    More than 100,000 Christians driven out from Iraq’s Ninevah Plain by the Islamic State in the summer of 2014 are living as refugees in Lebanon.

    By Doreen Abi Raad
  • Syriac patriarch: ‘Our martyrs are the torches of faith’

    Syriac patriarch: ‘Our martyrs are the torches of faith’

    • Nov 2, 2020

    Commemorating the 10th anniversary of the massacre by Islamic militants at Our Lady of Deliverance Church in Baghdad, Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan reminded the faithful that “our martyrs are the torches of faith that illuminate our paths of life and ignite in us the fire of love toward everyone.”

    By Doreen Abi Raad
  • Priests say Turkish attacks in northern Iraq displace Christians

    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

    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
  • Minorities in northern Iraq fear Turkish bombardments, troop presence

    Minorities in northern Iraq fear Turkish bombardments, troop presence

    • Jun 26, 2020

    Turkish airstrikes and ground troops are threatening areas in northern Iraq populated by Christians, Yazidis and Kurds trying to recover following 2014 attacks by Islamic State militants.

    By Dale Gavlak
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